I've been very frustrated by trying to Google and find this kind of answer. I just want to know, if I'm playing music using my phone, through android auto, does it send raw untouched data to the car through the USB port, and then the cars audio player decodes the data/uses its own DAC, or what...

Quote: Interesting, I will definitely start looking into all of it a lot more, thanks again!

Quote: I have the HiFiman HE-500 and love them, used to have the HD650's but liking the HE-500's more. I'd love to sell the HE-500 and get some HE-6 but then I'd also have to sell the Lyr and go for another more powerful and more expensive amplifier. :-\

Quote:   Thanks for the input, I have a few pairs of tubes and they all have something different to offer but none seem to be giving me the kind of bass I'm looking for. I have pairs of...   Electro Harmonix 6922EH   Telefunken E288CC costed me $250, offer awesome sound clarity...

Anyone know of good tubes for the Lyr that would go well with Dance/Electronica and other fast bass punchy music? Would like something that could at least enhance the bass a good amount without having to turn the headphones quite loud to have the bass to my liking.

Quote:   You were not kidding about this. I bought a pair and have been testing them out and it's like having next level equipment. The clarity I get from these are unreal, been trying to go to bed for past couple hours and I just don't want to stop listening to my music!

Bifrost + Lyr + HE-500 = More than I'll ever want, very content with this setup! Mostly listen to Electronica/Dance/Club music and I love the punch I get in the mids and clarity in the highs. Found my perfect combo but still one thing to get right is to find out which tube's will give me that...

Just got in my brand new HE-500 headphones and plugged them in to my recently bought "used" Burson HA-160DS and sound quality is excellent as expected, but I can't get them loud enough to my liking with this amp. I put the amp to full volume and have every option in my computer to full volume...

Couple months ago I sold my Nuforce Icon HDP and Sennheiser HD650, sort of wanted to start fresh and with a set of headphones and amp/dac to match my main music genre. I mostly listen to dance/electronica music and that music really didn't seem to go well with those HD650's. I'm assuming the...

Just got the HD-650's and the Xonar Essence STX sound card about a week ago and so far it's good stuff, but, it seems like I'm really missing out on something with these things with this combo. I was first able to tell when just yesterday I hooked up the 650's to my decent Onkyo HT-R980 receiver...