Quote:   Your point on digital transmission is mostly valid I think.  Either the data arrives or it doesn't, and even if there was some voltage in between it is going to get rounded up or down.  So either you get the data transferred and it works or your cable sucks and you get nothing...

I've been using 650's with this setup for a while and I think it sounds pretty good.   Computer USB -> Maverick D1 (Tube Pre-Out) -> Silver Serpent RCA -> Maverick A1 -> HD650   I've "upgraded" the tubes on both units.  Seems to sound a little better for me at least.  I think I put a...

Not to try to hijack this thread or anything, but I have approximately the same question as the original poster did.  So rather than make a new post about the same thing, I thought I'd just ask in here.   I recently purchased a Sennheiser HD-650 as well, although my question is if my current...