Posts by Blotto80

CMSS3d isn't something that games support or don't support. The game sends its 5.1 (or whatever) to the sound card and it uses CMSS (or Dolby headphone or THX whatever) to apply virtual surround. The XFI series will fully work for years...

The Z series cards seem like a step backwards from the TiHD. For the price you can get one for now, I wouldn't look at anything else.

For gaming audio it's pretty hard to beat the Xfi TiHD. The Xonar STX comes close but I feel that CMSS is better for positional audio than Dolby Headphone. Grab the Xfi and get a small analog only Amp. The DAC in the TiHD is as good or...

Quote: Originally Posted by scuttle  Then one would use a file converter. Sorry, but as a rhetorical question that one was about was tricky as "What would you if you're standing in Starbucks with pockets stuffed...

I bet people in 1998 used to think that realmedia would never go away either. Chances are MP3 will be around forever but what if it's not? I'm just saying that with HDDs being so cheap, it makes no sense not to keep lossless as your...

While I do agree that a 320CBR MP3 sounds every bit as good as a flac file, what happens in 10 years when you buy the latest and greatest new phone that doesn't support the archaic format .mp3. Now you have to transcode from a lossy...

The graphic EQ is very limited as it lacks the bands for fine tweaking. The parametric EQ is exceptionally powerful but doesn't have a graphical interface so it can be hard to visualize a curve while adjusting. Electri-Q doesn't work in...

Quote: Originally Posted by mlxx  With all this lcd2 talk.. I A/B the he400 against the lcd2/lcd3. I found the he400 was very similar to the lcd2. When I listened to songs with no vocals, it was hard to tell...

Got my J$ pads today (thanks Wje, got here much quicker than I expected).  Have had them on my head for 45 minutes and the comfort is 100% improved over the velours. Sound seems to have some of the best qualities of both the...

Quote:Originally Posted by Andrew_WOT  Shouldn't be a problem, not familiar with Sheer Audio but GS-1 and GLite (both Dynalo design) power them just fine. Quote:Originally Posted by Solude Nods.  Way more than enough power and...