As stated a few pages ago I got my M-Stage mid-July. When I plugged it in yesterday it wasn't recognized on any computer I tried. Analog ins still work thankfully. I am writing back and forth with tamAudio and I hope I won't need to ship it back. He asked me to push the opamp firmly in place, as...

Cheers. The reason I was wondering was that on my Ubuntu machine I could choose between several modes. Digital or analog out on the m-stage.

Thank you all for your suggestions, but I went for something else. When I realized I couldn't add my bank account on paypal, I jumped on the opportunity to buy a M-Stage HPA-2 USB. Not complaining at all. Didn't think I would be hearing that much an improvement on my HD25-1 II's. As I stated...

Hi all. Got my M-Stage HPA-2 USB yesterday. What an improvement - over the headphone outs on my cd-player and iMac. One thing I'm not sure about though is whether my mac is actually using the dac on the M-Stage. Am I just supposed to believe that it does so?

This may be going the other way around but I bet other newbies have taken the same route. Considering I can't buy headphones without auditioning I've decided to wait til some time in August, where I will have the chance to try several headphones.   Although ProtegeManiac stated that my cd...

Thank you. I'm glad getting specific suggestions. And the emphasis on the mids in HD600 reviews makes it a clear candidate

​Hi, all. First post in here. I think I've frequented this site for the past year or so, since I decided to sell my hifi and move to headphones completely. Of all the different forums on different topics, I find Head-Fi as the most serious one I've come across. My initial motivation for that was...