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Should i get a dac?

magnumkobra
By magnumkobra
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I have a feeling that people don't even look at the pinned post, before making a thread...

Before you buy amp and dac.  My thoughts on the M50x  Ultimate Ears Reference monitor review I might have a thing for audio...

My main Headphones and IEMs:  K612 pro, HD 25 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor, HD 580 with HD 600 grills

DAC and AMP: RME ADI 2 DAC

Speakers: Genelec 8040, System Audio SA205

Receiver: Denon AVR-1612

Desktop: R7 1700, GTX 1080  RX 580 8GB and other stuff

Laptop: ThinkPad P50: i7 6820HQ, M2000M. ThinkPad T420s: i7 2640M, NVS 4200M

Feel free to pm me if you have a question for me or quote me. If you want to hear what I have to say about something just tag me.

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It all depends on if your source is good enough or not. My PC has a RealTek ALC 892 chipset for the audio and the built in DAC sounds like crap so I picked up an ODAC and even on my HD518's I can tell it's a lot cleaner and the frequency response is a little smoother. Personally I don't think it makes that much of a difference if you aren't really into audio because you likely won't notice the difference unless you really look for it but for me I can tell the difference but all of my friends and family can't.

My Reviews: Sennheiser HD 518 Mayflower Electronics ODAC/O2 Review

My Tutorials: How To Play Crysis on Linux in DirectX 10 with DXVK

 

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1 hour ago, Kilobytez95 said:

It all depends on if your source is good enough or not. My PC has a RealTek ALC 892 chipset for the audio and the built in DAC sounds like crap so I picked up an ODAC and even on my HD518's I can tell it's a lot cleaner and the frequency response is a little smoother. Personally I don't think it makes that much of a difference if you aren't really into audio because you likely won't notice the difference unless you really look for it but for me I can tell the difference but all of my friends and family can't.

 

You connect your 518 directly to an ODAC?

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19 minutes ago, SSL said:

 

You connect your 518 directly to an ODAC?

No that wouldn't work. I have an O2 as well.

My Reviews: Sennheiser HD 518 Mayflower Electronics ODAC/O2 Review

My Tutorials: How To Play Crysis on Linux in DirectX 10 with DXVK

 

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