spongeworthy
100+ Head-Fier
You can't really be happy unless you spend thousands of dollars on gear...
But seriously, I have the Schiit M/M2 stack, and a Fiio E07K. I can't really tell the difference between those and my laptop's headphone out (Asus UX305 with "audio by ICEPower") using the X2. I haven't seriously tried to either, but nothing obvious. Fulla or some Fiio DAC/amp may make a difference if your computer's audio is particularly crappy.
The question is always, do you want to enjoy music, listen to gear, or acquire status items. Nothing wrong with any of these goals, you have to decide for yourself.
Valid points, but I was just addressing him specifically, I'm just assuming he's new to this from the way he worded his post, he can get a much better experience from spending more on headphones, than dumping a whole bunch of money on DACs and Amps.