For what it's worth, I've gone through many "budget" setups for friends of mine, and I find for the price, it's hard to beat a Fiio M7 or M11 DAP/DAC, A Loxjie P20 Balanced Amp (Or Magni, mine went up in smoke and died within 2 weeks, I have it on video! defective... / or Magnius, if you wanna...