[adone56]

Hi
I am sure this is a question that has been answered thousand of times but still I am lost in the haze.
 
The fact is that I have some music in FLAC format stored in my laptop and would like to hear it at full quality, I have a pair of professional Shure headphones hence I need a box to put between the laptop and the headphones.
 
The question is: What should I buy? It should be something reasonably small so that I can travel with it.
 
Thanks a lot in advance for all your help

 

[GREQ]

Travel you say?
Have a look into the Audioquest Dragonfly. It doesn't really get more portable.

 

[adone56]

Wow, that thing is really portable. But what about volume and  quality of sound?

 

[adone56]

I am afraid the Audioquest Dragonfly will let me down. My headphones have 32 ohm input impedance and need lot of current. Also the distortion is a concern because I suppose the output impedance of such device shouldn't be very low and for a decent hearing I will need the output impedance under a couple of ohms.
 
What would be another possibility, I an looking at something with volume, bass and treble controls

 

[Ginron]

You might want to look at Fiio products they have a large variety of DACs and Amps. 
 
The Fiio E17 is good i hear.

 

[formula1]

  I am afraid the Audioquest Dragonfly will let me down. My headphones have 32 ohm input impedance and need lot of current. Also the distortion is a concern because I suppose the output impedance of such device shouldn't be very low and for a decent hearing I will need the output impedance under a couple of ohms.
 
What would be another possibility, I an looking at something with volume, bass and treble controls

 
Audioengine D3
And no, there's not volume/bass or treble controls.