My friend got Stax SR-40 electret headphones, same as mine. The problem is that left "speaker" is much more quiet than the right one. We tried it even with my SRD-4 adaptor (his is the same model) - the same problem. I could understand if it wouldn't work at all, but it does work, just very...

How can they be opened? From the back side?

Hello. Just got Stax SR40 + SRD4 They work and sound fine, but one thing I' ve just noticed. is that when I move my head, these is some strange noise in one "earphone" - seems like some dust or something else is inside it. Could they be opened, and how, to check what's that? It's a bit...

Hello. I want to update my headphone collection with a new member - Stax electret headphones. Until now, i've had several dynamic headphones - vintage Pioneer 305SE, Grado SR-60, and now i'm currently using old version of Bayers dt990, but I don't like the bayers bassy and heavy sound, and I...

Hi. I have heard some very nice and reasonably cheap sounding computer speakers from Altec Lansing. Did anyone tried their inexpensive hi-fi headphones? How do they compare to cheap Koss / Senns / other headphones?

I have a serious problem with my grado sr-60 headphones... I think some dusts or something similar have fallen through the rear (open) side, and now i hear noise when i listen to music. Is it possible to open the headphones to take the "noise maker" out without any damage? How can i fix it?

It's known that audigy 2 and audigy 4 upsamples 44.1 kHz to 48 kHz by the native chip. But does it downsample to 48 kHz if you use hi-res audio - DVD-Audio with 24/96 or other hi-res audio? Thanks for information.

Thanks for all comments and opinions. As I understand, we can make an analogy which is a bit similar to differences between inexpensive integrated amp vs. large, powerful expensive pre+power amplifier which is better even if You listen on the modest levels.

Hello. I'm a bit new in the headphone-world, and I have one question. Here's the situation: now i'm using vintage headphones Pioneer SE-305, and I use it with CD player Marantz through it's headphone out. The sound is ok. But I'm going to changes my 'phones to Grado SR-60. What advantages would...

Hello. I'm new in headphone stuff, and all my experience in this is Pioneer 305SE vintage (~1978-1980 year) headphones which I got not a long time ago. These are the same as Pioneer 405 but without volume and tone control. I'm not very happy with these cans - they sound a bit compressed...

It's known that Audigy SE resamples 44.1 kHz to 48 kHz in software, but how about DVDs - 24/96 - doesn't it downsample from 96 to 48 kHz ?

I also bought Audigy SE because there was no chance to get AV-710 (or it was very overpriced), and now I enjoy the sound of this inexpensive card. I can't say it is better than my modded old Marantz CD36 player, but it's very hard to identify which one is playing at the moment. I use Winamp +...

Hello. I'm using my Creative Live! Digital 5.1 with Winamp+ASIO@48kHz right now. I use this setup just for 2ch audio listening through analog output to my stereo amplifier. I know that my soundcard for music listening is "a bit crap", so I thought it would be a good idea to buy a decent, maybe...

I tried the newest kX Project drivers with my Live! card, but there are some serious problems if I use them. So I can't use them. I have some more questions. If I want to get better sound, I need to have ASIO supporting drivers. Don't I? Or is it enough just to have for example Winamp + Asio...

Hello. I need some help with configuring Creative Live! Digital (EMU10K1) and some media player to get the best sound of this configuration that possible. I know that these sound cards are a bit "weak" speaking about sound quality, but I want to give it a try. I have a dedicated source for...

Hello. Are there any plug-ins or other stuff to make the Foobar's playlist similar to Winamp's or WMP's playlist? I'm speaking about the dividing to columns - one for artist, other for track name, for album... Thanks for information.

Hello. I was reading one article about soundcards, and I found one surprising thing for myself: "It's impossible to play SACD as a PC DVD-ROM is not able to read such discs. As for DVD-Audio, it's sufficient to read data and send them to the card's drivers supporting playback of the 24/96 or...

After some thinking I decided to buy Audigy 2 Value for video, compressed music and games (computer stuff), and I got decent Marantz CD player. I think it will be better source for 2ch. music listening. Thank You for all opinions and ideas in this topic.

Thank You for your opinions, and if I may, I'd like to ask another question about resampling. I don't understand one thing - what is the difference between Creative Audigy 2 resampling to 48kHz and ,for example, any of many Hi-end CD players which resample too? Why it is good for dedicated...

Hello. I'm a new forum member from Lithuania. I have some questions about audio sources. Maybe someone knows some links where I could read some reviews (or comparison tests) between computer-as-source vs. dedicated sources speaking about sound quality (concrete examples), just for interest. I...