Intergrated DAC amplifier sourced from my PC to Sennheiser HD600

[virologist]

Hi everyone,

I am looking into making a full use of my digital music collection in my PC. I saw some intergrated DAC amplifier for example the one here in the news :http://www.whathifi.com/news/marantz-usb-dac-and-headphone-amp-makes-its-us-debut it has a USB.DAC port on the back panel of "Digital Audio in", does it mean if I get a USB A-USB B cable (http://www.custom-cable.co.uk/adl-by-furutech-gt2-audiophile-data-cable-usb-a-usb-b.html), I simply connect USB A into any USB port in my PC, and connect USB B into this DAC amp, my digital sources are gonna run through the amp for my Sennheiser HD600?

It would be great if any good intergrated DAC amp could be recommended for my Sennheiser HD600! I have got a FiiO E11, but it's not really handy for PC use. Many thanks!

 

[ID.]

There are plenty of combined DAC and headphone amps. What is your budget?

I don't think those Sennheisers are particularly hard to drive. You could use something like the 02. The Marantz isn't bad and you can also use it as a preamp. Typical smooth Marantz style. I preferred the Pioneer U-05. It just seems more neutral and detailed. there are also plenty of products in the price ranges in between.

 

[virologist]

My budget would be around 200 pounds.

I decided to try a cheap Chinese one first , http://www.amazon.com/RACOON-SG300-24Bit-96KHz-Decoder/dp/B00ZTE1010 (much cheaper when I bought from Chinese local website, about half the prize than amazon.com)