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Fiio or Audioengine DAC?

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October 16, 2014 5:02:06 PM

Been looking into getting a Digital analog converter for my desktop and wanted to know which of these brands to go with and how good the audio quality is. I am new to this and wanted to take my audio quality to the next level. I was thinking either this one http://www.amazon.com/Audioengine-D1-24-bit-Digital-to-...

or this http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-E10-USB-Headphone-Amplifier/...

I both game and listen to music.
Thanks in advance.

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October 16, 2014 5:06:40 PM

I've heard bad things from someone using the FiiO. No clue about audioengine.
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October 16, 2014 5:08:39 PM

What kind of things did you hear?
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October 16, 2014 5:18:24 PM

the fiio e10 isnt terrible really but its not worth close to $200.

for the price the ae d1 is pretty good but its amp is abit underpowered for heavy headphones like the dt990pro 250. for most headphones its more than enough.

a much better solution would be the schiit modi + magni combination (or modi + vali if you prefer tube amps). that combo can drive headphones fine.
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October 16, 2014 5:51:56 PM

no. that cable would not work at all. a dac like the ones you're looking at would be for audio output only not mic input.

for the pc350 the amount you're thinking of spending on a dac amp is a bit much.

you would probably be better served by something like the creative z soundcard (or external soundcard if you have a laptop). that would give you better mic and headphone connections and give you virtual surround. you wont get that with a normal dac.
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October 16, 2014 7:33:16 PM

Well that's too bad. I'll look into one of those perhaps. Maybe a Xonar? Thank you for your replies you have been quite helpful.
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October 16, 2014 8:24:30 PM

the xonar dx is about equal to the z.
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