Not different at all really unless the form factor is an issue for you. It was for me, so I bought a more discrete amp for my desktop
That sits under these risers
These Soundrise Studio Monitor stands raise desktop speakers by 9" and remove resonance and desk muffle resulting in better bass and clearer tweeters. Buy now!
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Which house these speakers
2-way bookshelf The Q150 proves that the best things come in small packages. A Uni-Q driver and CFD port mean it punches way above its weight. Q Series bookshelf speakers excel in small spaces. KEF's Uni-Q driver array plus Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) port tech equals high resolution and...
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I use this DAC as well
www.schiit.com
Works well for desktop (seriously those speakers are *chef kiss* for near field listening at my desktop. Wound up putting in my subwoofer as well. I would not change a thing about the gear tbh. I might do some room treatments eventually, as that is by far my limiting factor.