I hope this is the right category for this question as this may be more of a computer question than a DAC question, but here goes: I have a Fiio e10k and in the Audio MIDI Setup I set the sample rate to 44.1 khz and the bit depth to 2ch-24-bit integer, however any time I unplug the DAC and...

What I'm really asking is if this is practical to worry about. It makes sense that any frequency could damage your ears if the amplitude was high enough, but aside from crazy ultrasonic weapons, could frequencies higher than I can hear hurt my ears? I've never had my hearing range tested and...

My level of audiophile listening skills is this: If I'm wearing headphones, I can tell the difference between 128 kbps and 320 kbps mp3 played back to back if I'm listening reaaaally intently. That's it. Almost all my music is in 320 mp3 or 256 aac and I've never felt the need to have any of it...

I've had a pair of A5+ speakers for years and in those years I had been 100% satisfied with the sound I was getting from them. But things have changed and maybe my heart desires more sub bass now. I'd like to spend as little money as possible on a subwoofer. However, I know that if I get a...

Newbie here. I hope I didn't post this in the wrong place. Anyways, I've owned a pair of A5+ speakers for years and only recently discovered what external DACs were, so I decided to buy a FiiO D3 (D03k) external DAC. I've plugged it into my Macbook using optical cable, and then the DAC is...