Recent content by twsecrest

All in one unit or separate DAC and head amp?

Xduoo MT-602 tube amp, use it to drive my Beyer T90 headphones.

xDuoo MT-602 Tube Headphone Amplifier, $100. Which model Sennheiser do you have?

If you need headphone surround sound for gaming, that a USB gaming sound card (Creative G6, G8, etc) can provide, then get a USB sound card. Otherwise a USB DAC/amp is what I would get.

The DT880 250-Ohm is fairly balanced sound, slightly bright.

That's a screenshot of the program Foobar2000, which I'm guessing the OP is not using?

What is the make and model of your motherboard? Have you updated the Realtek software?

What type audio are you listening to, audio production or music or other? Might help to know what headphones your using? I would assume an "upgrade" to the 2i2 could be had for $200-$250. Xduoo, made in China, so if ordered now, 104 percent tariff?

About $300 for a pair of studio monitors (brand?) and $60-$100 for a DAC with optical input, plus $50 for cables.

The UMC204HD does not "power" the BX5, it sends a signal to the BX5, so the UMC204HD might be sending a low power signal, to the BX5? If you max out the volume controls on the computer and UMC204HD, while the M-audio is connected to the UMC204HD, how loud does the sound get? You might try a TRS...

For audio production, I doubt a different DAC/amp would help (from the 2i2). But for audio enjoyment, I would replace the 2i2.

For audio production (creating, mixing, editing, etc.), you want a boring sound, so you can hear all the details on a level field. So a Sennheiser HD598, connected to the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, to me would a good setup for audio production. I doubt(?) that the HD6XX, plugged into the 2i2, will...

Burr Brown (24-bit 192k) 1792 DAC chip (nice). Newer chips have improvements like being able to do 32-bit 384khz audio, that feature does not improve 16-bit 44.1 khz audio (CD-audio). New chips are smaller and use less power, that improvement does not improve 16-bit 44.1Khz audio. If the...

I would have run RCA cable from the K7's (RCA) Pre-out/LO, to the (RCA) line input on the Edifier T5. And run RCA cable from the Edifier T5's (RCA) line-output, to the (RCA) line input on the Edifier 128DBS. This would allow the sub-woofer to directly control the signal split using the LPF knob...

So far can't any info on the (24-bit 192 kz) Burr Brown 1392 DAC chip. Audio-CD are 16-bit 44.1khz recordings. So hard to recomend a a DAC, for a reasonable price, that would for sure improve audio quality.