thank u sir , best of luck to you in your I ' m in boys journey <| sep |> The underwater turning into forest sample is really awesome . Thanks for these <| sep |> I went to go introduce myself to my friend ' s mother , who happend to be using the toilet at the time . Pretty awkward to introduce yourself while someone is having a piss . <| sep |> I need help selecting an entry level amp solution . Headphones I have Etymotic HF 5 s and have a pair of Sennheiser HD 6 XX HD 650 s coming in December . The HD 6 XX are the reason I need an amp , but I want it to also be compatible with the HF 5 s should I need to use them for isolation . Source Lossless audio and gaming from a 24 bit onboard on my MoBo . No noise or distortion noticed so far , so I don ' t know how much an external DAC would help . I bought a SoundBlaster XiFi Go ! USB DAC and I couldn ' t notice a difference between it and my motherboard when using the HF 5 s . Budget Around $ 100 . Considerations I ' m thinking of buying a Magni 2 . My concern is that any deficiencies from my onboard DAC that I can ' t hear right now would reveal themselves when piped through a proper amp and into the HD 6 XX . Instead I was thinking of buying a Fulla for an all in one solution , but that would essentially be $ 70 lost long term as I plan on buying a magnimodi 2 stack eventually , probably buying the modi 2 next fall . How I see my options 1 Just get the Magni 2 . Any DAC issues will have to dealt with until I can afford the Modi 2 next fall . 2 Just get the Magni 2 . Use the SoundBlaster as a DACpseudo preamp before the Magni 2 . But I don ' t know if this is a viable option . I don ' t know enough about audio to predict if this would work well 3 Get the Fulla now , and buy the MagniModi 2 stack in two years . I only predict about $ 100 a year to spend on audio equipment for the next few years due to college , so the $ 70 tied up in the Fulla sets me back a full year on completing the Magni 2 Modi 2 stack . What would you do ?