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The M50X indeed does NOT need an amp. 
 
HOWEVER, despite sounding pretty good in general, I find the Bass inn the M50X a bit lacking, so I paired them with a couple of Fiio DAC/Amp combos that have the bass boost options - the E10k and Q1 in particular, and it turns out better than I expected.
 
Both the Fiio 10k and Q1 are under your budget so perhaps you should check them out? Also, the Q1 is an actually portable device with battery in it so you can use with with your phone, I think the 10k is only for destop/laptop use though

Please allow me to put my 2 cents here (haha, that wasn't a pun   )
 
IMO, the reason there have been quite a lot of criticisms about how the Scrapyard War (SYW) series has bee dragged out too much is because many feel their time spent watching ~15 mins each episode has not been worth it. 
 
Of course, it is FREE content at the end, but as LMG can get more money (presumably) when there are more views, perhaps we should viewers' time spent watching videos as some sort as currency as well (or something that has value) i.e instead of paying LMG directly with money, we "pay" them with our time watching their videos.
And to be honest, the last few episodes of SYW3 have been somewhat...well lackluster I guess, there haven't been much going on, 
 
If I have to use an outside example, I would say SWY3 is very similar to The Hobbit Trilogy - a lot of hype, lots of production value, watchable and not a complete disaster (IMO at least), but utterly drawn out with lots of unnecessary content and detail.
 
From what I have heard and read, I can understand that the workload and the sheer amount of footage are ENORMOUS, and making several parts is the only way to justify all the cost.
 
 
HOWEVER, isn't this the slippery slope that the gaming industry has been going down for a while? Many want to make the biggest AAA hits and they spend way to much money and resources on developing and marketing the games, but in the end they have to make all those DLC, Season Pass, preorder bonuses in order to compensate for the cost - mismanagement is the keyword here
 
I understand that it is impossible to produce high quality with interesting stuffs all the time (like when you guys were busy moving), but with a series like SYW, which I would consider to be shaping up to become a "flagship" series of Linus Tech Tips, there should be more thoughts put into planning. We all want to everyone be excited about the new SYW, you don't want anyone goes: "Nah, the new SYW is gonna be dragged on for months so I don't bother", right?
 
TL;DR, I hope that Linus and the group are aware that as LMG grows and become more prominent as a company (Linus said so himself), the production value and quality have to be kept up as well, both the content itself and the management => keep your viewers feel that their time have been worth it 
 
P.S:  my favorite things about Linus' videos are that they are concise, straightforward, entertaining but right to the point
 
P.S.2: of course, Linus (being a troll at heart haha) may just decide to turn Scrapyard War into a parody of its own (like Call of Duty) where everyone just comes by to guess how many parts there will be instead of discussing the content itself (the pc building, the component buying, the winner...etc..) LOL

Please allow me to put my 2 cents here (haha, that wasn't a pun   )
 
IMO, the reason there have been quite a lot of criticisms about how the Scrapyard War (SYW) series has bee dragged out too much is because many feel their time spent watching ~15 mins each episode has not been worth it. 
 
Of course, it is FREE content at the end, but as LMG can get more money (presumably) when there are more views, perhaps we should viewers' time spent watching videos as some sort as currency as well (or something that has value) i.e instead of paying LMG directly with money, we "pay" them with our time watching their videos.
And to be honest, the last few episodes of SYW3 have been somewhat...well lackluster I guess, there haven't been much going on, 
 
If I have to use an outside example, I would say SWY3 is very similar to The Hobbit Trilogy - a lot of hype, lots of production value, watchable and not a complete disaster (IMO at least), but utterly drawn out with lots of unnecessary content and detail.
 
From what I have heard and read, I can understand that the workload and the sheer amount of footage are ENORMOUS, and making several parts is the only way to justify all the cost.
 
 
HOWEVER, isn't this the slippery slope that the gaming industry has been going down for a while? Many want to make the biggest AAA hits and they spend way to much money and resources on developing and marketing the games, but in the end they have to make all those DLC, Season Pass, preorder bonuses in order to compensate for the cost - mismanagement is the keyword here
 
I understand that it is impossible to produce high quality with interesting stuffs all the time (like when you guys were busy moving), but with a series like SYW, which I would consider to be shaping up to become a "flagship" series of Linus Tech Tips, there should be more thoughts put into planning. We all want to everyone be excited about the new SYW, you don't want anyone goes: "Nah, the new SYW is gonna be dragged on for months so I don't bother", right?
 
TL;DR, I hope that Linus and the group are aware that as LMG grows and become more prominent as a company (Linus said so himself), the production value and quality have to be kept up as well, both the content itself and the management => keep your viewers feel that their time have been worth it 
 
P.S:  my favorite things about Linus' videos are that they are concise, straightforward, entertaining but right to the point
 
P.S.2: of course, Linus (being a troll at heart haha) may just decide to turn Scrapyard War into a parody of its own (like Call of Duty) where everyone just comes by to guess how many parts there will be instead of discussing the content itself (the pc building, the component buying, the winner...etc..) LOL

Please allow me to put my 2 cents here (haha, that wasn't a pun   )
 
IMO, the reason there have been quite a lot of criticisms about how the Scrapyard War (SYW) series has bee dragged out too much is because many feel their time spent watching ~15 mins each episode has not been worth it. 
 
