The cinch output no longer emits a signal. Does anyone know the problem.
Anyone know how to open the X7?
Anyone know how to open the X7?
Have you thought about trying a full set of Sparkos op-amps?I am looking for a good amp to pair with my X7. I purchased the 8XX's while on sale earlier this year and amp on the X7 is lacking. I am looking for an amp with a wide sound stage and clean reproduction. I do not want a warmer sounding amp as I use my setup only for gaming.
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My X7 is going on 5 years old so I don't want to invest in mods for it. I am just looking for a good amp to pair with it for my pc gaming setup.Have you thought about trying a full set of Sparkos op-amps?
I understand. You don't feel like you need any more power for you 800s? I am not getting the sound stage I thought I would be with my new head phones.Mine as well. With that being said, I also have HD800s. Upgrading the op-amps really brought some life to the sound. The nice thing about going that route, is there is one less device on your desk.
I love my Monoprice THX AAA 887. Balanced out to my HD800S, clean power, and affordable. This thing has power for days, even gets my Hifiman HE6se loud which is a feat. (Some people use speaker amps to power these cans...)I am looking for a good amp to pair with my X7. I purchased the 8XX's while on sale earlier this year and amp on the X7 is lacking. I am looking for an amp with a wide sound stage and clean reproduction. I do not want a warmer sounding amp as I use my setup only for gaming.
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I was looking at that amp as a solution. Lucky for me they have it for sale for $199.00 today so I ordered one. I want to use the X7 as my dac so I just need to plug rca cables to out on the back of the x7 to the input on the 887? Thanks for the suggestion.I love my Monoprice THX AAA 887. Balanced out to my HD800S, clean power, and affordable. This thing has power for days, even gets my Hifiman HE6se loud which is a feat. (Some people use speaker amps to power these cans...)
I have not tried it with my X7 (retired it a bit ago), but power and neutrality wise this amp will give you good clean volume.
Well, the X7 certainly has enough power for the HD 800, and all these years later I haven’t found an All-in-one that improves on or even can match the features offered by the X7. Mixing multiple streams of audio (USB, optical, Bluetooth, RCA), performing surround and EQ DSP, having a DAC fairly comparable to a Schiit Bifrost Uber (probably closer to the current Gen Modi now), and yes a powerful headphone and speaker amp is part of the total package. The better soundstage comes from a lower noise floor (black background) among other things. I’ve only heard good things about the Sparkos opamp upgrade, but I personally had a good experience adding Burson opamps. The upgrade definitely improved the fidelity and sense of “holographic” sound, but I can also understand wanting to add a dedicated headphone amp in case the X7 was going to be removed from your setup.I understand. You don't feel like you need any more power for you 800s? I am not getting the sound stage I thought I would be with my new head phones.
I am sorry for the late response to your message. Havent checked in on the site in a while. the THX 887 sounds great with my headphones. I have the X7 plugged in my THX to use as a dac. I am not that familiar with a lot of headphone sounds as I only use them for gaming. I started off with turtle beach, astro, hd 650 and now the 8xx. by far the 8xx blows away the rest. I am really enjoying the combo and I dont feel like I am wanting for more like I did when using the 650s.Well, the X7 certainly has enough power for the HD 800, and all these years later I haven’t found an All-in-one that improves on or even can match the features offered by the X7. Mixing multiple streams of audio (USB, optical, Bluetooth, RCA), performing surround and EQ DSP, having a DAC fairly comparable to a Schiit Bifrost Uber (probably closer to the current Gen Modi now), and yes a powerful headphone and speaker amp is part of the total package. The better soundstage comes from a lower noise floor (black background) among other things. I’ve only heard good things about the Sparkos opamp upgrade, but I personally had a good experience adding Burson opamps. The upgrade definitely improved the fidelity and sense of “holographic” sound, but I can also understand wanting to add a dedicated headphone amp in case the X7 was going to be removed from your setup.
I wouldn’t have chosen the THX 887 for the HD 800, but are you finding the HD 8xx’s laid back upper mids are helping with the synergy?
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If I wanted to use my setup as such USB from PC->X7->optical out->Schiit bifrost->Schiit Valhalla 2 that would work right without any audio degradation? I am looking to basically use the mixer and microphone functionality of the x7 only as no other device offers the ability to use your own dac and amp while offering a mic input and mixing 2 audio streams at once into one. Also with this setup the op amps do nothing right and there is no need to play with them?
Thank you so much I have one last question. I was able to find the native sampling rate of the SB chip this uses which I assume includes the mixing is 48KHz which is fine. What I couldn't find is if that is 16bit or 24 bit. Does anyone know?Yes and yes
Curious about that also.Thank you so much I have one last question. I was able to find the native sampling rate of the SB chip this uses which I assume includes the mixing is 48KHz which is fine. What I couldn't find is if that is 16bit or 24 bit. Does anyone know?