The Gustard U12 looks great but a little pricey for me here. Im not seeing one Fiio box that does the needed conversion. Ive ordered the Behringer UCA202 but it will be around 3 weeks till I receive it and start to play

the Behringer should do nicely. max 48k sampling, but price is right and it aint my main system

Anyone? Im in the wrong Forum?   thanks Chris

I want to use an ASUS laptop with my Lavry DA10 DAC (which drives balanced Senn HD650s). What is a bang-for-buck budget USB to optical or S/PDIF converter that would suit? The DAC inputs are optical TOSLINK, and S/PDIF or AES via XLR or RCA.   Currently with the laptop I use a Larocco PRII amp...

Thank you for the comments & suggestions.   Although Im not presently using WASAPI in Foobar and my output is typically 48.0k, I dont want to go backwards on SQ from the AV710, which I understand natively supports streaming at 44.1kHz, 48, 96 & 192. (I dont think my Lavry DAC accepts 192).  ...

Can you suggest a good budget PCIe sound card to replace my Chaintech AV710 PCI card? With either optical out, or S\PDIF. My new motherboard has no PCI slot. Budget for me is around US$50~60. Is there a consensus on a best one at this level?   My setup has been: Windows7 - Foobar -> AV710...

Since getting into Head-Fi, the 0404USB is my first big disappointment. I started with an AV710, then a Larocco PR-II into HD650s. All excellent choices, big wow! factor each time, so happy with these. Then a Lavry DA-10, superb balanced straight into the Senns, just excellent. The master...

This is cruel

see sig Getting the 650s was a Wow! Next, so was the PRII. Not satisfied yet with my setup. But I'm still building it, and enjoying listening, and reading Headfi, and enjoying slowly moving forward with it. I live in the middle of nowhere, so Ive never heard anybody else's gear. Would...

So the Senn web site one, for $11.62, and the Ebay one, $24.95 + $2 shipping, both appear to be 650 cables.

That's clear, thanks so much

polkmaniac, I want to mod a stock cable to go balanced. risetothetop, re calling Senn. directly, yes this 092885 is the same part # quoted on the website. My problem is that it shows this 092885 part # for multiple cans (incl. HD265, 535, 545, 565, 580, 600 & 650) whereas other people, incl...

Thanks jim. eBay $24.95 * New! Replacement cable. Original Sennheiser product in a sealed bag. * This is a double sided 10ft (3m) cable with a straight 1/4 inch (6.3mm) stereo-plug in the end. * The cable fit the models: HD650. After the misinformation on the Sennheiser site, I wonder...

Where can I buy a stock HD650 cable? Sennheiser USA shows the same cable, product H-92885 or item 092885, used for 650s as for HD265, HD535, HD545, HD565, HD580 & HD600. And I'm assured the 650 cable is different. Where can I buy one?

Sennheiser USA show the same cable, product H-92885 or Item 092885, used for 650s as for HD265, HD535, HD545, HD565, HD580 & HD600. Sugarinthegourd says "I did extended A/B listening last night using 650s with the stock cable and with a 580 cable. Then did the same thing with 580s using both...