Hi everyone,
I am planning to replace the Soundcard internal DAC ("Xonar Essence ST") with an external DAC, trying to improve the sound quality.
My setup (now) is:
Line out (analogue RCA) from the sound card to Lehmann Black Cube Linear with the HD800.
Digital line out spdif from sound card to teac A-H01 speakers amplifier/DAC with Audioengine P4.
In the future I will connect the digital line out of sound card to DAC, DAC to Lehmann and Lehmann line out to a new speakers amplifier with new loudspeakers (maybe "Dali Mentor Menuette").
The speakers system is another story
My first thought was the Benchmark DAC1, but reading a lot over here, has changed my mind to the "Yulong Sabre D18" or "Violectric V800".
Is it worth the change from the Xonar Essence ST internal DAC?
Will it be worth changing the sound card digital out with a Hiface2?
My musical preferences are overall Metal (heavy, black, melodic death, ...) and instrumental (some classic, Mike oldfield, instrumental rock, ...).
Do you think my equipment (lehmann + HD800) will pair well with any of those DACs?
I have read this entire thread and will now read the V800 thread.
If I remember correctly, I have read the v800 is overall better then the D18.
Is there a big difference between those two for an only one DAC system?
I cannot afford to have two DACs depending on the recording I will listen to, so I need to choose only one of those.
Thank you very much
Bets Regards