People were complaining, that was the problem. Although, they were complaining about the rules laid out by the mods. Remove the rules (at least some of them) and there's less to complain about.

Quote: That would be really lame. Do you know of any way to verifiably test if my USB input is going bad? If it's messed up, I'd like to get Apple to handle it.

I'm getting some weird crackling on my modi setup right now. As I'm listening to music (Macbook->Modi->Powered Monitors), cracks/pops start coming in and gradually grow more and more. I stop the music quick and try different players, same thing. I'm not sure if it's my MacBook being weird or the...

Quote: Those have been priced like that for several months. I bought a pair and returned them. I settled on some Emotiva Airmotiv 4s that sound superior (to me) in every way.

Quote: Refurb'ed, but an authorized seller (warranty and all that)   http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/DENAHD600/DENON-AH-D600-Music-Maniac-Over-Ear-Headphones-Black/1.html?c=wg

Post some pictures and/or info if you end up doing this.

Quote: Do you think SQ is still good when you drop system volume?

Quote: Same issue I hit. Are you running Audirvarna Plus or Audirvarna free without a USB dac?

Quote:   30%ish.     I use and love Audirvarna (free), but when using a USB dac (Modi) it doesn't allow you to adjust volume.

Quote: Yep - OSX defaults to 24 bit which I verified in the Audio MIDI Setup.   I came across a helpful paper at Wadia's website that shows how their digital volume control into a 24 bit dac doesn't result in any lost resolution when attenuating a sample:  ...

Quote: I've tried that, but it noticeably effects SQ. The more you lower the digital volume, the more dynamics are crushed. At least with iTunes on OSX.

Anyone else having trouble with the limited gain/volume range? Maybe everyone is using higher resistance headphones than I am (see my sig), but I don't have a lot of room to play with the volume between channel imbalance on the low side (7 o'clock) and super loud on the high side (8 o'clock).

Quote: I don't get any hiss with my UE triple fi 10s, but the gain is a bit much for them (IMO). Sometimes I like to listen to music at a medium or low volume while I'm working, and that's not really an option since anything below 7 o'clock on the dial hits the channel imbalance on the pot...

Wishing for a gain switch.   There is a channel imbalance before 7 o'clock on the dial. Anything past 8 o'clock is really loud with the headphones I own. That doesn't give me a lot of room to vary the volume while listening and I find myself trying to find the sweet spot between the channel...

Quote: What kind of surge protector are you using? I'd like to think something like a Furman would be ok?