[Weez]

The time for an upgrade has come once again (damn you Head-fi!). My budget is around 550$ and I’m on a quest for a new dac and amp. I’m currently looking into the the Keces DA-151 and Little-Dot MKII. Do you think these two would fit well together? I’ve also read a lot of good things about the Headamp’s Pico amp, but a portable amp/dac cambo wouldn’t really beat a good stationary dac and amp - would it? It seems that the Pico amp has put up a good fight though, but I don’t need a portable solution and I don’t really want to pay for portability. I’m open for any suggestions at this point. As I live in Sweden shipping overseas is a must. I will connect the dac to an usb-port; I don’t think I should connect it to my X-fi soundcard?

My music preferences are: Metal, rock and punk.

The cans I use are those listed in my signature.

...And I’m not sure if I posted in the correct part of the forum, sorry if so

Thanks for any help

 

[Weez]

Bump, nobody? Hmm, seems like I’m going to buy the Keces DA-151 and Little-Dot MKII on a feeling

That is, If nobody stops me ^^ Btw, does it work well to connect the Little-Dot MKII (which is connected to the DA-151 -> PC) to a receiver and listen to music through the speakers? Or is it better to have my receiver connected to my X-fi soundcard?

 

[majid]

Consider the Musical Fidelity XCANv8. It costs $550 at MusicDirect, includes a USB DAC, and you have an upgrade path with the X-PSUv8.

 

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

You had a listen to the new V8 then? What was it like?

 

[Weez]

What the hell, I went for it. Bought the Keces DA-151 and the Little-Dot MKIII : )

 

[majid]

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Originally Posted by DefectiveAudioComponent /img/forum/go_quote.gif You had a listen to the new V8 then? What was it like?

No, I just barely came out and there are no reviews yet, but it fits the OP's budget, does have a USB DAC, and I can't believe MF would release a product with lower sound quality than the excellent XDACv3.