I have a Vivid Tech V1 USB DAC/amp.  It was my entry to portables and bought it used here on Head-Fi.    I would like to gain a bit more from the DAC particularly in the mids and better drive my head phones.   My current short list is the iBasso D6 and the RSA The Predator.   I use...

i am a user of  pc-fi i am using xp service pack3 i will have hd650 but i realized that i need a dac/amp to support it i want 100$-200$ prices of that i want a good combination with hd 650 please recomend anything if you like to do thank you

Hey all The PA2V2 seems like a popular, cheap amp. How is the sound quality and is there anything better in its price range?

Does anyone make/sell any headphone amps similar to the NuForce Icon2 (combo usb/dac/amp) that provides > 22 dB gain??   Thank you, Tom

About 2 months ago I bought a Topping TP30 off ebay. It's a combo USB DAC, T-Amp, and headphone amp.    It's the first DAC or headphone amp I've bought so I can't compare it to others, but thought I'd post some initial impressions and a funny story.   When it arrived I tried it out with...

I charge my portables a few different ways. USB on the desktop/laptop and a few different USB wall chargers. How long the player keeps it charge seems to vary a lot depending on which I use. I've also noticed some cables won't charge and some will. I'm also looking for a new charger perhaps a...

I just received the e7's (first amp with the ath m50's!) today and it worked great at first.   The first thing I noticed was that the bass booster distorted the bass, although I saw in another thread that it might be because of my sub-par laptop sound card. I'm going to try other sources...

Hello everyone. I'm getting a laptop soon and already have a wonderful tube amp and speaker combo.   What I'd like to do is use my computer as source into my amp, and also use laptop as semi-portable source to my headphones.   Would a portable amp+dac be able to do this?    What do...

Whats up guys, I'm new here at head fi. I was telling a buddy of mine how I wanted some more volume out of my laptop with increased sound quality and he told me a portable amp is something I should def. look into. I started out with a pair of icemats when I used to game and upgraded to HD-555's...

I need it mostly to drive phones from PC/laptop via USB so quality of the DAC portion is important. But portability as a standalone AMP won't hurt either. My phones are AKG K-501, HD-650 and IE8. For my main audio rig I use Creek OBH-11. I listen to desperate kinds of music so the thing should...

just as much as the headphone out of my laptop. nothing too complicated here.. usb ->d10->ie6 using asio/foobar. any quick ideas? its not unbearable but it didnt seem like it was this bad a few weeks ago. my laptop has 3 usb jacks and while all 3 are occupied one is being taken up by a usb hub...

I've come to realise the headphone output of my MacBook isn't very good. So I'm looking for a conveniently sized headphone amp/DA converter to plug into the USB port. It'll drive my Panasonic HJE900 as well as Sennheiser HD650.   What are the options, what do you recommend?

Hi,   I have purchased some Superlux HD 668B (haven't gotten them yet), but I am currently using some onboard soundcard, and an upgrade in this department can probably give me some nice results.   However, I am not sure if I should go with an external usb dac/amp such as the Aune or...

Hello music enthusiasts!   I need help in picking a combination of headphones and USB AMP/DAC for about $500. I am planning on using DAC/AMP with my iPhone 4 as well as desktop PC. For iPhone I have Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 that are being reshelled now. The full-size headphones I will be...

today the UPS lady was nice enough to bring me a Sennheiser HD650 and a HeadRoom Desktop Amp/DAC. my source to use with this is my HP G60 laptop which i have dual booting Ubuntu linux and the stock Windows 7. i haven't used the amp/DAC with windows yet, only linux, as i haven't touched windows...

Save 20% on the Pico Upsampling USB DAC, this weekend + monday ONLY.  See the details on the front page of http://www.headamp.com  

I spoke with Jerry over at JH-Audio (who is a very nice guy BTW, and it's not common that a company CEO answers questions for a customer, so I really appreciate his help) about the JH-3A, and apparently, if I am not mistaken, it will have a mini USB input so it can be used as a DAC, and because...

has anyone tried out this usb DAC  from creative? its only $100 and it has optical in which i really like.   im considering it for use with my xbox and computer optical outs to power my headphones

Hello, newbie here.    I'm looking for a USB based headphone amplifier so I can connect it to my PC, I've came across a Japanese brand called Musica, but I can't find more information or reviews on them, does any one here use this head amp and how have you found it to sound?   Thank you.  

I can't get my computer (Windows XP) to recognize my ancient Archos Studio 10.  When I plug it in I get 3 "USB beeps", unlike the normal sound you get when attaching a USB device.  The unit goes into active USB mode but it doesn't show up on computer as an attached disk.  I have several hours of...

Hi everyone,   I've recently bought a ESW9 and SA6. I'm running them through my iPod touch and plugged directly into my onboard Realtek ALC888. The main purpose of the amp/dac that I am trying to buy is to improve the sound of my computer as much as possible for around $240. It would be nice...

Hello Folks,   Lots to read and lots to learn.  A search didn't quite answer my question, so hoping asking in this forum is OK.   My laptop appears to have a rather poor 3.5mm headphone ports, which I've used to listen to music and movies.  There is a noticeable "hiss" (that I can hear)...

Those questionmarks need to be replaced by something within my budget f €/$ 150,-   I know the impedance of my Shures is 36 ohms The impedance of my 1212m soundcard is ~600 ohms   So I definitely am going to need an amp, but I'm on a tight budget. I'd prefer the amp to be under €150...

Hi all,   I'm looking for a DAC/AMP for headphones that meets this criteria:   1.  Should be able to be powered off of strictly the USB port when I don't want to deal with plugging it in to the wall 2.  Is under $100 (or close)   Does anything exist that fits these requirements...

I recently purchased rokit 8s and also have dt770 pros.  I was wondering if this was the best option to benefit my headphones and my monitors. My budget is around 200$. Also on the emu does this setup work:   Macbook pro Optical --> Emu Opitcal in --> Emu TRS out --> Rokit Monitors?  ...