Posts by MatsP

I suppose the K601 is fairly easily driven, like most of the Grado line, as opposed to AKG K240 Monitor or some Sennheisers.

No kidding? Oh well, to each his own. With my Grado SR-80s there's no problem, that's all I can say. Of course I use ASIO as well, and lossless audio exclusively as the source.

Hard to say. The difference probably lies more in the implementation and surrounding electronics than the DAC model. I have heard good stuff about E-Mu 0404, but the drivers are apparently not that great.

I live in Sweden, and got it from a local store, Macoteket. Just remember that (based on previous postings, and my own experiences in the past) the headphone output probably won't sound as good with harder-to-drive headphones as...

Yes, you're right there.

I remember very well that when I used the headphone output of the Roland SC-88 Pro with a pair of AKG K240 Monitor in the past, the sound was like you describe it, lacking of bass and, like the guy I mentioned before describes it,...

The UA-25 is not the same card, but thanks anyway.

Thanks for the input, exquisite. The reason I write about this is because I read a posting where the writer describes the sound as lacking in bass and with a non-existant soundstage. I couldn't disagree more. But then again,...

There has been a lot of talk about this USB interface, but I would like to hear the owners' honest opinions about the sound quality of the (analog) headphone output. I bought this interface just recently (it's discontinued,...

I don't know if this is the right forum, but I would like to share this anyway. Please not that these are my subjective opinions. The latest MP3 encoder from Fraunhofer IIS does a very good job, and sounds much better than LAME in my...