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withered_preacher
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@Aroogah
Forget about using your headphone socket, the quality will always be poor. You'll need a DAC as well as a pair of powered near field monitors. Mini studio DACs are cheap and have USB input to take audio and power directly from your computer. IMO a desktop setup needs a decent volume knob and accessible headphone socket.
My set up:
Focusrite i412 DAC (but a 212 will probably do just fine)
Presonus Eris 4.5s, but any similar spec NFMs will do
Acoustic isolation pads being added under the monitors to stop leaking resonance to the desk
You can do all of the above for £200