At risk of getting too off topic, I am wondering if there is any suggestion about replacing/upgrading my C5D. Here's why: I have C5D and am very happy with it. I use it with an old iPod Touch using 30-pin LOD and drive Etymotic ER4 (I have both SR and XR models) eabuds. My iPod touch is...

Didn't know about those drivers nameless.  I guess they don't really apply to me though since my U3 uses the same chip as the U1, which isn't in those drivers.  Anyhow, I still say on the whole the ASUS drivers are far superior to anything Creative ever made.  On my setup at least, the ASUS...

I think that setup will be just fine.  I use almost the exact same setup on my PC- PC360 headset plus Xonar U3, which is ASUS' USB sound card (I have to use a USB sound card since my computer is an SFF mITX gaming case and only has a single expansion slot for a graphics card).  I'm pretty sure...

Finally got around to doing a cable mod on my PC360s.  Now they're even better paired with the mixamp because there isn't a ridiculous 9 foot cord between the two now- just a short 2.5-3ft cable, which is also detachable/interchangeable for a longer cable when I want to (i.e. when using them on...

Did a little more checking, and the "zero volume bleedthrough" I described earlier actually seems to be inherent to the mixamp 5.8, and not a feature of my solder job.  I plugged a different set of headphones into the mixamp and heard the same effect.  Guess I never noticed or bothered to try...

Thanks for the tip.  Ordered a female TRRS jack and a male TRRS plug as well as a 2-3 ft. TRRS to TRRS cable from a different source (ridiculously expensive shipping, but was pretty much the only choice).   Man, what a difficult solder!   Cutting the PC360 cable and trying to get those...

I recently bought the Sennheiser PC360 headset for use while gaming or watching movies at night.  It's a pretty good setup except for the headset cable, which is ridiculously long.  Well at least it's ridiculously long when using the wireless Astro Mixamp 5.8, since you have 9 feet of cable to...

Quote:   After a couple of weeks with my Astro Mixamp 5.8 and PC360, I can attest to the fact that I DO hear some hiss.  However, I can only hear it when there is no sound playing and I am in a quiet environment.  Addtionally, you can easily defeat the hiss by turning the volume control...

Well here I go again :)   Had my PC360s from Amazon for a couple of days now (along with the ASUS Xonar U3), my impressions:   Seems like a better set of cans than the PX5, for sure.  But then again with the phones being $170 and a mixamp another $130 on top of that, you'd hope they...

Quote:   Addon cards have had 5.1 output but the vast majority of it actually seems to be pass-through only.  Your source audio has to be pre-encoded into DD5.1 in order for the sound card to put it out as DD5.1.  For movies it's pretty straightforward, the audio is pre-encoded in DD5.1...

"Death trap" may be a bit of an exaggeration but it just so happens that also in the town where I grew up there was a high school student killed by a car just a few weeks ago, she was also wearing headphones when she was hit.  It probably wasn't the only cause but certainly probably didn't help...

Quote:   Can someone clear up exactly what kind of processing Dolby Headphone does to a stereo PCM signal?   As I understand it, if your digital output is dolby encoded such as a movie or soundcard with DDLive! encoding, then DH kicks in full bore, and you get simulated surround...

Amazon seems to be running a sale on the Sennheiser PC360s... $170   Seems like these are the "go-to" headset around here, and this seems to be the lowest price I've seen.  Worth trying?   My only concern here is being able to shorten the cable.  Has anyone cut their PC360 cable and...

What do you call a thread if it's necro'd twice :)   I'm curious about this little unit myself, as I recently built a mITX gaming PC and find the onboard sound to be a little lacking.  This Xonar U3 looks to fit the bill almost perfectly as it's pretty cheap and looks to be the best option...

PX5 update:   After continued use I am going to return these headphones and don't think I am going to get the XP500s.  The hiss in the headphones has become more of a noticeable issue to me recently than before.  Maybe it is because I have been subconsciously lowering the audio volume of the...