Does it happen with more than one cable?

The way I understand it (mind you, I'm not an acoustician or anyone in the science of such things, so take this as second hand knowledge), is that what we are actually hearing is primarily the overtone series (higher frequency complimentary sounds that virtually all sounds have), and/or the...

That is a perfectly fair counterpoint.  USB does indeed have a driver also, but the USB driver doesn't dictate specific audio quality as a sound card driver does.  You don't set a sample rate or bit depth for your USB ports, in other words.  You do for the sound card.

  Not so much arguing as trying to educate myself here, because I believe you, but I feel like there's a piece of information missing.   The SPDIF included in PC's is coming from the sound card in the system, i.e. the onboard DAC and amp.  It is hypothetically a pass-through digital...

Way too late to this game.  Disregard!

Most likely, yes, but you should know that the 600s and up are 500 Ohm headphones, and as such require high powered amp to drive them.  They will not work on a cell phone, mp3 player, etc. without additional help.  Just wanted you to be aware that if you're just getting started, those are not...

I plugged mine into a friend's iPhone 6 to do a couple checks.  They sounded ok, but definitely not as good as when hooked up to an external amp.  That's part of what makes these nice, though.  They're on that upper-edge of the easy to drive can.  They can be listened to on just about anything...

I kind of summed it up already, the pointing of a subwoofer down a long hallway to give the sound wave longer to travel, so the deepest notes can be heard.  I don't have equipment to measure exactly how deep the note and its undertone/overtone series is, but I do know how deep my subs can...

  Welcome.   Should we assume that you've already tried and eliminated the M-100s, also by V-Moda?  They are effectively silent to people around you as long as the cups are against each other or your head.

Hoping someone has a suggestion for this.  I accidentally clicked "Own It" for the wrong model of a piece of equipment.  I can't click it again to remove the flag, all I can do is change to "Want It" or "Had It", neither of which is necessarily true.  Anyone know how to get that piece of...

You and me both.  The only location I've heard it without trickery was at a friend's house.  My dedicated room is only 12' deep, so if I want to hear the note at my house, I point one of the subwoofers down the hall way, leave the room, and queue up the song.  Cursed wavelength and physics! ...

Certainly.  On my SACD, it's at exactly 1:50.  The bass and lead guitars play the same note, two octaves apart.  The lead guitar appears to go up, but the bass actually goes down.  The only system I have ever heard the bass part properly reproduced was a 16' deep room with servo subwoofers.

Tongue in cheek warning!   My wife asked for "the demo" this week.  You know the one, the one we all do when someone asks why we spend extra on equipment, designed to put enough wow into them that they, too, start spending money on equipment.   The problem is, it worked.  Now she has...

When I'm testing a new setup, some of my favorites include:   Clarity checks: Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (I have yet to find a setup this album doesn't sound good on, so it's good for focusing on where the weaknesses in the setup are, rather than whether or not that album or song sounds...

I'm on build #2 on my room, with #3 in the planning stages.  Unfortunately, the family CFO won't approve the next build for another year or two.   Onkyo TX-NR609 (great starter receiver, but definitely the weak point for audio in the room now; amp starts to distort slightly in the last 10 dB...