hey guys it seems my onboard sound card limited my Edifier 2.1 speaker S350DB + I also have a beyerdynamic DX 120 IE earphone when I dont use speaker.

it is an old Realtek® ALC892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC. The Spec is Here . SNR seems to be about 90-95. Means any Dac or sound card seems to be a huge upgrade for me.

Anyone can recommend me a decent Dac? or these section is for headphone only? or I should go for soundcard? I prefer to stick to hardware that require little to no driver, dont really use those software bundled with sound card.

Budget RM200-300

This post has been edited by Boldnut: Nov 17 2017, 10:19 AM

hey guys seems like I checked these DACs they all come with battery.

Would prefer those that do not come with battery run entirely from power instead.

thx, will look into those model. These stuff are still ok with 2.1 speaker right? because I swap between earphone and 2.1 speaker. how are they compare with Xonar DSX & Strix Soar?

This post has been edited by Boldnut: Nov 18 2017, 09:00 PM