Quote: Wow, no kidding, as in you have to go all the way into the "more buying options" to see that the one highlighted lists B-stock. 

Quote: Hrm, good insider knowledge then.  'Tis ok.  I scored the 650s for $400 shipped (when subtract the $100 GC to newegg - will have no problem spending that) and am happy.  razordog with that code is probably the best price for new at the moment.

Quote: I bought a set of the HD650s from newegg during this sale (I posted the deal at fatwallet and $400 headphones didn't sit well with a few posters.. lol).  Not too shabby to use billmelater option at newegg to spread the payment out too.    Don't worry about the people talking...

Quote: Right... the switching power supply in a computer has noise.  But USB uses 5V DC out (devoting two of the 4 wires to +5 and gnd) and even the link you sent shows the "noise" as 100 (micro)V (100/5,000,000) which can rather easily be evened out by putting a capacitor inline with the...

Quote: The signal exiting the USB should still be digital, meaning static shouldn't be an issue like it would be with an analog, low voltage signal like typical analog audio.  The USB ground loop I had manifested itself as cpu-hard drive background noise/interference in the front panel...

Quote: Found this post somewhat late, but if you're running this from an auxiliary connector like a front panel, antec and even my lian li case both had the audio jack's ground tied into the USB ground... which resulted in extra hiss and cpu-related "tick" noises.  Unplugging the front...

Quote: I hooked up my Modi/Magni combo tonight and noticed the same thing you did with the noise floor still allowing a small amount of signal through.   Listened for about an hour, driving an old set of Sennheiser 280 Pros.  The Magni gets warm after being on for hours (although not to the...