Quote: http://www.head-fi.org/t/643368/schiit-modi-and-magni-comparison-to-bifrost-and-asgard    try that, might answer a lot 

Have a Creative sound card and a usb dac with an optical input (audioengine d1). Would I get better sound quality from using the optical output from the soundcard to the dac or would it be the same from over usb? I know there is less noise with optical and higher quality.  I'm still very new...

Quote: Very true, and there is no hissing, just dead silence when the music is paused. Which is weird cause I own a lot of higher quality music, even tested this with MOG (which is supposed to be really good) and it still does the hiss...guess its just the music...le sigh

I love my little audioengine d1 so far and have had it for almost a year. Maybe my hearing has been getting better over time as I've really started to get into better headphones, music, etc.  On some tracks I've noticed when the music is starting up I hear a slight hissing. I've used multi...

Just bought a pair of Audioengine A2's and a Audioengine D1. I'm looking for a RCA male to RCA Male (red and white at each end) quality cable. Any suggestions?

Been looking around here and can't find a good answer. Right now in my rig I have a recond3d pcie fatality. I am looking to upgrade to a q701 pair of cans. Would this be enough to get enough out of the headphones? Should I get another dac? I am looking at the audioengine d1 which says it has a...

Quote: no, i'm looking for something where the plastic is very small before the 3.5mm jack.

I'm looking for a very slim 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable. The 3.5mm headphone is very slim and looks like this:    Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. Also, I'm not very handy and dont' want or know how to make one. Any help would be great. Thank you. 

Sorry, I'm a little new here. I am looking to buy a 3.5mm extension for a pair of head phones. I bought one from best buy, and its like night and day, they sound like pure junk. Gonna return them tomorrow. Can anyone suggest a good 6-10ft extension for me? Please let me know, thanks. 

The deal is still going on http://t.livingsocial.com/deals/279714?ref=email-jp&rpi=50773306   Got me two pairs, one reflex for my dad one sonic for me.    Hope you enjoy people