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(Insert multiple swearwords here).... thought I was happy with all my audio gear, then my R50 headphones went... and I saw... the Sennheiser HD 515 .... (more swearwords).... enter this world then!  ;D Here we go, eish

So the senns are in the mail (R1k at Expansys, nice deal I'd say  ;) ), but I'd like to couple them with something that would add a little oomph. I'm not looking at external DAC's like the CA Dacmagic or Nuforce Icon , I'll look at those later when and as funds allow. It should be fun to cure my upgraditis on those eventually. But I came across the SoundBlaster Extigy

http://saharashop.co.za/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/67

and reviewed at

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/206/sound_blaster_extigy_review/index.html

Seems quite reasonable at the price? Would some of you more knowledgeable chaps have any idea if this would give me some form of added performance, over my onboard soundcard? I'm not looking for sonic nirvana yet, just good-to-very-good performance with the senns?


 
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