[emericanchaos]

sorry to put this here, it's more of a general question.

currently i'm running my onboard sound (Realtek on board sound. 86db SNR, fairly decent distortion yadda yadda) to a set of logitech 2.1 speakers and using my DT990's from the jack on those.

now my planned upgrades are an external M-Audio sound adapter and a lunchbox amp. of the two where would i see the most improvement?

datasheet on my source adapter

i run it at 24bit/96khz

 

[HFat]

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Originally Posted by emericanchaos /img/forum/go_quote.gif i run it at 24bit/96khz

Why? Your card plays back 16/48 right?

 

[emericanchaos]

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Originally Posted by HFat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why? Your card plays back 16/48 right?

yeah but since you're working in multiples of 8 24 should be fine, same with sample rate. 96 is just double of 48. basically i'm just upsampling to DVD figures.

 

[emericanchaos]

lets simplify. i have DT990's mediocre source and no amp. with $150 to spend what's my best decision?

anyone? buhler? buhler? buhler?

 

[Uncle Erik]

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Originally Posted by emericanchaos /img/forum/go_quote.gif yeah but since you're working in multiples of 8 24 should be fine, same with sample rate. 96 is just double of 48. basically i'm just upsampling to DVD figures.

Are you sure it's upsampling? Sometimes, that's just a setting so it'll play 24bit/96kHz files if you have them. If it doesn't specifically mention it, it probably doesn't. You might want to poke around the Internet for some CD24 files; it will be able to play those at maximum resolution.

Anyhow, your next purchase should be an amp. It'll make more of a difference than a new source without an amp.

 

[emericanchaos]

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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are you sure it's upsampling? Sometimes, that's just a setting so it'll play 24bit/96kHz files if you have them. If it doesn't specifically mention it, it probably doesn't. You might want to poke around the Internet for some CD24 files; it will be able to play those at maximum resolution. Anyhow, your next purchase should be an amp. It'll make more of a difference than a new source without an amp.

as far as the upsampling bit goes, i'm using a plugin for foobar. drivers are set to 24/96 and i have foobar's DSP set to 24/96 as well.

what is cd24?

thanks for the upgrade advice, i'll be going with either the laconic lunchbox amp or the little dot. most likely the lunchbox as it's been vouched for on these headphones.