justaalawstudent OP t1_itt3u9v wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:36 AM

Reply to comment by blargh4 in K702s with L30II and E30II - is it supposed to sound this harsh? by justaalawstudent

I was actually using it straight from my PC to the L30II, which is obviously not ideal but I didn't have anything else at that moment. My PC is pretty high end but I doubt the mobo DAC is better than the E30 (I could actually hear noise when my PC was under load lol), which is why I don't know why it sounds so harsh.

RB181 t1_ittwv45 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:01 AM

Depends on the specifications of that motherboard DAC. I'd expect the E30II to be more transparent than most, if not all mobo DACs (I also have the E30II, and it's better than my mobo's Realtek ALC880 at least with some of the more power-hungry headphones), but then you might just like the coloured sound of a mobo DAC more; more transparent does not necessarily mean better sound, as evidenced by tube amp users and the like.