okay so while my gaming desktop has pretty good built in audio, my laptop that I use to watch movies on DOES NOT and in fact sounds horrific. So I guess I'm looking for a cheap DAC/amp for that. I looked at "mid range" ones and they're like $3,000.
@RustyCrab depends on what country you're in
If us, you can get a schiit magni and an apple USB c dongle for 100 bucks
The euro apple dongle is lower voltage and garbage
Idk what the best value amps in Europe are
@RustyCrab that's audiophile midrange, which isn't in any way better. You can get a good desktop DAC/headphone amp for like 100-150. Most that I saw worked in L'Eunuchs just fine.
Just avoid anything from big brands like Creative. They often require custom Windows software for configuration.
@newt yeah that's bare minimum requirement is that I need to be able to plug and play. I am 200% done with bullshit control centers that NEVER EVER work
@RustyCrab i've been rocking this baby for the past 6 months or so. No complaints other than the lack of balanced output. Drives my 250Ohm cans just fine. Also, the meme lightbulbs glow in the dark which is cool!
@newt@RustyCrab I recently bought some 250Ohms headphones that somehow work everywhere I plug them in (even on my phone), but before that odd surprise I was looking for amps in case they didn't work and I found:
@RustyCrab I have a Gen 2. I find the volume loud enough for basically anything I'd need it for, I'm driving Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro X which are 48 Ohm so they are plenty loud, I wouldn't go higher than 250-300 ohms with your cans.
@splitshockvirus right so... It kind of sounds like this might not be the right DAC to hook it up to. I'll check the gen 4 stuff in a bit to see how it is. Evidently the 4i4 is much higher but that's on preorder right now
Word of warning stay away from anything that needs their mixer software. I have the 6i6 also and it's basically a paper weight because it was required and is not linux supported. I haven't looked at if the 4i4 needs it.
You'll need something with an Amp if you want to drive the headphones clearly.
@splitshockvirus I do have concerns about the scarlett 2i2 because apparently its drivers are unstable and shitty on windows. That is a concern for me. The modius purports to be plug and play on windows 10 and up.
@dcc much like the the keyboard world, the definition of 'mid' is going to vary wildly depending on who you talk to. That's just what popped up when I started searching. If you're dealing with suspiciously rich audiopholes $3,000 probably is "mid"
@Tsuki it seems like it's going to be a rabbit hole no matter what I do. I already went down that road with keyboards and I am not looking forward to doing that again.
I FOUND MY ENDGAME KEYBOARD BY THE WAY AND I HAVENT TOUCHED ANY OTHERS SINCE. THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE
@Natanahel The dac built into the laptop is horrible and the sound is muffled and staticy. This is a fairly cheap laptop so this was to be somewhat expected. The headphones sound great on everything else.
@Natanahel not sure if you're familiar with how dac/amps work exactly but basically I am plugging the wired headphones directly into the laptop and the results are quite bad.
@RustyCrab maybe an adapter like this could be useful? I have one and it seemed to work better than the built in audio jack. Otherwise it would have to be a complete external dac
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