Thanks for the replies guys much appreciated. A few comments/clarifications: I've decided to keep my AV receiver in the sound chain, and went with a Schiit Modi Multibit DAC which I'll be using to connect from my PC to the Modi to the receiver(via RCAs). I should have clarified......I...

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Hi guys. Been a long time since I been on this forum :) I've owned a pair of Beyer Dynamics DT880's for about 8 years now, and I still love 'em. I was always under the assumption that pairing(no pun intended) a pair of headphones with an Home Theater receiver was among the best solutions to...

Hi guys. Anything changed in the last 12 years? :p   You know what I would like to see? I would like to see someone mod the D-555 so that it allows it to play tracks from a Micro-SD card, rather than a CD. Or perhaps a mod that allows a line in signal for even a usb connection for external...

Hi guys, haven't been keeping up with the news lately but can anyone tell me if the FiiO X5 supports Rockbox yet?   If not, are they working on adding it?

Can this be used when running foobar in bit perfect mode, using say, the WASAPI plugin? Ditto for the Graphic Equalizer?

Does the Realtek ALC887 support Bit Perfect? If so, how does the sound compare to running bit perfect from a Sound Blaster card?

Hi guys. So just to confirm, you can achieve 100% bit perfect audio from most of the current RealTek on board chips? If so, how would you compare the sound quality to say, a Sound Blaster card, if both are running bit perfect?

Quote: ?   What is the Matrix Mini-i?  

Quote: Yeah but I bought mine something like 4 years ago LOL.

I see, thanks :)

I really wish Sony would remake this player and sell it again for its 20th anniversary!

Im gonna be listening to these again soon, just to see if there's any perceivable difference between the old masters and the new in terms of the mixing itself.

Quote: No, can you explain what this is?    

Quote: Funny you should ask. I own both cards and to my ears at least, the E-mu is better no question.    

Revisiting my E-MU 1616M and I'm soooo glad I took the plunge 4 years ago :) Still sounds every bit as good as the day I bought it! Gotta re-learn how to tweak it though :(

I am back to listening to me laptop rather than my iMod for my main listening purposes. Reason being, my iMod has rock box installed and it's been acting up a bit lately.   Did a complete Windows re-install and then installed Foobar2000, all 300 gigs of my music, and my E-MU 1616M sound card...

Quote: Ahh, interesting note on the DSPs :)   I'll fool with it some more and letcha know if I have any more questions. By the way, since this thread, has E-MU made any newer cards than the old 1616M?    

Quote: Heh, the funny thing is, since my post in here, I haven't put not even 100 hours into my DT-880s but that's gonna soon change LOL. :p

I Used to own a pair back in 1991 and regret selling them :( However I do own a pair of old MDR-7506's and would like to know if there is any perceivable difference between the two cans sound quality wise?

Well it's been a while guys :)   Shortly after this thread I kinda got into other hobbies and hardly ever listened to music seriously. But now I'm back to enjoying my music collection again and consequently have been shuffling between my DT-880s and my Sony MDR-7506's.   Still loving my...

Indeed it does. Thanks for all your recommendations

Quote: Originally Posted by blackzarg Mac or PC? On my Macbook Pro, I can select to output sound through the built-in output (internal speakers), or the USB DAC through "System Preferences > Sound" Yeah sorry I mean for PC. I'm on Windows 7 on a Sager Laptop with a Realtek...

Guys I have a very important question.... when using the Nuforce uDAC on a laptop, can you use it to play sound through its internal speakers? If so, how do you set it up this way?