You don’t need another DAC, you need EQ for your headphones. It seems like you like processed sound better than the plain and honest rendering. Nothing wrong with that,
In fact:
In fact:
They both need to be EQ'ed to sound good. Please test here with your favorite headphones: https://autoeq.app/ (and make sure to disable any additional processing)I tested with HD800s and utopia 2022 , both just sound sad and empty.
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