What equipment do you use to listen to music?

Cutshaw said:
That looks like a great bit of kit. Can you tell me where you bought it without enraging the mods?
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You can get them on eBay for £80ish (including shipping from China) if you search "Zero DAC".

There are some other options in this price range though. Zhaolu D2.5 for example.

LividLemon said:
Whats the benefit of using a DAC?
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Well, this sounds literally 10 times better than the onboard sound from my Gigabyte S3. The absence of static from the inside of my computer is nice too - hearing my mouse scroll through my headphones was quite annoying. :p
 
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For casual listening:
HDA X-Mystique ... [optical digital] ... Aego P5 5.1 system

For reference listening:
[firewire]... Focusrite Saffire (DAC) ... [analogue] ... Headroom Micro Desktop headphone amp ... Beyer DT-880s

On the move:
Cowon iAudio D2 ... Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro IEMs

At work:
Cowon iAudio D2 ... Aego M 2.1 system

I have a feeling my Aego P5 system is on its way out though. If it finally does go kaput I think I'll finally get the Dynaudio BM5A nearfield monitors I've always wanted.
 
LividLemon said:
Is it only really beneficial for those who use headphones?
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As long as you are using the DAC alongside decent equipment, a DAC improves whatever you use to listen to your tunes with. It's just case of getting a better DAC than is on your current soundcard, and having it in a more hi-fi friendly enviroment, ie outside your case.

There are folks on the forums that have far more knowledge than I do on the matter, but that covers the basics.
 
SqueezeBox->Marantz PM7001->Wharfedale Diamond 9.1s (solely for music)....

Used to have the Marantz connected to Terratec DMX 6Fire 24/96, but the SqueezeBox sounds a lot better...

Also use an Asus Xonar DX ->Logitech Z680s for DVDs/games (anologue), and Terratec Cingery 2400iDT -> X-Fi XtremeMusic -> Coax -> Lotitech Z680s...
 
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