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I have an issue with me E11, I compared music with the E11 and without the E11 on my headphone; when I use my E11, the music is really laid back and when I turn up the volume, the highs end up being too loud while the mids are too low. When I played music on my iPhone without the E11, the music was a lot better and it was no longer laid back. I was using my ath-m50, do you know why this is happening? This is why I'm a bit skeptical about the E11, I'm afraid the problem will i'll have the same problem with the he-400 unless a good DAC fixes this...
I also have about the Asus Xonar DX and Dac Destroyer; is the Asus Xonar DX great for movies/gaming but not that great for music while the Dac Destroyer is great for music but not that great for gaming/movies? I do both so I dont know which one I should pick (I use a desktop). Also, How do you use the Asus xonar DX, do you put it in your computer? I have no idea how this works...
is this the Dac Destroyer?:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DAC-DESTROYER-HAND-SOLDERED-USB-DAC-w-LINE-HEAD-OUT-/280537893835#ht_2741wt_906
is this the asus xonar DX?:
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-XONAR-Channel-Audio-Sound/dp/B001EZQ8YC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1344463017&sr=8-3&keywords=Asus+Xonar+DX
Could be the iPhone's headphone jack and the Fiio E11's line-in port are not working well together.
As your using the same DAC with or without the E11 hooked up, I do not think it's DAC issue.
Try adjusting the volume on the iPhone while the E11 is hooked up, see how it affects the audio
The best way to get an audio signal from an iPhone is to use a Fiio L cable, plugs into the iPhone's LOD port and the E11's line in.
The E11 has a high/low voltage switch under the battery, try changing it to the other setting.
The Xonar DX is good for gaming, movies and music, but internal sound cards (the analog audio signal) might be affected by electrical noise inside the computer case.
Running a digital audio signal (using USB, optical or coaxial) to the outside of the computer case to an external DAC, protects against the computer case's electrical noise.
So an external DAC (Dac Destroyer) has it's advantages, but external DACs themselves do not provide surround sound for games and movies.
There are a few external sound cards, but they usually comes with only "decent" at best DACs and headphone amplifiers.
The guy (Hotaudio40) that sells the Dac Destroyer, sales the same unit at different prices, depending on the listing, so check his other listings.
The listing you have is for the D1 which is the same as the DX, but the D1 uses a PCI motherboard slot, where as the DX uses a PCI-Express slot.