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External DAC/Amp needed?

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I'm back! So I just purchased a pair of ath-m50x's and I'm wondering if my onboard soundcard (ALC1150 on ASRock z97 extreme4) is high enough quality to get the most out of my purchase. I still have a leftover budget of up to 75 dollars. Any recommendations for an external DAC/Amp within my budget or is my onboard soundcard perfectly fine/I would need to spend more than my budget to actually improve them?

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You won't see an improvement with really any DAC on those things.

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ASRock z97 extreme4 uses TI5532 amps, they're just fine.

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You won't get any improvement with buying a soundcard/dac under $300

(Reason for buying one would be to get higher volume and also to eliminate interference)

 

A DAC/AMP combo would be the best option for this, I'd suggest the FiiO E10K.
 

Might add this later...

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you dont need anything

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