What audio set up do you have for your pc?

In office.

Asus Essence ST, Edifier S730 but with 2 x non amplified E1600T speakers (from 2 sets of E1600T's!!). Basically the sound of E1600T but with Edifier Sub and slightly better amp!

In lounge .

Media PC with SPDIF from Gigabyte board into Pioneer AZ-370, then 4 x Yamaha NS-F160 speakers + 2 Pioneer Surrounds. Amp is rated 240 watt 8ohm and total speakers are around 175 watt 8ohm, sounds far better then the office setup above.
 
KEF Q300's, powered from zone 2 on my Sony 1050 amp.. although i'm looking for something like the NAD/Arcam that can go optical > analog from the pc to the amp. As currently just using analog connection/Bluetooth if using macbook.

No headphones currently :( did have the AKG k550's.
 
Bobmunkhouse said:
Cheers I reckon I will wait for payday! I have spare amp at the moment that i could run speakers from a 3.5m to RCA from my sounds card so my not need the AMP\DAC, do you think the DAC add's much? My sound card is decent ASUS one....
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I had an Asus sound card myself but my new set up sounds much better.
 
Cambridge Audio DAC Magic Plus > NAD 3020 > Dali Zensor 1 Speakers

Cambridge Audio DAC Magic Plus > Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X (Main Headphones)
 
On my gaming PC I use a lovely little Meridian Explorer2 Dac into some headphones or B&W mini Zeppelin.

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Downstairs next to my sofa of Housey land for my MacBooks when working/browsing later at night I have a NAIM DAC-V1 into some Beyerdynamic T90's, USB connection to music source on MacBook (Spotify, Tidal, NAS, iTunes etc etc):
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Just wondering how that NAIM DAC-V1 stacks up against my arcam irdac / graham slee srg11 combo ?? Any opinions on if close , and if i'm not would it be worth selling mine to invest in that ?
 
Got a PCIE Titanium HD which outputs to the following

Dali Kubik Free (Pair) + Dali Fazon Sub 1 subwoofer

Sennheiser RS 220 wireless headphones

Beyerdynamic A1 headphone amp
Beyerdynamic MMX 300 headset
Beyerdynamic T1
 
TALON1973 said:
Just wondering how that NAIM DAC-V1 stacks up against my arcam irdac / graham slee srg11 combo ?? Any opinions on if close , and if i'm not would it be worth selling mine to invest in that ?
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No idea as I've not heard the Arcam stuff. Lots of good things about the Chord DAC's but frankly it's subjective stuff. I like the upgradeability of the NAIM and it does a good job with USB for Mac connectivity, which was important as I use a Mac for playing digital files. Going to get myself a new amp and speakers next month so got a few auditions arranged when I can find time.
 
Very similar setup to you, diamond 9 speakers with a SMSL SA-50 mini amplifier.
Signal sent to it via a creative x-fi titanium soundcard.

I'm very impressed with the sound quality from it for the price.
 
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Robzere31 said:
Very similar setup to you, diamond 9 speakers with a SMSL SA-50 mini amplifier.
Signal sent to it via a creative x-fi titanium soundcard.

I'm very impressed with the sound quality from it for the price.
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I recently got a pair of Diamond 9.0 to play with as well, due to having £25 off discount speakers because of buying the Monitor Audio A100 amp so I effectively got the speakers for just £15!

I am really surprised by this tiny set of speakers with how good they sound despite their size. I have now use them to replace the small satelites of the AE Aego M 2.1, and now I have a really awesome set of 2.1 system (the Aego M 2.1 was already great to begin with, but now it sounds even better!).
 
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