Table top DAC and Amp advice needed


Hi guys,

Please help me with some table top DAC and AMP advice as I don’t have much table space and I am hoping to reuse my pair of Q Acoustics 3020i and a subwoofer for my pc and also use it for audio to my gaming headphones.

I was advised to consider this setup:

Zen Air DAC and Schiit Gjallarhorn

As someone with zero experience with any of these items I have only read that stuff from Topping, Icepower or Aiyima may be a better buy.

Many thanks for any advice and a low-ish budget.

128x128mawashi01

Showing 1 response by dean_palmer

The Schiit products are amazingly good and are made or assembled in the USA. I have a small stack of Schiit right here on my desktop, the Valhalla 2 and the Modius as a headphone setup. At work I have their "Hel" headphone amp + DAC. I would not consider the Zen Air thing as it's just odd shape. If it were me I'd avoid the Zen Air and go with something better, like the Schiit or other higher rated offerings and build a solid little system.