Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
Which one of these three would you buy and why? This Massdrop O2 + SDAC (I think like $160 shipped) Schiit Fulla 2 ($125 shipped) Feixiang DAC-X6 - not the most attractive name, but heard some good stuff, overall mixed reviews. ($65 shipped)
I'll be using the HD6XX for everything, high-high quality classical, pop, ranging from lossless to 128kbps, movies and whatever else is needed. I'll be using my MacBook Pro, so the DAC is not as bad as some windows based laptops, from what I understand. So, if the difference is substantial I can splurge, but since I am just a random Joe, I don't think I will notice it, without, and maybe even after, some continuous A/B testing. If you think otherwise, let me know.
So, yeah, I think that's all. Personally, I would prefer the Fulla 2, since it's readily available at any given point of time, unlike the SDAC combo (I know about the JDL and Mayflower ones, but they're like 279) and since it's more or less portable, unlike both of these. But, I'm not a house, I can move, if something is really worth it.
Someone called SSL, a highly regarded individual on linustechtips forum as I understand, says the O2 would be the bottleneck for the 650s (read 6XXs), would you agree? Will the Fulla 2 provide enough volume and range, I think it's called, for the 6xx?
If you could share some of your knowledge and advice, it would be much appreciated.