I've managed to avoid head-fi for some time, and my wallet has been thankful. Recently picked these up as I was looking for a wireless solution. My current setup has been the AKG N40's paired with a FIIO BTR-5 running in balanced output, so that is my primary point of reference. I also have...

I learned that a big smiley U is great sound from renting lots of cars. Every time I rent a car the bass and sometimes the treble settings are maxed out resulting. I guess that must be good sound since most people like music equalized that way.

Quote: Originally Posted by KeeChoon Anyone have issues with RCA VT-231 grey glass humming in their 336? I'm going on memory here, but that one took a long time for the hum to go away. I'm thinking 30 plus hours to be completely silent.

Quote: Originally Posted by brat This dispute confirms my initial impressions from the short listening of HD800. They are on a par with K701 as bass quantity and if they have more it's not much. In fact I think they are very similar cans. Maybe I must wait more reviews of the new...

Quote: Originally Posted by beamthegreat No offense but I think the HD800 is waayyy overpriced. I dont think you should buy it but thats just my opinion.. Off topic, and too each their own. If you feel that way why don't you discuss it in the relevant threads.

First I'll go on record as saying I love the 701's. They are a bargain and I can't for the life of me understand where all the 701/2 haters are coming from. That being said, the 800's are simply a better headphone. As others have said I think it's mostly noticeable in the lower...

Try it and see if you like it. I'm using the HD800's with a DV336 and it sounds sweet.

Quote: Originally Posted by rhythmdevils Do opinions on IEM's vary less than they do with full sized headphones? I know that the JH13 has almost unanimous praise around here, but are opinions also pretty agreed upon among other IEM's? From my own point of view that is not based on...

Quote: Originally Posted by Luckyleo Go to the Apple home page and watch the video. You'll see that this is much, much more than an Itouch. This is a new category of product. Also, opening it up to developers much like they did with the Iphone will result in an explosion of gaming apps...

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis Why blame the support when it is the Zune itself that fails? At least it seems like they try... I blame the support (and by that I mean the repair center) because I expect them to ship me back a working product. I've now wasted my time...

First I would like to apologize to Microsoft. Shortly after posting this message most of the function keys on my MS keyboard stopped working. A reboot fixed things, but the message was received loud and clear. I recommend everybody buy a Zune, or two Zunes! It was 2 Zune 16's, the last one...

Just a venting thread as I'm getting very frustrated with MS and their Zune support. First Zune - Flaky back-light (probably a bad soldering job) so I sent it back before it was out of warranty. Second Zune - Seemed to partially crash all the time. Press pause and the music would continue...

Quote: Originally Posted by grokit Not to hijack or be disrespectful, but what's the deal with bit perfect? Does upsampling increase latency that much? If you are just listening and not trying to capture live sound, does it really make a difference? I'm asking because I cannot find...

Quote: Originally Posted by maarek99 What did you use earlier? The Prelude drivers are **** for Vista too. On XP everything was good. I skipped the Vista train.

Nice, The ASIO4ALL solution seems to work. That will open up some options. Confirmed bitperfect over SPDIF with MediaMonkey.