The ATH-AD2000X arrived already. 10 year old Stello DAC VS Modi

fbm211

I got these a week sooner than I expected. First I set up the modi DAC with the Atom amp. It sounded OK but i was not impressed. I expected these cans to sound stellar. NOT.
Later I got around to setting up the Stello with the Atom and wow. That's what I was expecting. Bass had more punch and the mids and highs were so sweet and clean. Much more refined. And of course CDs sounded so much better than anything I played on Youtube or spotify. So forget those tiny little $100.00 dollar DACs. They have their place, but are not for me.
The MASSDROP X THX AAA™ 789 LINEAR AMPLIFIER was available for preorder less than a day. I got in too late. I wanted that so bad.

kharp1

I've got a stello dac laying around here somewhere. I ordered an I2S cable for it and never used it again. I get distracted easily. Was a good DAC for the money.

fbm211

Id like to try it connected to my headphone out on my Mobo but I had to disable to creative Recon 3D software to get quality sound to my Vanatoo speakers. They sounded terrible with that software enabled