MoeTheMammoth
New Head-Fier
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2011
- Posts
- 8
- Likes
- 0
Hey first post. I know there are threads very similar to this one, but I didnt want to jack them, plus theyre like 5 years old. Anyway, over the past couple months I've been reading the forums (tons of great info) and I feel like ive gotten myself pretty well set up. My chain goes Akg K702 600+ hrs bun in > Bellari HA540 with NOS Tele ribbed plates > to Gefen TV stereo DAC (optical in) > onboard optical output > foobar 2000 (all flac or wav). It dosent take a genius to figure out the weak link haha. I got so excited about buying my first set of quality equipment that I neglected thinking about my source hence the el cheapo DAC. Well here's the question, which would cause a more drastic improvement, a soundcard with a high quality optical out or a new DAC. My budget for the soundcard is 250 (I do no pc gaming) while the DAC is 600. Currently for the DAC I was looking at the V-DAC and the DACmagic which seem to be the favorites for the midrange price. As for the soundcard it's a toss up. Thanks in advance for any help