Hi

I'm not an audiophile but literally an audiomoron. My X-Fi Musicextreme finally bit the dust. So while looking for a replacement solution, i stumbled upon something called DAC.

My setup: Logitech Z-5300? I forgot. 5.1 speakers (with small head connectors). NOTE: I do not make use of the 5.1 speaker setup. My speakers are configured for 5.1 but my rear speakers are below my desk. Yes I am an audiomoron. It's been this way for nearly 10 years. So a 2.1 setup is probably what I really need if the speakers should be correctly configured.

My usage: Music, Movies (I do not need to listen to dog barking coming from behind me, as stated above) Stereo left to right is good enough. Occasional games, probably upcoming diablo 3.

To my ears, onboard sound card has always sounded bad, particularly those realtek. So I bought the X-fI and my habit is to turn on the equalizer, raise the bass slightly, not too much, and treble quite a bit. I think many will disagree.

I like flac but I do not listen to techno stuff. Mostly 40's Jazz, a lot of classical, retro and whatever old music. Most of them, not offered in great quality. There are lossless formats of those though.

OK.. So the problem now is, I'm trying to get a more modern setup.... but yet I don't really know what I need or want and people are going to diss my way of listening probably. I don't know what's good or not. I've always felt higher treble = greater clarity but please don't flame me, I really have no idea about all these. Haha.

So where do I start? My research has landed me here... seeing people are choosing DAC over soundcards. So now what?

Does anybody wanna order Audioengine D1 premium with me?