[ridethespiral]

I currently use an RME Babyface for recording bass / guitar + hardware monitoring, as well as just for regular listening. To my ears, it sounds absolutely brilliant versus the noisy output of my laptop's headphone jack, and the previous interface I had been using. It is superbly quiet and backgrounds are absolutely 'black' when music goes quiet / silent.
 
My question is would it ever make sense to buy a stand-alone DAC, say a schiit bitfrost? Would I see any improvement over the RME Babyface or am I already in the diminishing returns territory? 
 
There isn't much info out there regarding using the Babyface for listening - tons for recording - so excuse me if this seems like a silly question.

 

[ridethespiral]

Bump?

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[Averruncus]

I'm using a RME HDSPe AIO and my Asus Essence One sounds noticeably better, although not by a lot. I would think that getting a better DAC would improve your sound but probably not significantly unless you are willing to spend a lot.

 

[Guido59]

I have the sane soundcard and actually use Phone out to enter i Schiit Magni 2 and I World boy a DAC.
ridetespiral how have YOU solved tour pronlem that is vero similar to mine ?

 

[vitoremanuel]

Hi guys, im testing an RME Babyface, but versus my onboard MBP14 sound it doesn't seem like much of an improv as far as listening is concerned. I'm just looking for any input on the matter