I'm debating to buy the Asus Xonar STX sound card, but the only place it would fit in my computer is between my two videocards.  Would placing the sound card in between the videocard create any problem with the soundcard, such as inference of some sort or any other problem?    Would a...

I recently purchased a j3 player and was curious if FLAC files on a DPA drains more battery than mp3 files in 320kbs or 128kbs? If so, what is the reason why FLAC drains more battery life?

I'm quite new to IEMS, but i recently purchase a brand new monster turbine pro miles davis and I have notice that the left ear piece is louder, clearer and has more bass than the right side.  I have tried different songs, using different ears to test both ear piece and both confirm that the left...

I'm looking for a good dac to listen music from a computer desktop with flac files. My budget is 1 to 2k. I have looked at the DAC1 usb and its seems like a good dac.  Does going up the ladder chain in DAC help with a computer setup?  The dac should have balance output and usb since I might go...

I know the cowon has no line-out.  What is the lineout used for?  Isn't the headphone jack a line out?  Please excuse my newb questions. Thanks.

I was reading the specs for the luxman p1u and it doesn't have output for balance headphones.  Does that mean that the luxman p1u is not a balance amp?  Not sure why the luxman cost so much, is it that really good even without output for balance headphones? Which amps is better between the...

Hi, I'm extremely new to Hi-Fi .  I was looking at the hd650 and hd800 headphones and I'm wondering if I really need those since my music are today's hip-hop/rap, rock, pop, 80's, 90's music.  I don't listen to any classical or mozart type of music.  Most of my music are MP3 files through the...