Quote: If you mind looking at this article http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html

Quote: Quote: Quote: You all have reminded me of the reason I didn't enter head-fi anymore

Quote: Schiit, such a disgusting company

Quote: Uhh… Last time I checked you don't need DAC's or amp's for IEM's, unless you're listening to a garbage phone or computer (note: Most modern phones (mostly every worthily smartphone post-iPhone 3g is audibly transparent)

Quote: That is understandable, think of it another time: Many say, "the most significant upgrade is ditching your iBuds", but what happens when ditching them is not so significant anymore?

Quote: The value of being able to hear high frequencies is analog to climbing a tree, you don't need it (most cases), but it is reassuring to know you have the capability to do so (Because it implies you've taken care of yourself).

Back to… a place we've never gone, How do you think the "EarPods" will change the audio industry? (with the previous being the "most common" headphones around as of now)

I do hear high tones with the same volume I use to listen to music.

You should be able to bypass the OS's sampling rate. But it doesn't really matter as it is possible to cut off a 192 kHz file down to a 96 kHz sampling rate to get a better audible SQ (as 192 kHz D/A C's are not actually able to process the signal)

Inaudibility is pretty much universal on amps and dacs http://www.matrixhifi.com/ENG_contenedor_ppec.htm There's no reason diferent 'phones should make a difference unless output impedance affects anything, which is discarded by today's low impedance amp's

I'm curious about the upcoming QTuners 2.0, they look smexy.

Quote: Sorry, but the iPhone DAC/AMP is audibly transparent according to the thresholds of distortion audibility under -80 dB below 10khz (treble) and -40 dB above 10khz

Quote: Don't lure the new ones to consumerist habits, please.

Quote: I always reflex alng enough to decide if I really want something, I think i might be giving money away later on my life as I won't need most of it.

Quote: If you pay that much for the esoteric bit (700$ isn't it?), then there is no justification for the "performance/price" relation as it's probably bias on your side