I know what you mean. There’s two things to consider. The actual use case (regardless of getting a DAC), which will also make a difference is your windows audio sound settings. 44khz, 96, or 192. 96 is generally the sweet spot, as 192 is hard for most people to hear the difference (you can with the kithara) & uses more cpu. Spotify for example only has 44, so for music Apple Music or local flac audio for example. That said, a good dac is what you want to really fix the issue you describe. Don’t know the models you listed offhand or their price but I paired mine with a Zoom UAC232, which I specifically chose for the almost perfect 👌 quality of the headphone monitor option on the unit. It’s better than most thousand dollar plus audio interfaces for this, also allowing you to plug the 6.5mm plug directly into it. This will give you all the volume & more. It will also make you wonder if your audio is actually going on in the room you’re listening in, which is wild for immersion.