What's the best way to test that?

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I know the DG is probably not ideal for the 650s. I've used all three different gain settings, but I've been keeping it on the middle setting instead of the high one to avoid accidentally blasting my ears with really loud volume. Is using the middle setting instead of...

Spotify is really awesome. The free version is q5 (~160 kbps) Ogg Vorbis, and if you pay $10 a month you can get q9 (~320 kbps) quality. I'm not trying to start "that argument" again, but the HydrogenAudio wiki says that "Most users agree -q 5 achieves transparency, if the source is the original...

My Xonar DG came in a few days ago and I'm having trouble getting Dolby Headphone to work properly. Basically the problem is that enabling Dolby Headphone does not yield better positional sound. Hell, if anything the positional sound is worse, and I have lower sound quality and lots of reverb...

Disable C1E, C-state, and EIST in your BIOS. EIST doesn't cause nearly as much static as C1E and C-state, but to be safe you might want to disable it as well.