I had been using the good 'ol emu 0404usb with my old system - built a new rig last week, new gigabyte mobo.  6 usb 3.0s, 2 usb 2.0s.  I tried everything - the win7 beta drivers, every usb 3.0 controller under the sun, nothing worked.  my 0404usb kept causing freezeups - even when plugged in to...

I've got about 800-1200 bucks out of my yearly bonus to burn on stupid crap, and was thinking about stepping up from my DT880s - I mainly listen to rock/indie rock/pop stuff, with some japanese pop/electronic-ish sounding stuff thrown in.  The DT880s seem to handle all of these well enough -...

anyone notice this on the USA promos for this "Covert Affairs" show? The guy is using RS2s for surveillance, lol.

If all an amp does is boost the power that is being output, how can that possibly change the sound (all these comments about improved bass/midrange/soundstage/etc)? I am genuinely curious, because it seems to me an amp built cheaply can fulfill the same output criteria as these 400 dollar and up...