drummerdimitri
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I'm in the market for a DAC/HPAMP combo which will be used mainly as a DAC/PREAMP for my ADAM T8V studio monitors which I will be using for watching movies on my TV, house parties and sometimes for headphone listening sessions on my computer desk.
Having done some research, it seems my best two options are either the Topping EX5 or the DX5 models.
The latter is the newer model and seems to be a bit better in terms of performance from the reviews but is it worth the 100$ extra? I'm struggling to get to the 450$ asking price as that is more than half what I paid for my monitors and was wondering if there would be a noticeable difference in SQ.
That being said, my headphones are Audeze LCD-4z and they are incredibly hungry for current and I love listening to them loudly so maybe the jump from 1.3 to 1.9W into 32 ohm (headphones are 16 Ohm) would be better suited for my listening needs.
Having done some research, it seems my best two options are either the Topping EX5 or the DX5 models.
The latter is the newer model and seems to be a bit better in terms of performance from the reviews but is it worth the 100$ extra? I'm struggling to get to the 450$ asking price as that is more than half what I paid for my monitors and was wondering if there would be a noticeable difference in SQ.
That being said, my headphones are Audeze LCD-4z and they are incredibly hungry for current and I love listening to them loudly so maybe the jump from 1.3 to 1.9W into 32 ohm (headphones are 16 Ohm) would be better suited for my listening needs.