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Bose Soundsport Free Bitrate
Assuming my source is lossless on my iphone; what quality/bitrate will be sent to these headphones via bluetooth?- peck1234
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J River sounds Much more Dynamic Than Foobar?
I'm using the same settings in both programs. WASAPI Push. Bitmatched 16bit playback all lossless files. J River is much more dynamic sounding? Any one else have the same experiences?- peck1234
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FLAC sounds Better than ALAC on foobar?
Yes I know it doesent make sense. I just got into foobar with WASAPI Push (Bit-Pefect Play back) on my Titanium HD (Audio Creation Mode) My entire collection of songs consists of ALAC. I figured why not convert a song to FLAC and see if there's any audable diffrence? Well after about...- peck1234
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Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D 1st Impressions and Questions!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102041 This sound card has a headphone out that is amped, and your usual line outs. If im going to hook this up to a speaker amp via 3.5mm to RCA cable's should I used the amped output or line out? (green jack) (obviously the...- peck1234
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Question about headphone/speakers (SoundBlaster)
Recently purchased a new sound card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102041 I usually run an aux cable from my soundcard to my HI-FI AX-497 receiver and then use the 1/4th jack on the reciever to the m50s. But now since the soundblaster has a build in amp bypassing...- peck1234
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Maverick Audio TubeMagic D2 DAC?????
Any info of this dac and how it sounds? Ive been browsing the forums and cant find much on it?- peck1234
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- maverick-audio-tubemagic-d2-dac emotiva-xda-1 dedicated-source-components dacs smsl-sd-1955
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ALC269 VS ALC888
Which realtek should sound better? (Stereo Mode) http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=27&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=166 http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=135- peck1234
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- computer-audio sound-cards dacs
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Looking for a DAC for my speakers.
Budget Max $150 Requirements: RCA Out, USB in/Optical in,44.1Khz/16bit (I dont need any higher) Recentely Tried The Asus Xonar ST and also Ive tried various "yamaha in reciever" dacs" At the end of the day my cd player still sounds best... So I'm hoping to change that..- peck1234
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Soundcard will or wont fit? Help?
My Mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128375 Soundcard I just bought. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132014&Tpk=xonar%20st- peck1234
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What Sample Rate Should I choose?
99% Of my Music is 16bit and 44.1 Lossless Files. Will setting my soundcard. (soon to come Asus Xonar ST) to a higher sample rate be detrimental to the audio? Is is best to "match" the sample rate with the source?- peck1234
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CD Player VS Soundcard DAC
Currently looking to invest in either CD Player or a Soundcard to push over some AUX cables to my AMP. My absolute main concern is for quality of audio. I would love to use my computer and iTunes (all Apple Lossless) for ease of use with a soundcard. But in my experience CD players...- peck1234
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- sound-cards bladelius-usb-dac emotiva-xda-1 hot-audio-dac-destroyer dedicated-source-components cd-sacd-players asus-xonar-essence-st-headphone-7-1-channel-audio-card-for-audiophiles dacs hrt-music-streamer-pro-high-resolution-usb-d-a-converter asus-xonar-dx-7-1-channels-pci-express-interface-sound-card asus-xonar-d1-sound-card-black
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Receiver Upgrade Question.
Over the last couple of years ive been running a 3.5mm jack from the back of my sound card to split RCA cables going to my receiver. Ive noticed that when I play audio through the computer (all lossess btw) that the detail is not as sharp and crisp as when it's coming off my CD Player>...- peck1234
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Let my sound card do the D/A conversion or my Receiver?
Thinking about upgrading my recieiver to one which has optical ins, therefore I could run an optical out from my sound card and let the reiciever do the D/A conversion. As of right now, I simply have a 3.5mm plug heading out from my analog jack (realtek) to my receiver via RCA cables...- peck1234
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Headphone DAC vs My receiver?
Currently using my AX-497 for my headphone DAC. Would I benefit from a dediacted headphone amp? How much power does my receiver put out at say @ 30 Ohm @ 120 Ohm @ 300 Ohm @ 600 Ohm Here's the spec of my receiver, I don't know if I reading this correctly, but...- peck1234
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Headphone DAC vs My receiver?
Currently using my AX-497 for my headphone DAC. Would I benifit form a dediacted headphone amp? How much power does my receiver put out at say @ 30 Ohm @ 120 Ohm @ 300 Ohm @ 600 Ohm Here's the spec of my receiver, I don't know if I reading this correctly, but...- peck1234
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Best Passive Noise Isolation Over Ear Headphones?
Title says it all. Right now it looks like the HD 280's have the win. Anything out there that's better before I pull the trigger?- peck1234
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What headphones are in this music video?
From what I can tell it looks like a pair of HD 280's, but can any 1 identify the silver ones? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtH68PJIQLE I keep seeing so many artists rocking the HD 280's, whats with the bad reviews on the forums here?- peck1234
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$50 Dollar Headphones for my friends birthday.
My buddy's birthday is coming up the 9th, and id like to get him a decent pair of over ear isolating headphones. My budget is $50-$60 SHARP. I'll take used, new whatever. Honestly I don't even know where to start in this low price range. Modest bass response would be nice as well. ...- peck1234
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Can you what I hear in this song? ATH-M50's...
Any else hear all that creaking (probally the piano foot pedal) DL below, Austra - The Beast I am very curious to see if others headfi's can hear the "creaks", amazing how they missed this in production... http://www.datafilehost.com/download-35a27eaf.html- peck1234
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Best Isolation IEM's?
Currently looking to drop about $150 on a pair of nice IEM's. I really REALLY love the sound of my CX-300 II and would like to upgrade. Ive been looking at the Etymotic hf3's? How do these fare? Any other reccomendations?- peck1234
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Whats the maximum ohm headphones my AX-497 receiver can power???
Honestly I know nothing about headphones when it comes to power input output. Here's the specs on my AX-497.- peck1234
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ATH-M50 Computer/DAC Question.
Just picked up a pair of ATH-M50's. I currently have 2 outputs for the headphone. 1. Hooked up directly to my desktop via 3.5mm. 2. 3.5mm split AV cable (from my computer) that goes so my SONY AX-497 then I use the 1/4 jack. I find that option #2 seems to sound...- peck1234
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- audio-technica-ath-m50-studio-monitor-headphones audio-technica-ath-m50s
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Monitor Headphones or Si
http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/private_headphones_mp3_portable_504771 or http://www.krksys.com/krk-headphones/kns-8400.html The KRK's have both better freqency response and better accuracy becuaes they are monitors.- peck1234
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Speaker/AMP for computer? Help a noob out.
Just bought a pair of these from newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290200 I plan on running a 3.5mm jack from my sound card that splits into your basic R/W Stereo Jacks. I currently using http://imgur.com/a/0QVDs as my AMP and wondering if I should...- peck1234
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