So I need a USB based sound card that has hardware accelerated DDL or DTS connect encoding. I bought a Asus U7 but the DDL encoding is software based since the CPU spikes in usage while encoding. Anyone have any idea which sound card has optical SPDIF with DDL/DTSC that are hardware accelerated...

I am in a bind i bought Klipsch SW-450 from here after reading some good review. The problem is that the bass produced is not controlled and is not smooth at all, when the bass is at max will i get some depth but otherwise its just totally loose no control what so ever. An example is the blu ray...

I love my Onkyo NR905 but it uses a lot of electricity and since its active almost the whole day "Linked to the DTH service". The 7.1ch is overkill for most DTH services and only really used in some Blu-rays :P   So i am thinking of downgrading to a good 5.1ch Home Theater Receiver that has...

As i was almost prepared to buy a new sony player i had saved up some cash. But it turned out that the A7xx had no discount options and so i post phoned my purchase and bought a APC UPB10 for use both with my ZEN and S9 and the experiance has beenn WOW. The charger itself is very stable in...

My AKG 702 had a bit of a mishap, its gone to be fixed but that will take a long time. Till then i want to get a cheap alternative with a similar lower range if possible and on the cheap would be good. I have short listed the headphones according to availability in the local store.:-...

My D2 died 2 months ago after a series of unfortunate events. Did not have money to get a 16Gb D2 got a Zen instead. Now i dont use a AMP for my EX85's as i did with my D2. The performance with the EX85 and Atrio's is very goood. 1000 times better than the 3g nano very impressive. There is...

My friend broke his bose headphones and searching for a replacement ever since. Now the problem is that the bose around ear's could actually fit his huge ears inside and that seems to make him feel very comfortable. Are there any other headphones which has a similar deep ear cup depth...

Got vomity after hearing Kylie Minogue - Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head on my friends K701 and this never ever has happened to me. I mainly use EX85 and when i feel like it i take out my Atrio's but i have never felt like this ever. His amp "Headamp Pico portable amp" is not that...

My FiiO did not like my 1.2V AAA rechargeable cells "Got all sorts of disturbance's" So i used normal throw away 1.5V aaa cells which my GF did not like "Bad for the environment" So what i did was to combine a 9v Cmoy amp with this FiiO which runs on 1.5V To archive that i first...

Ahhhhh, this is driving me crazy today i went for mount biking and around half an hour later rain started and we were forced to cut our trip short.. I let my wetish M8's dry and i did not touch them for the whole day... The next morning i tried them on and all of the sudden the music had very...

My Atrio's arrived yesterday and when i saw the pack i could tell that something was wrong "The box was crippled". I ordered from collage but never had i taught that the box get sat on or something opened the pack to find the M8's in a broken position.... Since they came all the way from...

Sorry wrong section post.. Re posted to In ear section MOD's PLS DEL THIS THREAD

I have Bass Freq. and a UM1's. The UM1's is great for travel's but i need something like Bass freq for running and exercise "Bass makes me powerful" My Bass freq's cable snapped and now i want to buy a replacement for it. So i was thinking if i can find any balanced armature or single...