Hi @PaganDL ... Appreciate the insight here - you succinctly explained the foundational concepts that has taken me a better part of the past week to wrap my head around - so a big big thank you for that! Agreed - balanced 2.5mm to RCA not really worth it especially in light of the fact that my...

Hi All, I've got a slightly peculiar setup that I'm working on building (and it's not a headphone setup, it's a speaker setup at home, so please bear with me). It's for my home speakers. Source > Onkyo DP-X1 DAP Tube Amp > Gemtube BL-02 Spekaers > Martin Logan XT60s Intend to send my music from...

    Hey ... I'm just an absolute dolt of the nth order ... must have drank wayyyyy too much for St Pattys yesterday ... EElegance triggered me to try a couple of things - and I tried to be more "gentle" with the card as I entered it and it clicked in place ... incredible ... not a lint...

** SOLVED **  Hi, Facing an issue with my DP-X1 - looking for some advice from this forum. I bought the Onkyo DP-X1 about 2 months ago and went ahead and bought a Sandisk Ultra SDXC 128GB microSD card today for expanding storage. I tried entering it into the microSD card slots in the DP-X1 -...

I see you've got some stuff from Schiit ... did you have a chance to check the modi/ magni combo out ever? How would they fare against the dragonfly?

Any of you have experience listening to both dragonfly 1.2 as well as schiit modi/ magni combination OR the meridian explorer? Your thoughts on how the dragonfly fares against the others? Trying to decide on what dac/ amp to pair with my macbook pro and monster miles davis trumpet IEMs.

Thank you very much for the portable amp comparison link on head-fi. Am browsing through this in detail. I presently listen to music on my macbook pro through my sennheiser HD280, but I feel they lack enough of a low bass and mid presence - and are terribly uncomfy. The Klipsch s4's while having...

  While I don't doubt that I'd definitely find the sound a step up from my existing setup - I definitely do want to experience a superior sound if that's possible via a DAC. Was checking out the audioquest dragonfly 1.2 thats retailing for 150$ .... and the arcam rdac (1st version prior to the...

Hi everyone -  am trying to decide a pair of IEMs to get along with a DAC/ amp to play flac/ 320kbps mp3s from my macbook pro I really liked the Monster Miles Davis Trumpets from what I've read - and I seem to be able to get one for <200$.  Any other suggestions for IEMs in that range?   ...

Am thinking about pulling the trigger on these. Would like some advice  My present IEMs are Klipsch s4s and have a Sennheiser HD280. I am hoping that the trumpets would be a significant upgrade over these sound quality wise Also - does anyone play these through a MacbookPro with a DAC/ amp? If...

anyone?

I demo'd the Klipsch promedia 2.1, the klipsch gmx 2.1 (newer version of the promedias) and the klipsch iFi's... I finally went for the iFi's soundwise iFi > Promedia > gmx however, the iFi's are presently probably out of production. You might still get them on newegg/ costco for about...

I'm sure that a pair of good build bookshelves along with a proper amp could probably (read surely) beat what I'm going to suggest all ends up .. however, I doubt it'ld be able to do so in the budget that you're proposing ... Check out the Klipsch 2.1 iFi... it's a great system and is even...

Hi everyone, This is a fascinating forum, and I've been hugely enriched knowledgewise by it in the past 4 days that I've browsed through various threads of the forum. I've recently bought a Klipsch iFi 2.1 for my macbook pro. I need some advice to get the most out of the system. I'm...