EDIT: Answered my own question - Google is my friend. J river uses the original Replaygain standard of 83 dB SPL   http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=49357.0;wap2   I've been using Foobar for a long time, and recently decided to give J River Media Center a go.   I use...

About three weeks ago I replaced my Headroom Micro DAC and McCormack MID headphone/pre with a Benchmark DAC-1HDR. All has been bliss.   I have a large folder of assorted tracks that I load into Foobar and play on shuffle. There are 16 and 24 bit tracks mixed together in the directory. They...

I have a pair of HD580s given me as a gift back in 2000 or so. All the cushions are totally shot, and the cable must also be gone as the sound drops out in the left channel and can sort of be made to come back by twisting and bending the cable right at the left plug.   Parts cost is about...

Recently upgraded the guts of my computer. The Asus P8P67 motherboard uses the Realtek ALC892 audio codec. I am using the optical SPDIF output, Foobar and the WASAPI plug in for it to feed a Headroom Micro DAC. I can play all of my 24 bit files except for those sampled at 88.2 kHz. Each time...

Greetings,   I've gotten in the habit of taking longer and longer walks with my dog - good for me, good for him too.   I've got an old Sansa 4GB player which looks like crap but works fine.   I've also got a cheap pair of Sony ear buds that don't stay in my ears very well with or...

Greetings all,   In the course of putting together a bunch of tracks for my portable player, I learned about Replaygain and its uses. I wound up using MP3Gain to alter the playback volume so as not to blow my ears off during workouts.   My music collection is ripped to my computer...

Greetings all, S/PDIF out -> MicroDAC (purchased June, 2007) --> McCormack Headphone amp/preamp --> McCormack power amp --> PMC TB2 speakers. I'm getting an intense high frequency noise through my speakers. I've moved, connected and disconnected all of the gear in an effort to discover the...

A good friend is looking for a very small USB DAC of high audio quality. He has some Etymotics (not sure which ones) and travels a lot for business and really wants to upgrade his computer's sound but needs a DAC that is preferably bus powered and very small. It only needs to drive a single pair...

My set up: S/PDIF to Headroom Micro DAC McCormack Micro Integrated Drive Sennheiser HD650. (MID also drives McCormack Micro Power Drive/PMC TB-2 Monitor combination) My MID (same as the Headphone Drive but includes speaker jacks on the rear) functions as my headphone amp and a preamp...

Greetings all, Gear involved: Gigabyte EP35-DS4 mobo Realtek ALC 889A HD Audio on board S/PDIF out to Headroom Micro DAC McCormack Headphone Amp Sennheiser HD650. Source files are WAV and FLAC. I primarily use Winamp and understand there is an ALIO plug in to aid in bit perfect...