hd598 is a better choice for you. warmer and bassier than k701 and an amp is not needed, unlike k701.

if you dont see the yellow glue behind the white paper use zoom. click on the picture to enlarge it. that glue is kinda like a small reflex dot so i will remove it. a small channel imbalance is something people dont always notice but i think it has an effect on the overall listening experience...

  do you see this yellow glue on the driver? do you guys have it too? i think it may effect the sound since it blocks parts of the driver-exposed squares. i will try to remove it by first removing the stock white felt, then remove that yellow **** and finally put the stock white felt back on...

there are plastic parts on the bass ports and it's right in front of the back of the driver. do you think it's essential to cover the bass port's plastic parts with acoustic foam? Quote:  

http://www.head-fi.org/t/545842/schiit-dacs-the-information-and-anticipation-thread/1665#post_7900665 http://www.head-fi.org/t/545842/schiit-dacs-the-information-and-anticipation-thread/1665#post_7901151   Quote:  

you can buy it from jdslabs after its released and it will surely be under 250$. the guy who designed it says 2 people blind tested it against Benchmark DAC1 and they couldn't tell the difference. i believe him, but of course it's better to read lots of reviews before buying something.  ...

what is a suitable AC/AC adapter for europe 220V? specs, brands..?

pcb is the amp without the enclosure? if i order all the pcb parts they will come seperately and i will have to build the pcb myself? i have no idea how to. i looked at NwAvGuy's blog and i didn't see any instructions...

what is BOM?

yes you're right about the Rega but the Eastern Electric Minimax DAC and Centrance DACmini are 750$. the DACmini is a better deal but it's also less warm than the Minimax. i heard the DacMagic isn't very good compared to newer DACs in it's price range. i don't know about the Plus though.  ...

i heard the HDP's DAC section isn't very good, narrow soundstage and cold sounding. i think you should upgrade your DAC and possibly the amplifier too. m-stage is cosidered a very good warm amplifier that pairs well with k701. i heard the Rega and Eastern Electric are very good neutral while...

thanks i'll try jason@schiit.com   Edit: he answered quickly

i sent schiit an e-mail at info@schiit.com 2 days ago and they didn't respond yet. if they don't respond i won't buy it.

it's really cheap, only 60$ right? i'll consider it. though i don't believe an amp this tiny can be as good as bigger amps.

i don't like DIY. unless it's super easy to make because i have zero experience. where to order it? how is the o2 compared to matrix m-stage?

do you guys know of any reasonable priced amplifier that has great sub-bass for the t50rp? mine's lacking sub-bass (20hz - 30hz) and i think it's because of the little dot i+ i'm using right now.

skylab, you also reviewed the Yulong D100 which costs the same as Bifrost. how do they compare?

does the bifrost sound better than your cambridge dacmagic? which DACs sounded better than bifrost and how much did they cost? Quote:  

me three. cotton works well when it's a thin layer. bluemonkey i eagerly wait for your BMF 7. i need sub-bass out of these. also, i know how dynamat/fatmat works in theory, but did you (or anyone else who reads this) expirience real and noticable sound quality effect? i want to be sure before i...

I have SR325i with LD I+ (Telefunken 6AK5W and stock opamp) and it sounds very good. Not fatiguing and not harsh at all, like some people say the SR325i can be with the wrong amp. The LD I+ works great, never had any problems with it. But you should know many people say it sounds great only with...

bluemonkeyflyer, why not put paxmate on the "pillar" in the center of the cups? also, do you put cotton on it or around it? did you try mrspeaker's rastapants 2i and did mrspeakers try BMF? what did you guys think about the other mod?

"we put a ton of time into our USB implementation, but, to our ears, USB still doesn’t quite offer the performance of SPDIF"... damn... i still hope they used some crappy usb cable, lol. macbook's usb sounds better than cd player's spdif with bifrost? you made me really happy right now...

i dont know anything about sound science but a lot of people here say they clearly hear a difference.

i guess you're right, i've heard similar things from knowledgable people here like dan lavry. so i guess my best option is to use usb to bifrost with an audiophile cable. maybe that guy who said spdif sounded better than usb just used a bad usb cable and a good coaxial cable so the differences...

you used stock/regular usb cable or some audiophile usb cable? i have a musiland 02 that can be used as usb > spdif converter, but i dont know if it will sound better than just using the bifrost's usb input. so it's really important for me that the usb will sound just as good as spdif because...