speedyj

Hi all, I'd like a little advice please. I have a PC based system running Win7 64 using an Asus Xonar Essence STX into a Little Dot Mk3 which in turn feeds a pair of Adam A7 monitors. My question is will an external DAC improve things and if so what do you suggest. I am pretty happy with the current sound but always curious to see if much improvement can be made without spending silly money. Musical tastes are varied across pretty much all styles but with a taste for female vocals and acoustic material if I'm honest. I have no experience with DACS but I assume a USB one would negate the need for a soundcard at all?

I listened to the ADM 9.1's and could not see an improvement on the Adams, infact the Adams have a far superior top end to my ears. Don't get me wrong, the ADM's are good but not better, subjective I know but thats what I heard.

I have a set of Adam A7's that I rum from a PC using an Asus Xonar Essence soundcard playing lossless. This is pretty much my only music system and has been for a while. It is in my garden office that is only about 3m x 4m in size so the setup is very nearfield in nature. The sound is very good in my opinion, very revealing in nature as you would expect but the ribbon tweeters are surprisingly easy going to my ears also. Has anyone compared the A7's to the ADM 9/9.1's at all, I know one is a near field monitor and the other is not (really) but I am curious as to how different they would sound. Are the ADM's very flat and true or are they more like a typical hifi speaker? I will soon be moving this all into a larger room that will be my office and music den, dimensions more like 4m x 6m and I'd like to listen in a more conventional way as I will have the space to spread a little. The remote volume would also be very handy as would the onboard DAC. Any advice, especially if someone has made a silmilar transition, most appreciated.