You have a couple of directions you can go here
For an all Solid State design my favorites are the iFi Audio Zen DAC v2 at the low budget range,Topping Audio in the Mid budget range & Burson Audio in the upper budget range..
The second direction,& the direction I would go, is a Tube/Solid State Hybrid design & in your budget range my first choice would be either an xDuoo TA-22 or for even more tube goodness thanks to tube rectification(but still Class A SS final output) an xDuoo TA-30...
What headphones are you using?
Need to replace an Oppo HA-1
Please forgive me up front for computer audio/digital ignorance. I'm an old vinyl and tubes freak who has been recently listening to a small office based system. Also the first time I've used and enjoyed headphones and listened to computer audio through decent components.
The system is:
Computer audio: Spotify (sorry--I know the sound quality is subpar)
Oppo HA-1: now broken and needs replacement
Sugden A21a power amp
Rogers LS3/5A : 15 ohm
This was a fun little office system for a while until the Oppo died.
Can anyone give me a recommendation for a decent little headphone amp/preamp/DAC combo? Remote would be a plus..I'd like to keep it in the $500-$800 range.
Many thanks,
Todd
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