OK, I used your link but I still got the install error again, so I installed it through device manager by pointing that wizard all the way to \Envy24_Family_64 Bit Drivers_V460b\Drivers\AMD64\ instead of just the root of the driver directory like before.  I used the option in the wizard which...

Could you be more specific about what you did?  I'm looking through my folder for the 4.60b drivers, and I can't find any files with the .inf extension besides envy24hf.inf and viaudoem.inf in \drivers\amd64\.  I cleaned out my 5.60c drivers, restarted, and right-click open on both of them opens...

I'm also having the same problem as sohho.  I had to reinstall windows, and when I followed the directions in the first post for Windows 7 x64, the result was no sound at all whatsoever, directions that had worked for me three or four years ago on Windows 7 x64.  I have been able to get sound by...

I tried following the directions in this thread for Windows 7 64-bit, couldn't install the 540a version until I set compatibility to XP SP2 contrary to the OP. After I installed the drivers over the generic, working driver that Microsoft'd downloaded for me my sound stopped working, and then I...

I didn't know that putting the dash between the P and the I was another way of writing the name! Though none of the ones that come up in a search are matched; is that very rare? Thanks.

Is there a place to buy 6h6-pi (or better, I guess) power tubes for less than 50$ per matched pair? I've been looking on Ebay for a while but the best I've managed is getting burned for 2$ by a user who deleted his account yesterday.

Thanks for the answers. I suppose it's too early for a concensus on the unit's quality compared to other DACs, huh? Here's a somewhat random question: do digital audio cables have a limit to how long they can be? I know that RCA and headphone cables, as analogue, might begin to deteriorate...

Forgive my ignorance, but this thread is 72 pages. Is it still possible to order one of these at the promotional price? What exactly is the promotional price?

That seals it, then; going with matching. Thanks for the opinion; I thought so, but I'm hardly an expert on these things.

Sorry to be a bugger but would any of you say that buying unmatched power or driver tubes is a no-no?

Quote: Originally Posted by esirex I am currently running these tubes 6H6P-i. And they really do sound better then the stock power tubes. And personally I dont find any difference whether its match or unmatch ... I was under the impression that the 6H6Pi was the stock tube in the...

Hi, I'm looking to find some spare power tubes but have been having fairly sour luck finding anything less than 40$ (for around 2) on ebay. Found these, though: Beijing 6N6-T(6N6, E182CC, 6N6P) Vacuum Tube 4 PCs - eBay (item 270277698619 end time Feb-15-09 23:45:32 PST) Are they compatible...

I found a Sony PS-LX3 in my parents' house and am looking to experiment with vinyl with it if at all possible. But there are a few snags: 1) I have only the faintest idea if this phonograph is a junker. Some googling has revealed it was about entry level, and my father said that it ran him...

Well, I looked at both of those players, and they don't seem like my cup of tea. I guess I'll try to figure something else out, sometime. Thanks again.

OK, reading around, I'm pretty sure you're right with the pop's being a part of the file. That page you linked recommended using, um, some sort of automatic fade in and out to drown out the pop, but looking through Google, there's only really information on how to do this with Winamp's...

I set up Kernel Streaming on Winamp some time ago to output through an analogue connexion, and it struck me as sounding a little better, but between songs, and just when my music player segues from noise to complete silence, there is one distinct pop to mark the transition to silence and one...

'Less you live nearabouts Albuquerque NM that's a no go. Thanks for the offer, though. I'll probably wait a while to make the purchases. It's been nice that this thread was such a success, let me say, so thanks. And I'm still open to advice on what to buy first, if anyone has an opinion. I'm...

Thanks for the tip, Chocula. Yeah, that combo sounds like what I'll have eventually. It's just a matter of which piece I'll buy first since I'll be damned if I'm going to spend upwards of 700$ in one go. I'm leaning toward the MKIII, yeah, but, come to think of it, no one has really answered...

So I suppose the concensus is the Little Dot? I wouldn't mind getting an external DAC down the line, to be sure. I just couldn't decide between getting the Zero and perhaps using it as a DAC later or getting the MKIII and later supplementing it with something else, so it kind of came down to...

I'm fairly new to this place minus some heavy forum sifting I did a while back to give me ideas on what equipment to start on. My experience with auditory matters is somewhat lacking, so please forgive if I sound yutsy or this thread is redundant; none of the other threads I searched through...