Sort of old thread but I just had to post my awesome result :D "Thank you for taking our Pitch Discrimination Test at http://musicianbrain.com/pitchtest. At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 0.390625 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 100.0% of people who...

As a rule, if you're connecting anything with an rca cable the signal is analog and the DA conversion will have happened before this step.

Quote:   If you want a Meelectronics IEM, I recommend buying them from their own website meelec.com. The CW31 are $30 there, with $7 shipping to Lithuania. My experiences with buying from them are very positive.

'Lost in Translation' would be perfect I think (+ it's my favorite movie :D)

I've never regretted buying the D100. However, I thought it was too analytical, maybe even boring with my K701's, so now i mainly use it as a DAC - at which it does an absolutely amazing job. I've never owned the E7 or E9, but it was a HUGE improvement over my ibasso d2+. Crystal clear and...

That's pretty good right? 

Got 49, and I'm from 1990... Thought I was more up to date than that xD Well, I never play computer games so that might add to the equation...

  I too don't really understand... But I think you're overrating what the human ears are actually able to hear. Think of it like this: an ear is just a single point in space that "hears" the vibrations in the air at exactly this point. This point just happens to be positioned a few...

If you ever get a craving for the newer, more "challenging" classical music you should definitely have a look (listen ) at these: Carl Nielsen: Danish Composer (yay! there aren't so many) - I especially love his wind quintet, clarinet concert and 3. and 6. symphony. John Adams...

I definitely understand what you mean. Probably not what you were thinking, but I think especially in classical music this is very common, and in symphonies almost a rule (at least for the good ones). With non-classical music, all I can think of right now is "Takk..." by Sigur Rós, but I guess...

Quote: Cool, I actually had the chance to buy a really nice, only slightly used festival A for under half price, but chose not to as I wouldn't actually use it very often. But of course, if you're a conservatory student you need (most would say) an A clarinet as well :D  

I own the M6 and M9, and I think they are very good value for money. A little on the bassy side though and not so suitable for, say classical music. I've owned the sennheiser MX500s as well, and imo the Meelec's are significantly better :-)

Clarinetist :D   significant musicians gear: 1 clarinet ~5500$ (Bb - Buffet festival, in case anyone's interested)   Audio system: AKG k701 ~300$ Yulong D100 ~450$  

Quote: Well, Dvořák's eighth is excellent as well - if you like the new world you'll definitely like that as well   

I'm actaully not sure what the difference between a DAC and an external sound card is - but you could just as well use a DAC for the pc-speakers. (though that does not in any way answer your question)