I have HD800s headphones that I listen through, via an Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt dac/amp, and from a Dell XPS 15 7590 laptop using mainly the Amazon Music Unlimited HD source. I have just noticed a curiosity: In Sound in Windows 10 Pro's Control Panel, I have found that in the AQ Cobalt...

I am close to buying a pair of MDR-Z7M2s from Amazon UK but the item name is MDR-Z7M2.WW2. Can anyone tell me please what the ".WW2" means? Thanks.

I have a new Musical Fidelity M1 A and I am feeding Genelec 8030A speakers from it over balanced connections from a usb input from my pc  I would like now to connect the unbalanced phono connections from the M1 to my Graham Slee headphone amp to use that with headphones.  I don't want to use...

I have an Xonar Essence STX card feeding my DACMagic Plus over SPDIF, and then take the signal on to some Genelec speakers.  But there is a problem.  Sometimes - and it seems to me unpredictably - the signal does not appear to reach the DACMagic Plus when I boot up the computer. I can tell this...

I have a DACMagic Plus fed by my PC via an Asus Xonar Essence STX sound card using its SPDIF connector.  The DAC feeds some Genelec active speakers.  The problem is that intermittently, and unpredictably,on some pc boot ups and sometimes when awaking from sleep, the DAC is inactive.  When this...

I put my Beyer Dynamic MMX 300 headset on this evening to do some work - screen recording with narration - and found there was a loud hum in the head set.  I haven't used the headset for a couple of months so I'm not sure what, if any, change in hardware configuration, may have caused the hum -...

I find the volume control of my DacMagic Plus irritatingly stiff to turn.  Can someone who has the M-Dac say if the volume control is easy to rotate, please?   Thanks.

I want to use again my Graham Slee Novo headphone amp even though I have the DacMagic Plus (which has a headphone socket).  My pc soundcard passes a digital signal to the DMPlus as does a Cambridge Audio CD player.  What I would like to do is use the Digital-Out of the DMPlus into the Digital-...

I have recently bought a Dacmagic Plus. Its headphone socket is ok but I would like to be able to continue to use my Graham Slee Novo headphone amp.  The problem is that if you connect the Novo to the DMPlus using the unbalanced phono connectors (the XLR sockets are used to drive my active...

Can anyone tell me please if it is possible to have both balanced and unbalanced outputs on the M-DAC active at the same time (as you can with the DacMagic)? (I've read the M-DAC's manual and I couldn't find the answer there).   I have x2 sources - digital out from an ASUS Essence STX for...

I need to make some instructional DVDs - narration and screen recording - and have a Beyer MMX300 headset to help me.  I have a Xonar STX connected by the Digital out to a DACMagic and thence monitors by XLR and to a headphone amp but no other STX connections are being used.   I want to...

Grateful if someone who has an X-fi HD card could tell me exactly what cable I need for the optical out.  I will be using it with a DACMagic. The digital spdif sockets are described as optical, but they don't look like TOSLink sockets.  The optical cables in the product photos don't look like...

This is probably OT but I'm trying to add narration to a video and am completely stuck trying to do this. I'm sure someone here will know what I need to do. I am using a Beyerdynamic MMX300 headset with an Asus Xonar Essence STX sound card, under Windows 7 64bit. The problem is that I...

I have dug out my late 1980's (passive) Rogers LS35A speakers and want to use them with a 5 year old Rotel RA-01 amp my son is giving me. The LS35As are elderly and their design was getting on when I got the speakers back in the eighties. They are very dimunitive and I will use them as desktop...

Should I put my DACMagic between my NAD C545BEE cd player and the Xonar Essence STC soundcard? - Coax between NAD and DacMagic, analogue phono between DacMagic and soundcard. ie using the CD player as a transport only. Or should I leave the NAD CD player supplying the soundcard direct over...

At the moment I have a NAD C545BEE cd player feeding an Asus Xonar Essence STX sound card using analogue RCA phono cables. The Essence then feeds a Graham Slee Novo headphone amp which in turn passes on the line out signal to my active desk/subwoofer speakers. All analogue cables. This set up...

Sorry - this is not directly about headphones but about music through them. Can anyone who has Donald Fagen's Kamakiriad let me know if they can hear distortion on some low bass notes or beats on the track - Snowbound? I have bought two copies of this album because it seemed to me impossible...

I need a headphone amp with a line pass through so that I can move the signal on from my Asus Essence STX sound card to my active speakers via a dedicated headphone amp. I am currently using a Graham Slee Novo which has this feature and I just wondered what upgrade options there would be...

I don't see it listed on any of the Audio Technica national websites. I'm thinking of buying it but won't if it's about to be replaced. Thanks.

It's hard to tell looking at the advert photos. Thanks.

I have just bought a pair of the RS1i's - the sound is great but they become uncomfortable very quickly. The problem is just that they clamp too hard on my head. Presumably there's no way to safely relax the tension in the metal over-band - is it possible to get thicker/softer foam pads...

I live in London and want to buy a Denon AH-D7000 but no UK retailer seems to have any - which isn't altogether surprising as a phone call to Denon UK revealed that they have none in stock either and there will be no delivery till the end of June. I just wondered if any Head-Fi contributors...

I want to get my son a pair of headphones to use in his home studio. The music is swing/hip-hop - though that shouldn't matter as I want to find a pair of neutral and accurate headphones for him. He is keen on this too as the headphones will be used in mixing. Budget is up to £200. Grateful...

I hope this isn't too off-topic but I'm sure someone here can help me. CD playback through my NAD C545BEE has suddenly started crackling - a bit like worn vinyl crackling or cellophane being taken off a new cd - not loud, but audible. I am using an Asus Xonar Essence STX sound card for...

I have just got some AKG K702 headphones and would be grateful for some advice please. I am using the headphones at the moment with an Asus Xonar Essence STX soundcard which has it's own headphone amp. In the card's software there are three Impedance options "Normal - upto 64Ohm", High -...