Maxpain
100+ Head-Fier
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Hello everyone I am very happy that I have dound a place to adress my questions and thaoughts about my on going project! I am new to the hifi situation and I would like to spend some money to built my first system dedicated to music listening.Due to the lack of budget I have decided to go for the best solution I could find within my money range.My source would by my pc.I allready have a pci sound card (auzentech X-meridian 2g) hooked up in my computer.I know that this card does not have a headphone amplifier.Its a good soundcard overall but not dedicated for headphone use.I also happen to have some old headphones the sony MDR-XD300 wich they are average quality headphones from what I understand.From now I am just using those pluged in to the stereo output of my soundcard.
My budget for now is only 200-300 euros,so I could need some help to decide if its in my best interest to buy better headphones and plug them in to my soundcard directly or buy a dedicated headphone amplifier,maby with a buil in dac (or still use the dac of my soundcard wich is preety good by the way) and use it along with my sony headphones untill I can buy a new pair of headphones too.
I listen mostly too jazz,rock,funk stuff and I have plenty of flacs in my collection along with some old mp3s.Thank you in advanced for your oppinions and help!
My budget for now is only 200-300 euros,so I could need some help to decide if its in my best interest to buy better headphones and plug them in to my soundcard directly or buy a dedicated headphone amplifier,maby with a buil in dac (or still use the dac of my soundcard wich is preety good by the way) and use it along with my sony headphones untill I can buy a new pair of headphones too.
I listen mostly too jazz,rock,funk stuff and I have plenty of flacs in my collection along with some old mp3s.Thank you in advanced for your oppinions and help!