Having set up a new system, I had a curious thing happen the other night where I had no sound playing through my music server... which is otherwise very consistently stable.  I'm running everything up to date, with Win 7, Foobar, and Wasapi.   Has anyone ever experienced an instance of...

Hey everyone, I have a USB DAC... it sounds fine with the exception of these clicks and pops in my audio. I'm using Foobar on Windows 7 on a core2 duo laptop with 1 gig of ram. I've tried both KS and Wasapi... both have the same problem, although KS is less pronounced. I've adjusted my...

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Anybody have a valid comparison between the two?

I cannot make out which model of Sennheiser headphones are pictured in this eBay auction: Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-D50 with case - eBay (item 250493858560 end time Sep-15-09 11:03:22 PDT) Nothing seemed to match up on the Sennheiser website. I'm hoping someone can identify them...

Is it bad for an MP3 player to be played at full volume? I mean, obviously this wouldn't be good for your ears with headphones... but I'm only wondering about the player. I might want to have the volume all the way up when feeding it into an external car amp, for example... I know this can...

I just picked up a new pair of ATH-ESW9s. My new MP3 player is still in transit, so I figured I would plug them into my computer sound card to hear them. I have 6 ports - 4 for speakers, one for a mic, and one for line-in. Without checking which was which, I plugged my new phones into the...

Hey everyone, I and some others over on Audiogon have been working on this one for a little while. I figured I would bring it over here to get some furthar input. After some intense trail-and-error testing, I've found out that for some reason when I feed my DAC to a pre-amp via BlueJeans...

Is it weird that my K701s have no serial number? I bought them new off eBay about 6 months ago and had them re-cabled with APS v3. They sound great... but, I figured I would check to see if the serial number thing is something people know about.

Hey, I just picked up an Audio Mirror D2 off of eBay. Wow, this thing is quite an improvement over my old Zero DAC... I think I much prefer the sound of a non-OS DAC with my K701s. Anyways, I happen to have two OPA627s on a browndog that I'm not using... Is it possible to upgrade the stock...

Ok, stupid question probably... but as long as I dont know the answer and I'm obsessive about my new headphones, I figured I might as well ask. I just unplugged my new phones from my amp while the amp was on with the volume turned up. Is this bad for the amp or the headphones? It...

Hey, I was just doing a little reading and it sounds like most people are using either ASIO or WASAPI with Vista. Until tonight, I was under the impression that it was frivolous to bypass the default sound drivers that Vista uses because the sound was improved to the point of being...

Hey everyone. My DAC only accepts TOSlink and COAX, not USB. I already have an optical output on my motherboard, but have been led to believe that I would get better sound using a dedicated sound card just to pass through the digital signal. So, of course, I would not need any DAC that is...

I want to pick up a couple nice after-market power cables without breaking the bank. I was about to buy a pair of Iron Lung Jellyfish cables for about $45, which is the max that I would want to spend. I figured I would check to make sure this is a good choice or if there is something...

Well, the title says it all... Has anyone had any experience with the two?

I was planning on throwing some OPA627BPs in this Zero DAC/AMP I just bought... but I think I'm going to go another route at this point. What, in your opinion, is the best DAC under $300 that would benefit from having it's OPamp replaced by OPA627BPs?

Is there a sound card made that does not have a DAC but rather just high quality digital outputs? I already have an external DAC and amp, so I don't want to pay for a card with another DAC that I will never use... I just want something that will output 2 channel S/PDIF at either 24/96 or...

I've been listening to some new K701s for about a week and a half now and I can hear the burn-in process mellowing them out slowly. I'm just wondering... I hear this buzz in my right channel... sometimes very apparent and sometime not at all, depending on the song. It seems to only happen at...

I was just wondering... is underpowering a set of cans bad for the drivers? I know it can be terrible for speakers with overheating coils and whatever else may happen... but is the same true of headphones? So, for example, if I plugged my K701s into something without much juice (like a...

Is it illegal to sell a portable player with your music loaded on it? Thanks.

Just got my new K701s... upgraded from Bose Triports. I didn't know what I was in for... but right now not even close to being broken in they sound amazing. I just have a quick question about the strength of the headband and they way they should be handled. I put them on and take them off...

Hey everyone, First post here. I've been lurking around quite intensively for the past week researching headpho... I mean, Cans. After reading something around 1,000,000 opinions between the HD650, K701, GS1K, etc... I think I'm going to give the K701's a shot. Now, I've been a frequent...