Hey, I'm going to be buying this DAC/AMP this week and want to know what would be advised for the cleanest/best sounding connection:    USB Coaxial Optical   Also, can you let me know if there are any additional cables/adaptors I will need to buy to hook it all up. Thanks in advance.  

How do you guys rip your CD's, software, format, external drives? I've just been using my macbook pro's CD drive ripping into flac with MAX, would you audiophiles frown upon my methods? 

Hey, ANY help/comments are greatly appreciated. I'll be buying the HiFiMAN HE-500's soon and want to make sure they aren't wasted on the rest of my setup. I plan to use it with the FiiO D3 DAC plugged into my macbook pro via it's optical out with a toslink cable. I will then be plugging my...

Hey, I don't have much experience in audiophile equipment so can you let me know how this set-up sounds. I've just ordered a Cowon S9 which i'll use with my graham slee voyager headphone amp and shure se530's.   So, S9>Graham slee voyager>shure se530's.    All music will be in FLAC...