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Ryder Gonzalez
You dont need an amp and a DAC
Cameron Brooks
My precious feet :(
David Campbell
maybe YOU dont
Jaxson Russell
you don't need to drink soy either but here we are watching you guzzle down gallons on the daily
Jacob Foster
Idol trash here. What's your setup like, user?
I really like this OP! Adorable!
Today, I've been baselessly accused of posting in other threads :(
Going to sleep. I'll check tomorrow. Good night.
Brandon Perez
Show us your feet.
Nathan Allen
"it sounds loud so it's fine"
It's not how it works, user. While onboard audio have decent DACs (like everything nowadays), they also react very badly to loads from headphones.
If you check measurements of different Realtek chips or phones, you'll see how the FR changes from impedance, sometimes having up to 6db variance with added distortion.
At the very least, you very much benefit from an external amplifier, and dedicated DACs are so cheap these days that it'd be ridiculous not to get one. Jittering and noise is still very random on onboard chips.
The ESS Sabre USB dongles are nearing as low as $10 and can power effectively most 300-ohms dynamic headphones with transparent everything. Something like the Sabaj DA3 running balanced could power a good amount of planars (ie. Audeze).
It's so inexpensive that I don't see why you'd restrain yourself to your onboard audio.
Robert Richardson
This is not your blog. Fuck off.
Just like you don't need headphones. Both amplify your experience.
Christopher Scott
The HD800s measures so beautifully. Has anyone heard one? I'm going to either get one or a modded hd800 and I'm just curious if it sounds the way I think it does. It looks like the bass is phenominal, really everything is, I don't see many flaws.
This is low quality bait.
She's cute but maybe put more effort into finding better pics. I feel like the older OP pics were better.
This is not technology related you insecure, sniveling little faggot.