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Oh btw, there is a difference between being anti-audiophile and an idiot. An idiot has an upgrade itch and wants to buy a new toy he knows will not have any perceived quality improvements, but likes the thing anyway :D Actually you can be both!

Noted, thanks. lol that was a joke :P

Oh wait, that's right, the Topping DACs have volume control in them, so it's a DAC+preamp combo, right? That could work for me as well if I wanted to simplify the setup. The integrated amp I have is fully digital with just a remote control, and I find it to be quite some pain in the arse...

How come? From the extremely limited amount of information I have managed to google up thus far I got the impression ntegrated amps are not very much used in the audiophile circles, and standalone amp plus a preamp is the way to go.

Yes that's what I really meant.

So if that is BS, I guess I can freely disregard any claims that a preamp has significant effect on sound quality as well? Because that's what kept coming up when I tried googling for some answers to whether a cheap preamp is enough when one simply wants a volume control for a single input (for...

So all the DAC reviews where people are colourfully describing stuff like the cimbal in track XYZ at time 1:37:465 sounding a little more floaty and the surround impression of fifth vocalist in the choir being hair lower etc. etc. are complete bunch of snake oil lies pulled ouf the individuals'...

I really don't know, but if there is a DAC specifically good for metal music, I'm all ears.

I won't lie, a weird upgrade itch is down there along with the intention to get rid of the noise :P

To be honest, I am more likely than not going to buy the Bifrost when I can afford it (and find a decent 2nd hand deal) anyway :)

That's probably true. Doesn't stop me from wanting to do stuff at least a little more properly though :D

Hold on, the DAC in question was powered by regular 220V cable, not a low powered phone charger. It was only a test few years ago, I don't have it anymore anyway.

I guess I could do that, but how do I know the sound via the optical out is not altered (resampled? is that the word?) in any way?

Oh! Well, that makes sense. If it works that way! Which I have no really idea. Common sense doesn't always apply, lol. But then again... I'd need an integrated amp with ridiculous specs (the speakers I have really are hungry fuckers) and likely a ridiculous price, or pretty expensive power amp...

Of course the other alternative would be skip the Bifrost (which I somehow really like for reasons that don't make sense considering I don't know shit about audio - but I like Schiit; what they do /or more like their story/ gives me good vibes), keep the Sound Blaster (or the damn onboard...

Yes, but what is "feeding" the optical out on the PC's end? Either the DAC on the motherboard or DAC on the dedicated soundcard. Unless I am missing something.

Are you suggesting I go DAC-DAC-amp? That makes no sense even to my clueless head :D edit: You could argue I wouldn't be able to hear any difference considering what I initially wrote about my ears and you would most likely be correct, but there is a difference between not being able to tell a...

The thing I linked (there is a language switch somewhere btw but I guess that's not needed) looks like the same thing you did, no? Only they look different. Like I wrote, I have no idea how does it work so I was suspicious, plus I wanted to make the cause of the noise to go away, which I'm not...

Well yes, that's why I've been eyeing the Bifrost 2 - and solely for its alleged shielded (in whatever way it is used) USB implementation. However!! I have just remembered I did a very unscientific test a while ago, trying to figure out whether an expensive DAC could sound any better/different...

Oh ok. It was there for a while and then it disappeared, which is why I thought it was deleted. If I couldn't post at all due to newly registered account I wouldn't be surprised though.