Quote: I always understood that the perceived soundstage is better (wider/more defined) with amplifiers that have minimal crosstalk, since low crosstalk prevents coupling of the two input channels.  This would explain why some amplifiers may have a 'better' soundstage as it all boils...

Quote: I'm planning on getting a DAC to replace the built-in one that I am using in my Samsung HDTV.  Background noise seems a bit high, and I imagine the DAC and output stage isn't all that great.  How large of an improvement did you notice when using this DAC with your Apple TV?  ...

Quote: Does the D3 come with a wall adapter for AC->DC USB power?  I would like to use this with my Apple TV and won't have a computer nearby for power.  

GreatDane, I will definitely give that a shot when I get around to acquiring some felt. That is a real neat idea and sounds like it would not be a pain to setup. lini, I have tried both orientations (and alternating the orientations between speakers for giggles) and found that tweeters...

Steve, The speakers were about 5 feet apart but it is impossible for me to sit six feet from them. The difference is that they were too spread out before, and are now fairly close together but i am the same distance. It is fairly hard to get a decent sound stage in a small apartment/dorm...

I just tried it and the soundstage isn't as pronounced as it was before. The spectrum of sound is still there and the difference is not huge, but there is more of a reason to form a triangle between you and the speakers rather than putting them in a small shelf above you The sound is still...

I am in a college dorm and am trying to make good use of my desk space. So far, good use has involved having both my bookshelf speakers (B&W DM601's) pointed towards me but this has been taking up a considerable amount of space and my laptop tends to cover up a speaker while open. I have a...

Is the book of interest Building Valve Amplifiers or just Valve Amplifiers?

Quote: Originally Posted by dsavitsk For a tube to properly drive Grados, you will need some means of lowering the output impedance. A cathode follower won't do it, so you either need a transformer, or a solid state circuit of some sort, or a bunch of low impedance tubes in parallel...

Howdy All, Been a while since my last post but I have an idea that I would like to try and make here. I just recently bought a MacBook Pro and realized that it had an optical output within the headphone jack that I want to use for an amp. What I would like to try and make would be a...

I have a RME Digi 8/96 Pad that I have been using with linux for quite some time, and was not hard to set up at all. With distro's that require your own alsa configuration, all you need to do is add your card like any other and voila... it works. Otherwise, with Ubuntu, I believe all the drivers...

I sent him an email a while back without realizing that the DAC was limited to a certain amount and missed the group buy (first round at least). Hopefully another one comes through, looked solid.

I have been using my RME Digi 8/96 PAD in linux for a while now and had a discussion with another person who said that using JACK is better/the same as ASIO and would be good to figure out and try. I was curious if anyone has done that with this card or any other card... and whether it actually...

Howdy All, I recently bought an IBM T60 that I have been very impressed for minus one thing, the output audio quality. Intel "HD" Audio doesn't really do it for me, so I looked on the boards to find a USB DAC that would be adequate for my music listening needs. I am an electrical engineering...

the distro i am trying is Ubuntu, the newest A64 release. don't have it loaded now since i was using the livecd but should have it installed soon. any clue what the status of dmix is on that distro?

bump... i hate doing this but i know there are some people using linux here with an RME if describing the situation or sound quality better helps, let me know.

Howdy headfiers... I just threw on a livecd of Ubuntu and noticed that sound coming out of this card just doesnt have that treble kick that it does out of foobar and the like in windows. I was wondering if anyone has stumbled across this issue with ALSA (I was using XMMS as well) and whether...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sgt_Strider Just wondering, has the MP3 VBR issue been cleared up? Not having gapless playback isn't the deal breaker for me, but not properly playing MP3 VBR is. Also which earphones do you guys prefer with the nano? Shure E4 or UE SuperFi Pro 5? does...

Quote: Originally Posted by ghastlyone Nope. I have no issues with the sound, I'm really enjoying it. glad your enjoying it, i sure do miss it :/ still working on making this RME sound good

sorry for the long reply but im using analog also, any hifi linux folks out there... send me a pm pls. windows also messes with this card, sound is all grainy in windows and in foobar... the windows sounds cause it to slow down and distort the music big time. anyone else have that happen...

hey headfi... just curious what i can do with this RME 8/96 DIGI Pad here, hardmodding or just software tweaking. i am using linux here and run AmaroK with the gstreamer plugin but i am hearing some distortion or what sounds like clipping on higher notes and was curious if it is how i have it...

fixed but how to enable 24 bit?

fixed but how to enable 24 bit?

I just installed my RME in linux and can not get this to work! I removed alsa from the kernel so i could use the newer drivers and it resulted in my volume control bar crashing in GNOME. The drivers installed fine and i followed all the directions, but i can not get how to have this card play...

my question was more or less how to set it up to get 24bit since all i see is 16 and make sure its bit perfect out to the analog outs.