#Schiit stack with surround sound upgrade

You may get lower signal-to-noise ratio, lower noise floor, slightly more clarity/detail, but it's not really a substantial upgrade for the price you're paying, and it may be it's not a difference you'll even be able to hear on your setup. I wouldn't consider a soundcard if you already have something like a ALC1150 chip in there, unless you really need those extra inputs and dolby whatever it comes with.

#Schiit stack with surround sound software

It does very well as a integrated being fed by the Mydac on speakers.ĥ) M Audio, this was just so tinny and poor I could not even consider it.I can't speak for your Razer stuff, but I imagine they use their own proprietary software rather than relying on the onboard realtek codec.Īs far as DAC quality goes, if your onboard audio is already decent, don't expect a big difference. This one has plenty of power to drive most any headphone.Ĥ) Dared I30, This is a tube integrated but apparenly the internal Dac is not up to snuff. Not unpleasant and I could live with it and the Topping. This has a bit of an overall lazy sound, kind of warm like a cloudy summer afternoon. This is the Swiss Army Knife of my collection. Luckily I dont listen that loud.ģ) Headroom Desktop amp, I thought this would be one or two seeing as how it is class A and recently rebuilt. I dont think I will go into much detail as I think you are the only one that cares but I will pare things down properly.ġ) Schiit Stack - The amp is a tube unit and provides detailed yet sweet sound, not rounded off like one would think.Ģ) Topping TP31 - Great sound, a bit of a rise in the top end and with the Beyerdynamic, it was really running out of steam volume wise. Thank You Todd, I try to be thorough and try a few different things that allow me to hone in on sound preferences. LG Electronics 65-inch B6 OLED, Sony 65-inch X900F, ZeroSurge 8R15W x 2, ZeroSurge 2R15W x 2 Seymour Screen Excellence, Enlightor NEO AT Screen SVS Prime Elevation x4 (Top Middle, Top Rear)īehringer 1124p Aura Bass Shaker Pros SuperSub X SVS Prime Elevation x4 (Top Front, Top Mid-Front) GoldenEar Technology SuperCenter Reference Kaleidescape TERRA, OPPO UDP-203, Panasonic UB9000 Oh and as you can see in the image, I did order the Pyst interconnects for these two as they are kind of light and actually they seem to work better than many other choices. More to follow as I work through my edits. Schiit Stack Modi and Vali, This Vali is a tube amp while the dac is solid stateĭared I30 integated tube amp fed via internal dac 24/192 high rez files were not used as the Schiit Modi could not decode them.Īs far as Dac/Amplifiers I tried the following:

While I did once again try to revive my Denon AHD2000's that the doggie ate by trying to redo the cable but it only lasted a short while, I guess I am not a micro solderer.Īll music was retrieved via Jriver at cd quality or high rez 24/96 through my media server or my office computer. Using several sets of headphones that I own at this time as follows: Recently I became the proud owner of a Schiit Modi Dac and a Schiit Vali headphone amp via a contest, Thank You !!Īs such, I have been experimenting since I have received them I can say without a doubt that this combination is the best I own or have heard.