Seeking advice. I’m using the Argon MK 3 with JDS Atom amp. Would I benefit with the THX AAA 789 in sound quality and power? If so, do I need or should I purchase DAC? Would appreciate DAC recommendations as well. Thanks!
Larue210Heheh ah well XD
I recommend planning for the long term, and getting the components separately 1 by 1. This amp is a very good place to start with; once you have it 99% of headphones and iems should be cleanly driven without issues. You can sit on the fence about a dac until later- recently there's been, and will be, alot of fierce competition amongst higly competent new models. I expect either performance to improve and/or prices to go down. The Argon is quite nice, good on you :)
Larue210JDS Atom and 789 single ended power is about the same into 50ohm. Some would argue the atom has better performance single ended. Some would argue the opposite. I'd argue most people would misidentify them or couldn't tel the difference in a blind test.
Being that you don't have a DAC I'd say your money is better spent there. Grace SDAC (non-balanced) or Topping D10 good budget DACs while Topping D50s (has bluetooth), Grace SDAC (balanced), and SMSL SU-8 (also has balanced output option) is about as good as it gets before price sky rockets. Budget DACs are the best option (because they're still transparent to most ppl) unless you're looking for more features.