thank you, fufula.   1) ah i see.   2) hm, so i have to check my psu ... i am doing CPU/HD intensive stuff quite often while listening to music but never experienced any sound glitches, except with the auzentech card when i switch on/off lights or aircondition. i was wondering whether...

2 questions: 1) does anybody use additional power from the psu? how does it affect the sound? 2) when you switch on and off the light in your room, does the music, played through the xonar st, break off for a short moment? i am asking because i have the auzentech bravura, and every time i...

the other day i bought a full size (22 kg, lol) headphone amp, the l-507u. well i didn't buy the headphone amp, i only got it as a giveaway. so now compairing against my dac-19/c-2 combo, just out of curiousity. cannot say a lot yet, but the lux's headphone amp sounds pretty good to my...

op, your barney looks gorgeous! haha, brilliant.

Quote: thanks. since i already ordered the usb isolator, i will try it. (but in my case, the problem is more my computer's fan noise than any other kind of noise ...)

Quote: thanks for your kind answer. so the question now is: is the quality of the udac-2's coax same as firestone bravo or audio-gd di?

Sorry, something like this.

can anybody confirm whether the udac2 works with an (externally unpowered) usb isolator dongle? i would like to use coax out as a transport to my audio-gd dac19. thank you! ps: i am also considering firestone bravo and audio-gd di. no idea which one would be the best choice ...   edit...

sorry, wrong thread.

 i am using this one for switching between headphone amp and speaker amp (didn't pay that much for it).  i don't have the feeling that there is any audible degradation of sound quality.   edit: close up pics here.

Quote:   out of the box i preferred acss over rca, but now i am using inexpensive gotham interconnects (gac-2111) paired with audio-gd earth / burson opas and i like the music much more ... more body, more soul (listening with grado 225i/325i). what i mean: even with *okay*...

me too, i love tatami smell.   my kefs are probably the same as yours - q1. i'd like to give them a proper amp, but the problem is space.   btw, same room again, 1 year ago, after a little earthquake ... (i was lucky not to sit there when it happened)     Quote:

thanks, jubei. yes, the onkyo drives the kefs. would prefer to pair the speakers with something more appropriate, but it's ok for the moment. (since you also happen to have kef speakers - what amp would you recommend?) and yes, the tatamis *are* my desk. i used to sit on them for years...

small&simple ...    

@ Ham Sandwich thanks for the suggestions. very much appreciated. will try it.