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I bought a pair of the old style Momentum headphones as a graduation present for my daughter. It also gives me the opportunity to spend some time with them. The sound quality is impressive. She loves them.
I will also need to buy an Apple laptop computer for her in the near future. Does an upgrade to the sound card make any difference to the quality of sound in headphones? Are there any programs similar to Pure Music that improve the quality of music from a streaming service like Spotify? Is there anything else that can be done for a non audiophile to improve the quality of the sound?
Thanks
Hujo
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My guess is that an external dac/amp combo in most cases would equal or surpass a computer board up grade.And, if you get a portable dac/amp combo, has the added benefit that it can be used with smart phone most any place.
If you want to go deep into the woods on this issue you might want to wander over to: head-fi.org
Edits: 05/28/15
Pure Music offers a "Playthrough" mode that might help with the sound of spotify. Not sure. Likewise Amarra offers an EQ and Noise-reduction product called "Amarra SQ" that may help. I'm pretty sure you can get a free trial on both and see how you feel about the features and sound quality.
Another possible tweak: Fidelia offers a 'headphone enhancement mode' (at extra cost) that may produce a more spacious sound through headphones.
Note that if your daughter uses iPods or iPhones, then she'll want to keep music in iTunes. I believe that Pure Music and Audirvana both use an 'iTunes integration mode'. Another (cheap) option is Bitperfect, an app that discreetly runs in the background with iTunes to give a lift to its sound quality. However Audirvana, Bitperfect and Fidelia would not offer any help with spotify streams, if I remember correctly.
I think you should download the free demo of Amarra SQ and see if that seems helpful. Feels like that might be the easiest, simplest approach.
There are USB DAC/headphone amp combinations out there that will sound better than the onboard chipset. On Spotify, it's going to be pretty hard to say whether there will be any audible changes.
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