I have an HD560S and I'm running it off my laptop (Dell G5 15 SE, gaming laptop released in 2020). The headphone gets comfortably loud at 40% windows volume, with foobar's app volume at 40/100 and a -5.5 db preamp from peace. As far the dac in the laptop I can hear a slight audible noise floor with my Blon Bl-03s which gets worse when the laptop gets hot and the fans start speeding up.
I was planning on getting a Topping L30 & D10s but would it even matter in my case? It seems there is enough power to get my headphones uncomfortably loud with enough headroom for EQ if I wanted to. Nevertheless is it possible that the audio is clipping without me realising (i.e. could upgrading to a dedicated amp improve the sound)? And if so how do I tell if there is some kind of clipping going on? As for the dac, would it be a good idea to skip it for now and just buy an amp running a 3.5mm to rca cable from my laptop to the L30's rca inputs?
Thanks for any help.
I was planning on getting a Topping L30 & D10s but would it even matter in my case? It seems there is enough power to get my headphones uncomfortably loud with enough headroom for EQ if I wanted to. Nevertheless is it possible that the audio is clipping without me realising (i.e. could upgrading to a dedicated amp improve the sound)? And if so how do I tell if there is some kind of clipping going on? As for the dac, would it be a good idea to skip it for now and just buy an amp running a 3.5mm to rca cable from my laptop to the L30's rca inputs?
Thanks for any help.