I loved these buds to bits, they were the perfect everyday headphone. Small and light and comfortable and barely protruded past the outside of your ears. I like the fact that no one can really...
These and the PL30 are terrible quality buds, I went through both of them in less than 8 months. Both times they failed they left me in an awkward position where I really needed earbuds for...
These and the PL50 are terrible quality buds, I went through both of them in less than 8 months. Both times they failed they left me in an awkward position where I really needed earbuds for...
Mines getting better now, about 30 hours, but my power LED has gone, I've emailed Lawrence.
My SB card has 3 output options for the digital, 44.1, 48 & 96.
Reading up a bit on Benchmarks site, they suggest setting the output to the same as the encoded material, in this case 44.1, anyone here got any advice?
Reading up a bit on Benchmarks site, they suggest setting the output to the same as the encoded material, in this case 44.1, anyone here got any advice?
Benchmarks DAC1 has an ASRC which re-samples all incoming signal to 110kHz, because in their eyes the DAC (AD1853) loves this frequency and produces the best possible analogue signal. Even if the source is 192k, it's down-sampled to 110kHz.
If Zeros receiver CS8416 doesn't do an up-sampling, I would produce a 96kHz signal for the DAC (AD1852).
Benchmarks DAC1 has an ASRC which re-samples all incoming signal to 110kHz, because in their eyes the DAC (AD1853) loves this frequency and produces the best possible analogue signal. Even if the source is 192k, it's down-sampled to 110kHz.
If Zeros receiver CS8416 doesn't do an up-sampling, I would produce a 96kHz signal for the DAC (AD1852).
This is what my X-Fi ExtremeMusic is doing. Sounds excellent!
Ow, ok! Ya, no doubt! Hows the burn-in coming along?
I have feeded pink noise from my PC to it all night and I have hooked up my Sennheiser PX200's to the headamp because I don't want to risk my RS-2's if anything bad happens.
Mines getting better now, about 30 hours, but my power LED has gone, I've emailed Lawrence.
My SB card has 3 output options for the digital, 44.1, 48 & 96.
Reading up a bit on Benchmarks site, they suggest setting the output to the same as the encoded material, in this case 44.1, anyone here got any advice?
Thanks
The LittleDot MKV is opening up too
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Originally Posted by mp101
its gone bright again now, oh well see what lawrence says.
If the brightness dims, or goes out, try cycling the power. I discovered that static electricity to the headphone cable was causing my Zero's protection circuits to kick in. Darn dry weather!!!
Is this what I want?
My rig would be then,
PC soundcard (Audigy 2 ZS atm) - Zero - AKG K271 STUDIO
Do I need buy any cables to get all work out?
Just dont wanna spend too much money for 1st setup.
Is this what I want?
My rig would be then,
PC soundcard (Audigy 2 ZS atm) - Zero - AKG K271 STUDIO
Do I need buy any cables to get all work out?
Just dont wanna spend too much money for 1st setup.
Your Audigy 2 ZS has coaxial out from the flexi-jack (top one) on the back, correct? Then all you need is a coaxial cable and the coaxial to mini jack adapter, so you can plug-in to the Audigy's flexi-jack. The other end of the coaxial cable plugs into the Zero. In the software, you'd tell it to use digital out and turn off stuff like the 3D and EAX. Ta-Da! On the Zero, you would select coaxial as the source and select phones to activate the headphone amp. The volume knob on the Zero is for the headphone amp, so you would control the volume there, not in the software of our computer.
I do this exact same thing with my X-fi and it is great! This is the perfect upgrade path with a budget in mind. The Zero will mature nicely in about 100hrs of use, and later if you want to, you can change Opamps in it to change the sound to your tastes. If you decide to pickup a tube amp later, you can use the Zero's DAC output on the back to drive the new tube amp.