I've been on a Graham Slee / Focal binge. So in the last month I picked up a Graham Slee Bitzie analog DAC to take over the audio output from my laptop / PC. Now to realise the full capacity of what the Bitzie was offering I needed a set of headphones that were a bit more Hifi than the daily drivers, a pair of AKG N60NC's (great WfH headphones), and I got a pair of Focal Elegia headphones, highish end, fabulous build quality, closed back & comfy. Now I had stellar sound quality from my laptop and PC in my lair
, even emotionally grabbing, a cousin who listened in started crying in response to a favourite song but when I went downstairs to listen to some vinyl using the same Focal Elegia's, it just wasn't the same. The digital system was giving my vinyl setup a complete Slapdown. I was devestated if not surprised as the Bitzie / Elegia had raised the bar quite significantly.So to rectify I picked up a Graham Slee Solo Headphone amp and it was an improvement but it highlighted a lack of detail in the Phono area of the amp to which I rectified with a Gram Slee Accession M only so shift the weakness to my deck (Pro-ject Audio Debut) and only highlighted to me what a fools errand it us to start off low and work up. Go for the bestest straight off, you get the quality sooner and it's cheaper!