ok, many thanks to average_joe, mark2410, javajive and david1978jp for the replies. I will buy the C751's.

Romania i know i know... Thanks for that website, but the C751's are out of stock. still they have the C710 which are £139.00. LE: but i found this just £60, seems too cheap. could they be fake? i got a friend in the uk who could send them.

In my country, the C751 are 280$ and the C710 are 200$. So, it's a 80$ difference. Is it worth it?

i want to buy the AH-C710 to use them with my ipod touch 2g. i listen to trance (armin van buuren, ferry corsten, roger shah etc.), house and pop (tv and radio commercial music). are these a wise choice? thx a lot.

Hello! Well, I have 1000$ which I want to spend on new audio equipment. I'm kinda noob, but I think I need a CD Player, an Amp and a 2.0 speakers (duh!). So, go ahead!

Hi, sorry if there is another thread about this producer, but I didn't find anything. It's kinda odd, because I see that they have extremely reasonable prices. Here is the website: Welcome to System Fidelity Their catalogue contains mainly speakers and stereo equipment like CD players, Tuners...

Hi head-fi'ers! As said in the title, I want a good laptop for Music and Movies. Games are an option too, but I don't really need a super-fast GPU. It has to have a lot of I/O ports ( HDMI, USB, etc) and be at least 15 inches. I found this ASUS. What do you think? If you have other solutions...

Ok, thanks for the replies guys, will install it right now Hope it really is better than iTunes.

What does that option do? I googled but nothing to help me. Will it affect my OS? Thanks a lot.

Hi all. Disgusted, angry and nervous Windows user here. XP was good, then it came Vista which was awful and now 7 which claims to have been solved previous problems, presenting itself like an XP with Vista super-sexy ( gay) interface. I been using it for 4 days and I really hate it ( BSOD...

Sennheiser HD 555.

It depends on the hardware you got. I have a Creative Audigy SE at the moment and driver support sucks, it's so limited. However you can use dual boot ( Xp and 7 or Vista and 7) and test which satisfies your needs. Good Luck!

Thanks everyone for your replies. I will use only ALAC and AAC. I find iTunes really great, but I will try Media Monkey too and see if I consider it better. For whatever reasons I can't access the jriver site... 3hours+ edit: guys, i think i'm doomed to not listen to high quality music...

Hi head-fi'ers I have a lot of retail CD's and it's quite difficult to keep inserting and ejecting them in my DVD drive so I want to start making a library. Having an iPod I want to use iTunes to keep them organised, with album covers and all that nice stuff So, I need some advices on how to...

Xonar D1 ALL THE WAY! The X-fi Xtreme Audio is not EVEN an X-fi, having the CA0106 audio chip used on the Audigy SE. In fact, the Audigy SE moded drivers to X-fi is now a legend, having Daniel_K on top of it So, as I said, Xonar is your card. Good luck!

I was confused too, from one of your posts I misunderstood that you own the STX and that you can connect it to the H6. However, there's no problem, don't worry. Happily the sound with the ST is even better or at least that's what I heard. Sadly, the card isn't available in stock in my country...

Whoa, whoa, wait a little. The Essence STX can't be connected with a H6 card, I need the PCI version of the Essence, the ST without the X from Pci-Express. ^That's what I understood by reading the thread about the Essence ST here on the forum and in the link you gave me with the H6 expansion...

Hell yeah STX shall be + at least 150$ headphones ( will read more before). Maybe some HD 595?

^Very true. You'll never use an amp to power a gaming headset...

Nope, I didn't use any X-fi software tweaks, only in-game EAX settings. However, I didn't pretend I'm an expert, I just stated my opinion. Cheers

Well I stick to that. Hearing how a pair of AKGs 701 "cracked" and distorted the sound in every fps I tested made me yo not recommend audiophile headphones for gaming.

@apatN: And you say that because...

^Done What I understood: It's the best card for music within its price range and I really don't know which other could be better for music listening( not producing). I think I'll buy the HDAV too, so I have both plus the H6 extension card.

Ok, let's see. Razer and Steelseries are famous for producing the best gaming gear. Their headsets( so, headphones + mic, you need mic, the audiophile's headphones like the ones recommended here don't have that; however that's not what makes a true gaming headset) are specially made for gaming...

Quote: Originally Posted by isleofgeorge In order to use the Stx on a surround system you have to get hold of an add-on card called H6. The H6 is quite difficult to buy separately, but you can get it here for example: Asus Xonar HDAV H6, 120dB SNR 7.1 Channel Extension Card with with...