Hey guys, Im new as a member i suppose but ive been reading reviews and posts on here for months! some of the content on here is second to none as well as the reviews by amirm! but now i have a question of my own from someone recently brought into the never stop purchasing better stuff audio world lol
currently as a starter setup, im running a JDS Labs Atom Dac+ amp as they are made within 10 miles of my home right outside st louis Missouri, into a SMSL SA300 crapdac but solid amp, into jamo S803's. ive found this setup more than adequate and for a young-ish fella with not much of a budget (just purchased my first big boy item, in the form of a house and 60 acres of hunting land/4acre lake so safe to say my 9 years of 60+ hours a week bank account is non-existent at 29 years old) but i went ahead and bought some KEF 150's off amazon and moved the jamos to the garage.
since im now using somewhat higher tier speakers, i feel like i should be getting a bit of an upgrade to what powers them and decodes the music coming out of them. Im mainly on the PC using Tidal, or with my iphone running IEMs and Audelix 5k driving them due to the customization.
with a limited budget, any dac/amp combo or separate dac/amp out there that is going to help these speakers reach their full potential? i would gladly move my current setup to my shop out back (4 car garage/shop) as it needs a new audio friend out there and properly torch the few decade old CD system. but all i can really find are the likes of a DAC and aiyma A07 to power them. my knowledge is slim to none as again, im new here and apologize ahead of time but im getting there lol or trying!
also have been looking at a DAP, are any of them worthy as doubling as a PC Dac as well to kill to birds??
TLR -- need a pocket friendly Amp/Dac combo or separately bought to power new KEF150 desktop speakers, as i always jam out to my music, i want something that is going to support the louder side and not crap out like the Jamos and SA300 did. im sure that's partly for not having a subwoofer and cramming all that bass into the speakers, and if itll make that much difference as far as DB goes, ill gladly add one. but for now looking to upgrade from 32bit/384 and dsd128 to something maybe even MQA ready if you guys think its worthy, if not just higher bitrate for tidal
THANK YOU and sorry if this is too long, first post and im trying to get everything out without leaving a half-worded post for people to wonder what im truly asking lol sorry if its in the wrong place as well!
currently as a starter setup, im running a JDS Labs Atom Dac+ amp as they are made within 10 miles of my home right outside st louis Missouri, into a SMSL SA300 crapdac but solid amp, into jamo S803's. ive found this setup more than adequate and for a young-ish fella with not much of a budget (just purchased my first big boy item, in the form of a house and 60 acres of hunting land/4acre lake so safe to say my 9 years of 60+ hours a week bank account is non-existent at 29 years old) but i went ahead and bought some KEF 150's off amazon and moved the jamos to the garage.
since im now using somewhat higher tier speakers, i feel like i should be getting a bit of an upgrade to what powers them and decodes the music coming out of them. Im mainly on the PC using Tidal, or with my iphone running IEMs and Audelix 5k driving them due to the customization.
with a limited budget, any dac/amp combo or separate dac/amp out there that is going to help these speakers reach their full potential? i would gladly move my current setup to my shop out back (4 car garage/shop) as it needs a new audio friend out there and properly torch the few decade old CD system. but all i can really find are the likes of a DAC and aiyma A07 to power them. my knowledge is slim to none as again, im new here and apologize ahead of time but im getting there lol or trying!
also have been looking at a DAP, are any of them worthy as doubling as a PC Dac as well to kill to birds??
TLR -- need a pocket friendly Amp/Dac combo or separately bought to power new KEF150 desktop speakers, as i always jam out to my music, i want something that is going to support the louder side and not crap out like the Jamos and SA300 did. im sure that's partly for not having a subwoofer and cramming all that bass into the speakers, and if itll make that much difference as far as DB goes, ill gladly add one. but for now looking to upgrade from 32bit/384 and dsd128 to something maybe even MQA ready if you guys think its worthy, if not just higher bitrate for tidal
THANK YOU and sorry if this is too long, first post and im trying to get everything out without leaving a half-worded post for people to wonder what im truly asking lol sorry if its in the wrong place as well!