Of course, it is FREE content at the end, but as LMG can get more money (presumably) when there are more views, perhaps we should viewers' time spent watching videos as some sort as currency as well (or something that has value) i.e instead of paying LMG directly with money, we "pay" them with our time watching their videos.
And to be honest, the last few episodes of SYW3 have been somewhat...well lackluster I guess, there haven't been much going on, 
 
If I have to use an outside example, I would say SWY3 is very similar to The Hobbit Trilogy - a lot of hype, lots of production value, watchable and not a complete disaster (IMO at least), but utterly drawn out with lots of unnecessary content and detail.
 
From what I have heard and read, I can understand that the workload and the sheer amount of footage are ENORMOUS, and making several parts is the only way to justify all the cost.
 
 
HOWEVER, isn't this the slippery slope that the gaming industry has been going down for a while? Many want to make the biggest AAA hits and they spend way to much money and resources on developing and marketing the games, but in the end they have to make all those DLC, Season Pass, preorder bonuses in order to compensate for the cost - mismanagement is the keyword here
 
I understand that it is impossible to produce high quality with interesting stuffs all the time (like when you guys were busy moving), but with a series like SYW, which I would consider to be shaping up to become a "flagship" series of Linus Tech Tips, there should be more thoughts put into planning. We all want to everyone be excited about the new SYW, you don't want anyone goes: "Nah, the new SYW is gonna be dragged on for months so I don't bother", right?
 
TL;DR, I hope that Linus and the group are aware that as LMG grows and become more prominent as a company (Linus said so himself), the production value and quality have to be kept up as well, both the content itself and the management => keep your viewers feel that their time have been worth it 
 
P.S:  my favorite things about Linus' videos are that they are concise, straightforward, entertaining but right to the point
 
P.S.2: of course, Linus (being a troll at heart haha) may just decide to turn Scrapyard War into a parody of its own (like Call of Duty) where everyone just comes by to guess how many parts there will be instead of discussing the content itself (the pc building, the component buying, the winner...etc..) LOL

Can you be more specific? Is it because Linus have more ads? Or because you find the ads are not worthy of being portrayed in the videos?
 
and you have a problems with product showcase? Linus has been doing that for quite a while, even the old unboxing could be counted as product placement.
To me, the Linus Tech Tips channels has always been an "all-rounder" tech channels where any videos related to tech can be uploaded: from the unboxing, reviews, DIY projects, build logs, handy tips AND many more, including product showcase.
Yes, we can expect more from Linus, but that does NOT mean your expectations are always met. Can't you not enjoy the variety of his content? 
 
 
Then again, even now I don't understand what many people are mad about.
 
Do I have some criticism for LMG? Absolutely!!! but that's about how many recent videos are structures, and it's a topic for another day 

ok ok, this is getting way too over the top 
 
From my understanding, many people make a lot of assumptions about how Linus make videos.
For example, 
 
_ when Linus gets a review sample they THINK that he gets paid to do a favorable review (which is NOT true according to Linus himself). 
 
_ They "THINK" that Linus gets paid to make deals like: launching the video when the embargo is up (e.g. reviews of the GTX 980ti come out roughly at the same across different channels). Yes, that is in the deal the PR from the companies make with Linus, but that DOES NOT impose on Linus's opinion itself
 
_ videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4xDfEOGONw, some hated it and called Linus a sell-out because IN THEIR OPINION Linus had not built the most optimized $1000 gaming rig.
 
_ quite a few watchers condemn LMG for being anti-AMD because they haven't praised AMD much recently, like the Asus R9 390 Strix review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNcPen6qI44 , in which Luke was being "meh" (at least to them) and he even recommended buying a now-very-affordable 290/290x and some took that as Luke looking down the new 390/390x - I myself see great value in the 390, but I can see Luke also had a valid point (while some don't, sadly)
 
 
There are more instances like this, but it's 12:25AM in Australia so.... 

Yes, I and a many of LMG's followers understand that, but NOT everyone does.
 
This is just my suggestion, but perhaps in future videos, you should consider to make more clear, blunt and obvious disclosures, those that (IMO) would provide answers to these questions:
 
1. HOW you get the product: someone sends it over? You buy it yourself?
 
2. WHY you make a video about it: someone reaches out to you? You just think it is a cool product/thing?
 
3. ADDITIONAL PAYMENT/REWARDS: you receive any other payment for making the video? Or just the video alone is enough in the deal?
 
4. A disclaimer to emphasize that the above information are according to the law of.... so that you can avoid all the people who are annoyed because of such disclosure.
 
 
The important thing is that these information should be treated like the intro/outro of every videos, tthese need to be IN THE FACE OF THE VIEWERS, YES IN THE FACE so that they won't be able to miss it, and that there won't be any unnecessary assumptions. If they chose not to believe a sponsored video, then it's on them, not on LMG. 
 
My university lecturer once said that when we needed to write an explanation in the exam, we MUST treat and see our examiners like an idiot/ignorant fool who required very explicit and clear details, otherwise they WOULD assume that we hadn't properly answer the question.
 
yes it creates more work for the team, but you have already been making disclosures so why not take it a step further.
 
I sincerely hope that my post helps.
 
Keep up the good work Linus and the team!!! 

@LinusTech: the TL;DR at the end of the day is that from now on, in every video you should consider to explicitly say something like "This video is sponsored by...", or "this product is sent by...but we didn't receive any money", or "I reached out for this project because I think it's cool"....
and lastly DO NOT make assumptions that the viewers know about this, you HAVE TO make it extremely EXPLICIT and OBVIOUS