I purchased a Darkvoice 3322 paired with my upgraded Zero dac and HD650 phones a while back and have been listening to my system with great enjoyment. Now, "upgratis" has set in. After looking through the forums, I see amp/dac pairing is very important rather than the quality of the individual...

Sorry but after searching through the forums I am still unsure on this. I was wondering what type of source is needed for an electrostatic amp. I have examined the back of a few Stax and most (if not all) seem to have balanced inputs but I also see what I believe is a L/R channel input. So...

Sorry if this is a dumb question by I was wondering if using the volume control on my computer's music player (I use fubar2000) degrades the audio quality. I use digital coax out from my computer to a dac then to my amp. I have a Darkvoice 3322 and sometimes its annoying to adjust both volume...

Now to start off I've heard great things about the zero dac/amp which is why I originally purchased it. With a Darkvoice 3322 on the way for my HD650's, I'm wondering whether the dac inside the zero will be the "weak link in my chain" or whether the dac isn't a huge deal in a system. Also note I...

I'm stuck between buying the tested and popular Darkvoice 336SE for around 310 shipped or the newer but highly rated Audiotailor Jade for 300 shipped. This amp would be paired with a HD650 and Zero DAC (with Earth hdam). Anyone have any recommendations of one amp over the other? I know the...

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I currently own a X-Fi Extreme Music with a Zero AMP/DAC. I connected my SPDIF out to a digital coax cable using a 3.5mm to RCA female adapter then to the coaxial plugin on the back of the Zero DAC/AMP. However when I plugged my headphones in the sound is much louder in the right channel than...

So I recently purchased a Zero DAC/AMP and HD650's with some help from the members of Head-Fi. However, now I have a question regarding how to connect my X-Fi Extreme Music with the Zero DAC/AMP. I have read other threads and I know my X-Fi Extreme Music has a digital I/O jack but it appears...

Hi I'm new (recently registered but have been browsing for awhile) to the Head-Fi boards. I originally wanted to just purchase a new headset after listening to a friends unamped HD580's in comparison to my HD280. After doing research on the HD600/650's I come to the conclusion that this may...