Quote: I was reading the official description of your sound card from the manufacturer. Many people buy external amplifiers because their on-board can't power their headphones to decent volume. Your sound card advertises, "built in high-quality headphone amp."   Also, many people...

Quote:   I read a little bit about that sound card you have. It definitely sounds superior to the NuForce. =P   Just one point of reference: the NuForce supports 96hz, but the sound card you have now goes up to 192hz.  

  Quote: Would doing this bypass the amp inside of the NuForce or is there a piggy-back effect?

     Quote: That sounds spot-on. Tighter bass, wider sound stage, more defined details. For some songs, the vocals sound like they lift away from the rest of the music, particularly more so than the on-board.          Quote:     How presumptuous of you. u_u   Kidding...

  Quote: I know, right? When I first started researching the uDAC-2 (regular version), it had all 5-star reviews on Amazon and nothing else.   It does sound good. It sounds darn good. It just doesn't sound "better," by comparison, to my on-board sound card, especially not to the...

     Quote: Believe me, friend, I wanted to believe it was revealing errors! This was my initial thought, but even then I could hardly believe that. It's just not that type of sound. It's not distorted because of a clearer look at it, it is distorted because of an inability to the complex...

Quote: I got the HP version, so I paid $99, but I still might return it. Here are the reasons I would keep it:   - My laptop's amp makes a faint buzzing or hissing sound which comes every once in a while. It's not very apparent, and music covers it up, but I'm OCD and it bothers me...

    Quote:   Well, those are 300 and 80 omh headphones, respectively, yeah? Based on what I know about headphone powering (and I don't know much) you should find a bigger difference in amping phones which really need the juice, right? The HD595s are 50 ohms. I guess that's close to the...

Bump. :3

I've tried the FiiO E7 and the NuForce uDAC-2 now. In my opinion, the NuForce is superior.   It's also great to have an analog volume control. With the FiiO E7, you have to set it up to lock the screen so that it doesn't kill its screen. And then you have to unlock it every time you want to...

1. Need an amp? No. The ATH-M50s are 32 OHM cans and are very easily powered by almost any device. The question is would you want an amp anyways. I have heard success stories using these headphones with different amps, so better sound is possible. It also depends on what equipment you're...

I acquired this device finally as of yesterday, have put around 8 hours into it now, and I have some questions about it I was hoping other users could help me with.   - Does the stock USB cable it comes with need to be replaced, or is it sufficient? If I were to get, say, NuForce's Impulse...

Quote:   Whenever my return processes through Amazon, I'm going to pick up the NuForce and post my results somewhere on these boards.

Quote:   Good to hear. I'm glad that worked out so well or you. I'll post my results with the NuForce when the time comes.  

    Quote:   If a 330MB FLAC file is "highly compressed," then yes, I am guilty. xD   I sampled numerous songs--from FLACs down to 192kbs MP3s.   Actually, I already shipped back the FiiO E7 this morning--I got it on Amazon so I had the option of returning it. I would have waited...