chouman
100+ Head-Fier
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hi all!
i'm pretty new to headfi, only discovering it recently and spending way too much time perusing through tons of threads just soaking in way more info than my mind can process. started out with my stumbling across headroom a few years back. i'm now starting to fear for my wallet, but i'm also somewhat confident that others relieve that with people almost always willing to trade/buy/sell etc.
i recently bought a micro amp from headroom, but am wondering whether i am doing it justice since it's running straight out of my laptop (headphone output). i was looking to buy the micro dac, but i was wondering whether the micro dac would replace the need for another sound card. i've read lots of good reviews of echo indigo dj, tbaam, and others. can i plug in my computer speakers into the line out of the micro dac (use it as a source component) rather than get another soundcard? would something like a headphone splitter do the job there?
i guess a similar question goes for the total bithead: can i use it as an alternative to my laptop soundcard for my speakers?
or should i go with a soundcard that has some built-in dac?
thanks in advance for your advice and help.
i'm pretty new to headfi, only discovering it recently and spending way too much time perusing through tons of threads just soaking in way more info than my mind can process. started out with my stumbling across headroom a few years back. i'm now starting to fear for my wallet, but i'm also somewhat confident that others relieve that with people almost always willing to trade/buy/sell etc.
i recently bought a micro amp from headroom, but am wondering whether i am doing it justice since it's running straight out of my laptop (headphone output). i was looking to buy the micro dac, but i was wondering whether the micro dac would replace the need for another sound card. i've read lots of good reviews of echo indigo dj, tbaam, and others. can i plug in my computer speakers into the line out of the micro dac (use it as a source component) rather than get another soundcard? would something like a headphone splitter do the job there?
i guess a similar question goes for the total bithead: can i use it as an alternative to my laptop soundcard for my speakers?
or should i go with a soundcard that has some built-in dac?
thanks in advance for your advice and help.