MBP 2019 16", Core i9, 32RAM, it's damn powerful laptop. A month or so I used its internal DAC from 1/8 socket and everything was fine. Then I decided to make a real Hi-Fi station and connected Schiit Modi 3+ (2 watt comsumption), and got a heater. Reconnected from the left USB to the right one...

My admins applied a mandatory update from Win10 to Win11 on our working laptops. And suddenly I noticed some strange sound changes. I use mostly Spotify Premium and Schiit Modi/Magni stack. I don't know really if it's a real change or Xmas fever. Anybody freel the same?

Any difference in sound HW (DAC, amplifier)?

Setting up Volumio I noticed the option "Volumio can detect if your DAC has a Hardware Mixer, and enable it automatically. If your DAC does not support it, Volumio will allow you to enable the software mixer" and HW volume is enabled for my ODAC despite USB Audio Class 1. I have a couple of DIY...

I see them on second-hand market and no ideas how the sounds compared with modern ones. Round pads. Anybody?

Hi all, Watching "Vinyl" series of course I saw many of these cans. I read once that some of vintage models were republished but didn't mind. Now I started searching the info about the new editions and found only that the model was started in early 70s, then next bunch in late 80s and last...