konstantin dmi
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I am looking to very substantially upgrade my desktop audio system. Main uses are music listening and movies, with occasional gaming. I like what I was able to find about Dynaudio MC-15, and I think these are the speakers I am going to buy.
I am a bit puzzled about the source part. Obviously, default audio card I have in my PC is not going to be good enough for these speaker (I have Intel HDA). Should I get a sound card? If so which is "on par" with these speakers? I.e. I do not want the sound card to become "bottleneck".
Or should I get a standalone DAC? I like that option, because there are quite some DACs out there with headphone amps, which is convenient and something I could use. If I go DAC route, which DAC should I get? Again, main thing I am looking for is for it to be not "out of place" with speakers - i.e. not become a bottleneck. But I see no reason to overpay, obviously.
I would appreciate any feedback or comments.
I am looking to very substantially upgrade my desktop audio system. Main uses are music listening and movies, with occasional gaming. I like what I was able to find about Dynaudio MC-15, and I think these are the speakers I am going to buy.
I am a bit puzzled about the source part. Obviously, default audio card I have in my PC is not going to be good enough for these speaker (I have Intel HDA). Should I get a sound card? If so which is "on par" with these speakers? I.e. I do not want the sound card to become "bottleneck".
Or should I get a standalone DAC? I like that option, because there are quite some DACs out there with headphone amps, which is convenient and something I could use. If I go DAC route, which DAC should I get? Again, main thing I am looking for is for it to be not "out of place" with speakers - i.e. not become a bottleneck. But I see no reason to overpay, obviously.
I would appreciate any feedback or comments.