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My mac sounds better than my Magni 3+ Heresy (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by No_Walrus_7363@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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After a week of trying my new LCD X plugged into a Magni, I was getting mixed results. Some songs sounded great, but others sounded a little off on their balance, separation and clarity.

I ordered a cheap adapter on Amazon and plugged my LCD X into the headphone jack of my MacBook Pro 2022. Much to my surprise the sound is night and day, the depth, separation and clarity are suddenly on par with what I was expecting from my LCD X.

Why would this be the case?

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[–] Brambletail@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Cough cough. You don't need a dac any more and only need an amp if your headphones are harder to drive. Cough* internal DACs have become much better in the last 3 decades* cough.