Posts by birdsong

Indeed. Thanks though!

Not super keen on a device that doesn't integrate the speaker amp as well. But maybe I'm asking for too much.

I'm interested in others' opinions on options for an all-in-one USB audio, DAC, headphone and small power amp combo. The most popular along these lines that seems to be decent is the Nuforce Icon-2. I'm basically in the market because...

Very interesting as regards the noise point. Still frustrating. It's pretty annoying if I want to watch videos on Youtube or something, because I'll watch a video, it will click off, then click on when I click another... etc.

I've had a Zero DAC for two years now and it's been great for my modest needs. Previously, I had it hooked up to my 20" first-gen Intel iMac and it worked like a charm. However, I've recently noticed that on my new...

Well, yes and no. It's likely that the frequency of the sound can influence how damaging it is, e.g. 100dB of 20 Hz is different than 100dB of 20kHz. There are certainly resonance considerations as well....