Hi, I need suggestion:

I just recently entered the realm of HiFi and it's my new hobby! I'm looking for a portable DAC/AMP combo to pair up with my MSR7. I don't want anything expensive (maybe budget < 1k) because I'm planning to upgrade my headphone in the near future (either HD800 or LCD-2/LCD-3) and maybe get myself a Chord Mojo/Hugo afterwards.

I tend to listen to music/watch anime & occasionally game, but I emphasise on music/anime.

So for this first purchase, I might eventually hand it over to my brother or just keep it as a spare. I tend to travel a lot, hence I'm looking for portability.

I did some reading and found so far have only found these:

Xonar U7 - It's a soundcard but I don't know how it'll perform compared to other portable DAC/AMP. I know it'll give me a good soundstage for gaming but if other portable device can give a better sound quality at the expense of some soundstage... then so be it

E17k - Generally good reviews & quite cheap!

nuPrime uDSD - Low review on the the web, but most of them said these are good. I'm concerned about the ability to drive high impedance headphones though (some said they have problem running headphones above 150 ohm. I tried looking for ohm specs and it only shows 32 ohm which is kinda low?)

I appreciate your time for reading this and I gladly welcome your feed backs, Thanks

I got myself a Final Audio Design Pandora Hope VI (aka. Sonorous VI).
Despite being 8 ohm, what would be a good amp for it?

I got an E17k but I'm sure I can get the best out of this can with a proper Amp. Budget around 1000 ish

Need suggestion for my Pandora Hope VI/Sonorous VI headphone. Preferably a Desktop All in One DAC/Amp
Budget below 2k.

Lookin to upgrade from Fiio E17k

I noticed FAD Sonorous VI shines from a warm source and decent amp, really opens up the soundstage and enhances the bass. It has one of the most natural sounding bass decays i've ever heard and it's a more fun sounding headphone than HD800 (to me) despite being a closedback

This post has been edited by latios507: Jun 29 2017, 08:35 AM