I am currently using iTunes 6 + foobar 0.83 + ASIO output.... and some of my MP3 files gives this clipping while they are being played... Do they occur because these mp3 files had been ripped badly? I saw somewhere that this clipping can damage headphones/speakers...Is this true...

Wow, they came up pretty quick thought it would take a while for them to put up updated product on ebay.... Well here it is ! oh, and it looks like it's official dealer...

I've just read a first impression/initial review on DT990(2005) 600ohm version...Unfortunately, it's not in English, so I guess I have to translate it... It's written by a fellow Head-Fier in South Korea. Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. SangHo Sung ....I got my hands on new...

What would be most effective /cost efficient DAC to upgrade from Entech Number Cruncher 205.2 ? I'm looking for something below the Lavry DA10 / Stello DA100 / Benchmark DAC-1 grade/price range....They are nice, but I have budget restraint....so

I tried searching for these, but couldn't find any.... all I could find was plugins for Foobar 0.9x.... I was wondering if anyone here has these plugins?

Okay, when people sell audio equipment, many of them asks for 3% paypal fee... I always get confused... Does this apply only for the accounts based on Credit Card (Seller or Buyer?) For example... Seller asks for $100 + 3% paypal. Which of the following buyers need to pay for 3%...

How are they different from one another? They all look the same...

I was searching for some images of RS-1, and found three types of them... Older version that has no Serial Number - Dark Mahogany wood Earlier Serial number - dark mahogany Later serial number - lighter colored Mahogany Now I was wondering...do they have different sound signature...

As I am a tube amp noob, I don't know if this is normal or something unusual... I put my headphone on and turned on the tube amp. As soon as I turn the power on, I can hear somekind of humming (like, brrrr) for about 3~5 seconds and then it goes away. It felt like the headphone lightly...

When i came back from class today, there was a heavy box waiting for me.. And it was Woo 6!! I had ordered it last Tuesday, so it took about 6 days to get it in my hand. The box was about 14 lbs, and the amp was packed very well. I must say, the amp is BEAUTIFUL! I thought the...

There are lots of Audio-fiers out there in the world with vacuum tube audio equipments. And people prefer getting NOS tubes since they have better build quality and better SQ. Now, I was just wondering...what would happen if all the NOS tubes were used up, and audiophiles were left with...

I was just trying to pick up some music albums, but then found out that the album comes out in CD and SACD-Hybrid. Now, on regular CDP, can SACD be played on it? Or only SACD-Hybrid can be played? And does it worth to buy SACD/SACD Hybrid comparing to regular CD's? I mean, do they have...

I was wondering....like on ebay, you can find lots of NOS and used tubes. Is it okay to buy the used tubes with good testing? Or is it a good idea to strictly stick with the NOS tubes? And is used but good testing (say, 90%?) tube worth of purchasing?

I'm thinking about getting either of Woo3/6 or PPX3 variants... I did some searching, but couldn't really find the information I looked for.. so here I go: I visited SP audio webpage, and there seems to be two models for PPX3: PPX3 and PPX3 - 6SN7... 1. What are the difference of...

Just wondering....it has such a wonderful build quality, looks beautiful, with other points of excellence; but why is it not very popular here? Is there a reason for this?

I had my DT990 for about a month now, and I am enjoying it immensely. Now, I was wondering if it would sound better if I get it recabled...any ideas? And in case I do go for recabling, which cable/cabling service should I choose? I know there's Moon Audio and Headphile.... and the...

There's THA336 and it's upgraded version, THA 336i, And there's also it's bigger brother, THA337; does 337i also exist? and recently I found about the new THA332; is this the regular 332, or 332i version?

For those who never heard of this company before, Cresyn is a decent earphone/headphone maker in Korea. It is known for the high quality products with reasonably low price. It makes some OEM/ODM products for Audio Technica...such as CM3 or CM7. Anyways, they just recently released a new...

It's called Aura Note.... It's a Top-loading CDP embedded all-in-one intergrated amp. 50w per channel stereo with Mos-fet. It also has FM/AM tuner, and it can be connected to PC (probably DAC function) And on it's right side, there's headphone output and USB output (!!!! now that's...

Okay, I am using the M-audio Transit, with Entech Numbercruncher 205.2 for my DAC. When you surf on the net, and move from one page to another, you are supposed to hear this small click sound from Internet Explorer, right? Or when someone logs on to the messenger (e.g MSN, AIM, ICQ, etc etc)...

It just arrived, but it didn't come with the owner's manual.... so here's my question. on 205.2, there are two buttons, one of them is "Select", and the other is "Phase" . Obviously, the "Select" button seems to be for changing input... but I don't know what does the "Phase" button...

Well, my friend just sent me a FLAC file for a whole album.... and to my surprise, it's in one file! (actually two, one being a flac file and the other being .cue file..) and my question is, is there a way to split this into files for each individual tracks?

Dunno if this fits in the category, but anyways.. Heard Hawaii was struck pretty badly by a severe earthquake .... I think there are some head-fier's living there... Hope everything is okay for them...

I've seen that some of the higher priced DACs have Oversampling or Upsampling function. What's the difference between the two? I'm no engineer, so I'd appreciate if you'd explain in layman's terms..

How much difference in performance will there be between the two DACs? I originally ordered a 203.2, but then the seller screwed up with shipping so I ended up getting it refunded. So I went along and now ordered a 205.2 from a different seller... I want to know if this choice was a good...