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Motherboard Audio Not Loud Enough - T50RP MK3 - Need budget amp advice

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I have T50RP MkIII headphones, my Z490 Vision G motherboard's audio cannot power them enough even on the highest power level in the driver settings and max volume (rear I/O jack not front) it is too quiet.

When I first bought the headphone I was using Schiit Modi 3 and Magni 3 Heresy stack and the sound was perfect, unfortunately due to life I don't have that stack any more.
 

I don't want to buy a DAC for no reason but I need an amplifier, what can I get away with here? Looking to spend as little as possible but it needs enough sack to handle the T50RP.

 

I am in the United Kingdom

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Oh man, T50RP and budget amp do not have any place in the same sentence.  They are the second most difficult to drive headphones that I own.

 

I honestly can't give you good advice because I jumped straight into speaker power amplifier territory with the Emotiva BasX A-100 (A2M is current version)

 

The SMSL SH6 might have the power to drive it

The Topping L30 II looks to have the power of the magni

 

Then just get an Aux to RCA cable (3.5mm TRS to RCA)

 

Oh and I had a decent experience with a Douk Audio headphone amp but that specific one wouldn't run your headphones

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