solid state, not a fan of tubes with the lcd3     options I'm looking at:   mjolnir (mjolnir 2) bryston bha1     anyone else have any suggestions?

are there any tube amps with balanced inputs that are $1000 or less?

Anyone bought his new album off itunes? God, is it just me or is the mastering awful?   I wonder if the CD version is better.

I am looking for a amp to hook up my se846, not for on the go though. I want to hook it up to my main desktop system so I can listen to them with my main setup. What would be a amp that would pair nicely? (se or balanced)

People claim that is has a unique sound unlike any other, what exactly gives it this characteristic? 

Is there any update on when its being released, price and feature set?

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I always found this strange, it seems like around the time the HD800 came out, someone said that it was difficult to drive and needed a good "partner" in terms of an amp. Ever since then, every post on head-fi regarding the hd800 seems to be about how "picky" the hd800 is and how you need to...

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Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I can go higher then $1000 if needed, I would really appreciate suggestions on what I should go with. I am in Canada so my options may be a little bit limited. Thanks.:)

Picked up a set of hd800s for a good price, please recommend me a good dac and mp for it.:)

I am going to be using using a toslink cable going from my desktop motherboard to an external DAC then to a headphone amp. Would the optical audio out transport on my motherboard be good or should I invest in a internal sound card with optical out?

What is a good USB A to B connector for hooking up a DAC to a computer? 

Any thoughts on this compared to the schiit Lyr+Bifrost?   Also, what would someone hook up to it with the RCA inputs on the back?

DAC+AMP combo is fine, stand alone units will also work. I would prefer the headphones to be open.   Please leave suggestions, thanks.

Anyone seen this?   It seems pretty good.  Is it worth the $900?

Please leave suggestions thanks.

I am using foobar and when I have I am using ASIO whenever I go to play a new song there is a bit off a stutter for the first 1-2 seconds of the song and the beginning audio is cut off. It only happens when in asio, what is the problem?

what would be better sounding?

Why does this only have one output? This means you couldn't connect a set of monitors with headphones right?

What would be the best I could do? Max I want to spend is 1k.

I can get a brand new pair for 630 shipped.   Should I?

Going to be hooking up my external monitors and some hd650s, he-500s to it.   Thoughts or are there better options?

USB as the source from my computer. Needs to be able to power HE-400 Cans and have an RCA/XLR out so I can run some powered monitors.   Can spend up to $500.