What do I need to get a good basic computer audio system. I already have a good dac and headphone amp. I also downloaded Foobar2000 and have that installed. Is that all I need in terms of software? 

My old computer died and took all my music files with it so I am basically having to start over. I am going to be getting some type of low price win10 pc to store and stream the audio, then either via usb to a dac and then headphone amp or perhaps get an integrated dac/amp setup. One change I...

There have been a lot of additions and changes to the field of planar headphones in recent months and I was wondering what would currently be the best bang for the buck so to speak in this day and age. I still see the occasional HE500 review and that is still getting rave reviews even now. At...

I see threads for classical, metal, jazz, and all else but nothing for the blues. I know of several people on these forums who listen to little else but the blues. Just post things you have that you particularly like or something you really want to get. I get to start. I got this as I used to...

Has anyone been able to compare the upgraded Multibit Bifrost with the original Bifrost Uber. Simply is it worth upgrading. My rather limited knowledge of electronics tells me it should be, but sometimes the numbers don't tell the whole story. This question is probably redundant anyway as I KNOW...

It looks like my audio card (built-in) has died. I get no sound, the OS doesn't even recognize that I have an audio card any more. So I am looking for an audio card. I don't need the best you can buy but I would like one with a pretty good dac chipset in it and a headphone amp would be a plus...

I know I am probably not going to get anything on this but I was wondering if anyone has heard both the Concero HP and the Micro iDSD and could comment on the sound of the two using the built in headphone amps of each. They are somewhat similar in that both do PCM and DSD and both have headphone...

Looking to get some ideas on a good dac that has the ability to decode dsd at least up to dsd128. Looking for $600 or less, I don't require it have a headphone amp but if is does that is okay also. Just to give an idea of what I am looking at right now would be, the ITI MicroDSD, Concero, ITI...

I just came from the Audeze website and they have a large posting saying they were robbed last night. Details are there if anyone cares to read it. Very sad that something like that could and would happen to a company like that. Very sad indeed.

I have recently found a couple albums I wanted to get and found that they were in a format I am not real familiar with, called 'Blu-Ray Audio'. What I am wanting to know is what do I need in terms of playback equipment to listen to those and where do they stand in the overall fidelity ladder. I...

I just got a new cd today. It is a Telarc cd and on the case and liner notes it says 20bit Digital Recording, which I thought meant hdcd, but when I play it the hdcd light doesn't come on and it doesn't say hdcd anywhere on the cd. Can they make a 20bit encoded cd that is NOT hdcd that will play...

Just going to be taking a vacation from Head-Fi, not that anybody really cares. When I see people on the forums ready to come to blows over which tube is best in a Lyr amplifier it is obvious a lot of people take all of this a lot more seriously than I do. I may check in on the music section...

The weather is going to be improving here pretty soon and I am getting the itch to go to another meeting and listen to some nice equipment again. I should be able to attend the next one. Anything in the works at this time?

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I was looking at a bunch of headphone graphs the other day and one thing I started to notice was what some very highly regarded headphones do very poorly at reproducing a square wave, while others not nearly so well regarded do a very good job. Why do they include a graph that appears to be...

I am looking for some suggestions of headphones to take a look at. My music tastes are jazz and classical, slightly more jazz and a little bit of pop/vocals thrown in as well, something in the Norah Jones camp. Just as a reference I heard some HD800's and that is what I want, only at about half...

I was looking to get some of your opinions on the topic stated, do you think dynamic headphones age. Does the driver suspension start to loose it's tension and not control the movement as well as it did when it was newer. At some point in time would it be wise to replace your headphones just for...

I was wondering if anyone has had the chance to listen to the new Modi 2 along with the older Modi and could tell me if it would be audibly worth it to upgrade to the newer version.

Looking at getting an amp for my HD700/650 and was looking for opinions between these two. Fairly close price wise but how do they compare in sound. Mostly listen to Pop and Jazz along with a bit of classic rock.

I was just browsing on over to the Simaudio website and saw this. It isn't available yet and I couldn't find a price, but it looks to be a pretty awesome headphone amp. They do have the specs listed and they are real impressive. Should have no problem with most any Planar's with 5w into 50ohms...

If you are at all interested in Grado's you might want to visit their website. Looks like they have done an across the board upgrade to their entire line of headphones, calling the new ones the 'E' series. I almost bought a GS1000i , but now I am glad I didn't. I feel sorry for anyone who did...

Just wondered if any of you have any headphone collections and what they were, pictures would be a plus. By collections I mean a group of headphones with a common thread between them.  I only have one small collection and am without a camera, if this thread has any legs I'll post pictures when...

Can anyone explain to me what is going on when a square wave sags. I know it is supposed to go instantly to a set voltage, remain there for a time and then instantly go to the negative voltage producing a nice 'square' wave. In the real world though you hardly ever see that with headphones. They...

I was just curious what, if any, advantages there are to buying a cd transport and an external dac, vs using a good quality cd player and an external dac. What does a stand alone transport do better than a good quality cd player using the players optical or coax outputs going to an external dac...

I was wondering if any of you are using this dac and if so how you like it. Any comparisons would be helpfull too. I am also interested inknowing how the headphone amp is, the specs on it look very very good. Aside from the specs on this unit I just like the modern way it looks, really nice. I...