frap129
New Head-Fier
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Hey there Head-Fiers! I dont have any really good headphones, just some ATH-M50's, but I plan to get some Sennheiser HD598's or a simmilar pair soon. Anyways, Im looking for a good, portable, DAC/Amp setup for ~$100. I mostly use my phone (Galaxy S3 with custom ROM/kernel with audio mods built in, as well as Viper4Android) for listening to music, so thats why I want it to be portable. I've narrowed my DAC selection down to 2 options, the AudioQuest Dragonfly 1.0, or The Stoner Acoustics UD120. The Dragonfly has a built in amp and is $99, But I have seen some great reviews of the UD100 and UD110, and seeing that the UD120 addresses the main problems with the UD110 and adds a proper enclosure, its a steal at $80 ($50, $30 shipping) but it doesnt have an included amp, so for the amp I was planning on just getting a cheap CMoy on ebay and upgrading the op amp to a OPA2228 or AD825. Thoughts on which I should choose or other reccomendations?