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loveha
Look into Schiit audio. Everything for every price point to push 600 ohm cans.

The Modi / Magni combo is the entry level for schiit:
https://www.schiit.com/products/modi-1
https://www.schiit.com/products/magni-1
 

loveha

Nereus

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Nereus
lol.. I assume they have a good reputation, but I can't help laughing a little about buying high end audio from a company named 'schiit audio'.

Oh they lean into it.  Feels like the company was named during a late night of drinking, and someone said "duuuude, you should totally name it that, that would be hilarious"

Lol, well it's not a name anyone's going to forget in a hurry, so there's that.

Not to mention everything is named after something or someone Norse mythology.
They also try to source everything from America if it's possible.

Yes, I always throw it out there when someone is looking for a dac/amp. Mine has been serving me well for a long time, over 7 years.

zippytek
Funny enough, here were his 2 suggestions:
 

Schiit Fulla is a good alternative (to the HT Omega eClaro 7.1 pcie). the AudioQuest Dragonfly series also

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zippytek
Funny enough, here were his 2 suggestions:
 

Schiit Fulla is a good alternative (to the HT Omega eClaro 7.1 pcie). the AudioQuest Dragonfly series also

Fulla is a good all in one solution, modi/magni gives you some flexibility if you want to add in different components.  Dragonfly is just a USB stick (right?), works good for a laptop, but for a desktop I prefer something a little heftier. 

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zippytek

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zippytek
Funny enough, here were his 2 suggestions:
 

Schiit Fulla is a good alternative (to the HT Omega eClaro 7.1 pcie). the AudioQuest Dragonfly series also

Fulla is a good all in one solution, modi/magni gives you some flexibility if you want to add in different components.  Dragonfly is just a USB stick (right?), works good for a laptop, but for a desktop I prefer something a little heftier. 

what's the budget range v the HT Omega? i asked him for USB DAC recs in that range and have no idea what things run but he works for a big high end audio retailer and i trust him 

Cost-wise?  Or performance-wise?  Cost has hard numbers, performance not so-much (subjective to some degree)  And also depends if you want 7.1, the DACs above are only two channel.
 
As to not highjack the thread (which audio discussions can completely), I'd suggest making a new thread in the hardware forum to keep the discussion rolling and on-topic.

ShawnB420

Gotspeed_2000
Bavor,
Sorry to hear your block is possibly loosing it finish.  Jsunn's block also had something similar going on with it as well.  To me, this cerakote finish idea although great on paper might be more of a larger issue for Optimus.  I can't imagine if this small sample size is having these type of issues what else could be going wrong for the rest of the blocks.  I know I've seen somewhere a couple of others who thought their block was rusting but it was the copper showing through I believe.  I think in the near future unless Optimus goes back to their electro-platting nickel process I'm going to skip these Kingpins and possibly go for either the strix for FTW3 ultras moving forward.  So many issues with the build using the Kingpin as the basis for such a small increase in performance for me (I lost on the silicon lottery).  
 
Not sure what else Optimus can do using their current process.  But I do hope you get this resolved to your satisfaction.  I'm crossing my fingers for my build.  I'll know more when the time comes for a flush.  

The Sig V2 lock also flakes. Had it happen to me twice. I’m officially done with Optimus and likely will never buy another product from them ever again.
They have gone completely silent for the last 5 months, I’m starting to think they are on their last legs before daddy pulls the plug

bavor
I heard back from Optimus.  They claim that they have never heard of the cerakote coming off the card.  Yet I can find several people who had the same issue here and elsewhere. 
 
Optimus has limited replacement parts for the KP3090 block since its discontinued, but they can refinish the parts or strip them to bare copper if I send them back.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do at this point.