Before creating a user login, and posting this I looked on the site for hours... I do not know what exactly I am looking for so it is difficult to find an answer.
I have been looking for a small desktop setup that can do multiple things....
$2500 budget for the electronics - I need a setup that does the following -
I already have the Schiit HEL, the SoundBlasterX G6 and FX4. I would like something more. Power has not been an issue with the IEM's (UE Live, 64 Audio A18 and Westone ES80). With the over the ear headphones I rarely grad the 600 ohm pair as they seem underpowered.
I am looking for something that can do everything listed above. My PC does NOT have an optical output. I cannot change the soundcard. The PC is a work machine that is upgraded every 2 years or so. No ability to add a PC soundcard or optical output. The PC has USB output.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE>
I have been looking for a small desktop setup that can do multiple things....
$2500 budget for the electronics - I need a setup that does the following -
- Make phone calls / speak on teams meetings through the unit connected to my PC. It needs to take 3.5mm single ended IEM's (that have microphones) and over the ear headphones that are 3,5mm single ended with microphones. I am trying to avoid a standalone microphone (for lots of reasons).
- I listen to music 50% of my day and the other 50% is on phone calls (I use the apps on my PC through RingCentral and Microsoft Teams).
- I have headphones that range in spec all the way up to 600ohms (that I use for music only sometimes).
- Ideally this will be an all in 1 solution or 2 small units that stack.
- Ideally MQA would be supported (I listen almost exclusively to Tidal on my PC).
I already have the Schiit HEL, the SoundBlasterX G6 and FX4. I would like something more. Power has not been an issue with the IEM's (UE Live, 64 Audio A18 and Westone ES80). With the over the ear headphones I rarely grad the 600 ohm pair as they seem underpowered.
I am looking for something that can do everything listed above. My PC does NOT have an optical output. I cannot change the soundcard. The PC is a work machine that is upgraded every 2 years or so. No ability to add a PC soundcard or optical output. The PC has USB output.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE>