My conundrum, electrical engineering is not my thing.   Buying an amp which wants a 2.3v input for its full potential to be reached without a pre-amp.  My current dac spits out 2vRMS.   How does that work out? Based on what I gathered online and some maths I saw I guesstimate 2.8v...

I noticed something was off but I didn't have them on long enough( doing some re shaping of my space) and I decided to take them out and run a bit of testing.    I noticed that there was a certain sound that would not play out of the left speaker, to feed the fact that I believed something...

Anyone else see some potential there?  I know for$28-38 its would be a fun experiment.

So the question is, should I go with a decent receiver(new or vintage) or grab something anything that can output as a pre-amp.   See problem is my dac seems to have a strong output which is effecting my effective range of volume with my A5's so it would be helpful if I could lower that...

I have the Audioengine A5's which shoots bass down rather than rear port.  I just ordered the Auralex mopads since they were cheap, but what worries me is the fact that its still shooting its energy downward.   Anyway long story short, the bass is VERY boomy, I mean killer boom here.  Which...

Anyone have a connection diagram for this cards breakout? I want to get a custom made one as its too darn flimsy.

  This review is not of audio quality, nor the next greatest thing in low latency audio.  Since the beginning of time humans have been attracted and mesmerized by both sound and sight.  Going to a good concert even if the quality of the sound is not as intimate or well fleshed out as it is on...

Everytime I visit HDTracks I get this "dot defender has blocked your request" thing.  Happened when I browsed once(guess they are oversensitive to multiple connections or 4 pages open) and bam blocked.  Just got on their main page, clicked a link bam blocked.   No one at their contact e-mail...

http://andy-audioplayer.blogspot.com/2011/03/stealthaudioplayer-now-playing.html   Its another hyper-minimalistic player if that is your thing, no GUI, controlled by batch files primarily similar to pre-gui xxhighend.  Supports both ASIO and WASAPI!   New version fixes some bugs, and...

Normally my thick plastic hard frame was ok, even with headphones.  SQ was about nominal with them on as they were with them off.  Due to the curved pads on the audeze LCD-2 though I noticed rather dramatic differences between  having them on a nd off.  Now you see with them off I am blind as a...

Thinking about grabbing Mac OS for fun and putting it on an Nvidia Ion platform(Zotac ND-22).   Anyone try this already with a USB transport ;)?

But not hearing anything new in the windows scene, its mainly foobar, winamp, and the other regulars.  Only toys are VST plugins.   Anything new? Cool features? ect ect.

Can't seem to find any thread or topic as to why such a pattern exist.  What is the purpose or benefit of that?  Anyone care to explain?

Would there be any way to stream audio from say.. a media player(like audio from a movie) through the squeezebox?  I ask this as I know the software end is proprietary.

I got one of the cheap, stacking options are a plus for cable management besides offering protection and bringing a bit of stability from my wall socket ;).  Not that I experience many brown outs or many power dips but its nice to have.   Anyway I know there are filters on certain...

http://audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/USBface/Clock.htm   Just thought I would post it primarily because I have a question on how it compares to say stock on an NFB-2.  Unsure if its just for USB or if its for the spdif connection as well.

No one here probably has it yet(not even completely sure if it has been released) but since the Asus ST/STX is an awesome dual purpose card(gaming and music transport) I was wondering how this one would compare.  At the very least as an transport(if its even comparable).   Only advantage is...

Just a quick question, the Jaben online store doesn't seem to have them and at best seems to be functioning improperly.  Is there any other sources for this device?

I was on a gaming forum earlier and out of the blue I was thinking about the psyko audio surround headphones.  They randomly popped into my mind due to their solution to surround sound headphones which is to introduce small pipes to induce the same kind of latencies our ears experience with a...

Out of curiosity what is the average power costs/minute(or even year) on a class A headphone amp?  Assuming it was on almost 24/7.  It has been bugging me for a while~  I don't have any tools for this.

Any way to find these or something similar to them?  I see them bundled with the K701 from some sellers(I own the k702).   Regardless it looks nicer than a stand where I place my things and would be awesome to have or something similar.  

Would it be worth making the upgrade to the 600ohm non pro 770's?  Thoughts, opinions, comments?   I have been looking at the 880s and 990s as well but they all seem about the same with only housing construction being really different which has an effect on sound of course.  Regardless any...

I am currently working on a list to work on and save up for, just something to be excited about as I pinch pennies.  I already have a DAC in mind(well two different but that is another story for another day) but when it comes to headphones and electrostatics there are just too many out there...

I have an HDAM in my DAC but unfortunately it is too tall for the case.  I have a plexiglass replacement coming in to keep the dust out but the purpose of the original(what looks like sheet metal) casing is to block the stuff we can't see with the naked eye.    I don't have the space, tools...

I have been searching for a while, on and off but to no real success. Something with sort of a gothic classical mixed with trance or some other fast paced genre. The closest I get is symphonic metal which I enjoy but isn't what I was originally looking for. YouTube - Oblivion DJ MAX...