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Hi guys,
I would be grateful for suggestions for my son's music habit, and his PC.
He is permanently glued to to his PC (gamer and Comp Science student), and wants better music playback quality. He currently uses his gaming headset, which isn't great for this purpose, straight from his PC via Qobuz (I set up the family subscription, and his own account).
His birthday is coming up (17), so I wanted to get him a basic starter set up with DAC and headphones (he's not interested in a desktop speaker set-up, doesn't want speakers 🤔)
I was thinking of one of the AudioQuest Dragonfly DACs, or may one of the cheaper ifi DACs. Suggestions welcome, especially if anyone listens to music direct from PCs
As for headphones; I don't know where to start. I've never been in to or interested in headphones or head-fi and have no idea what I'm doing in this regard. Please could you suggest a budget pair of HPs that would be compatible with the intended set-up.
Budget wise, looking at around £200 all in. My son loves his music, but is not interested in HiFi; he just wants improved playback from what he has at the moment.
He has perculiar tastes for a soon to be 17yr old; Black Sabbath (I did give him this, I was a fan in my youth), King Crimson, Blue Oyster Cult. I was playing Herbie Hancock one afternoon when he came downstairs, "wow, what's that dad?"- he's now a fan 😎😁. Anyway, giving him his own access to Qobuz has been great; he's become a music sponge, hence the idea to improve his listening quality
Thanks guys, any suggestions welcome, especially on the headphone front, I am truly clueless 😩
I would be grateful for suggestions for my son's music habit, and his PC.
He is permanently glued to to his PC (gamer and Comp Science student), and wants better music playback quality. He currently uses his gaming headset, which isn't great for this purpose, straight from his PC via Qobuz (I set up the family subscription, and his own account).
His birthday is coming up (17), so I wanted to get him a basic starter set up with DAC and headphones (he's not interested in a desktop speaker set-up, doesn't want speakers 🤔)
I was thinking of one of the AudioQuest Dragonfly DACs, or may one of the cheaper ifi DACs. Suggestions welcome, especially if anyone listens to music direct from PCs
As for headphones; I don't know where to start. I've never been in to or interested in headphones or head-fi and have no idea what I'm doing in this regard. Please could you suggest a budget pair of HPs that would be compatible with the intended set-up.
Budget wise, looking at around £200 all in. My son loves his music, but is not interested in HiFi; he just wants improved playback from what he has at the moment.
He has perculiar tastes for a soon to be 17yr old; Black Sabbath (I did give him this, I was a fan in my youth), King Crimson, Blue Oyster Cult. I was playing Herbie Hancock one afternoon when he came downstairs, "wow, what's that dad?"- he's now a fan 😎😁. Anyway, giving him his own access to Qobuz has been great; he's become a music sponge, hence the idea to improve his listening quality
Thanks guys, any suggestions welcome, especially on the headphone front, I am truly clueless 😩