The sound quality I get from my macbook pro using DAC/amp (both usb,toslink) is a bit underwhelming, compared to the same DAC/amp connected to my CD player, and ps3 both via toslink optical. Compared to the latter two the macbook's sound is less robust, hollow, and thin. I ran music off both...

It's distracting especially on beethoven's piano sonata's, but on some other songs (rock/pop etc...) that are textured it's a lot less apparent, to almost nonexistant. Probably because the piano sonata's are a lot more easier to detect the static because it's only piano, where as the static can...

Newbie here, anyway I have been looking around to replace my old Sony cans that broke a couple of months ago. I bought it from Circuit City around 6 years ago for $150, forgot the model. I also have a pair of etymotic 6i iem's so I'm used to a certain level of quality. I looked around and just...