alright ill look around, thanks

i imagine the usability and potential support for a FiiO would be better

prob is lol

fiio is kinda wack

a lot of their source gear just sounds wrong imo

ive been eying a sony nw-a45

but the screen is a bit small

and the power output is fucking piss poor

all of the sony's with the hifi badge are 300+ ):

they like nice

what do you mean "hifi badge"

do you mean the hi-res sticker?

yeah my bad

you know that its entirely pointless right?

you cant hear past 22k

high res is a dumb marketing meme

idk dude i make sure to only buy higth quallity DSD files

ignore it entirely

does nayone actually bother with dsd?

probably

id assume its the same sort of people who believe in retarded shit like mqa

http://www.hdtracks.co.uk/starry-night-247241?format=DSD

huh

dsd is cheaper than 352/24 flac

what is 352/24 flac

lol

sounds stupid

24 bit 352kb/s FLAC

tbh high res has arguable benefits with shit DACs due to filtering entering the audible domain

otherwise its useless as fuck

yeah but if your worrying about high res you prob already have a decent dac lol

exactly

anything past 44.1 is a waste of file space

think i'd hear on a noticable difference on HD558s from a computer to a usb dac

depends on the "dac"

depends how good your computer is lol

that too

alot of high end mobos these days focus on sound

literally the cheapest motherboard from 4 years ago so no

598's are susceptible to output impedance issues tho

if you want a good usb dac for cheapish