Rdio streams around 256 kbps and mog streams at 320k bps. Both are $5 per month.  

I dislike bloated inefficient software that installs various components which slow down my system. Something basic like vlc is much more efficient. And I don't keep a large library of music so I have no need for sophisticated ordering of my music. And I dislike apple as a company because they...

So far the Gefen GTV-DD-2-AA to a headroom total bithead seems to be the best option for my needs? Does anyone have any experience with the quality of Gefen products?

At the moment all of my audio is being routed through a DVDO Edge hub/scaler which can output audio through either hdmi or optical. The optical out sends either dolby digital 5.1, dts 5.1, standard stereo, or lcpm stereo. What I'm unclear on is whether a dac will handle the dolby digital or dts...

Well my will succumbed. In a day I bought: Sennheiser HD-600 Beyer DT-770-80 Ibasso D10 as DAC Little Dot MK-III as amp Now I'm done with headphones, and saying goodbye to head-fi, my wallet beaten and bruised. Hopefully within a week or so. I changed to the HD-600, as I've heard that...

Well I bought the ibasso d10. EDIT: Picked up a used pair of DT-770-80s as well for $99. I think I'll probably wait until sometime August before taking the next step which would be a little dot mk III and a sennheiser hd-600 to complete my setup. Next step a high-end computer from ebay with...

Well.... are there any $500-$700 amp/dacs with optical in, that would be 'ideal'?

I'm planning on getting a pair of DT-770-80s solid. Then the K702 and ibasso as I'll need a dac anyways to convert from optical, as my ht sources are routed through a dvdo edge and that can only output audio through hdmi, or optical so I need a DAC anyways. Then I can see how satisfied I am with...

I've decided to go with the ibasso d10. As $300 total for the amp and dac seems like a good starting point, and the press seems to be positive. Any qualms with such a choice before I pull the trigger?

Perhaps....the headroom $330 DAC for optical to line output. Then what amp would you recommend...... Or to save myself the hassle, would the Sennheiser HD-600 pair well with the compass? I would probably prefer to save the hassle and money of buying a separate amp and dac, though I will if...

From what I read I was considering retiring my a700s as my home cans, and making them my portable ones. Haha. Then acquiring a pair of DT-770s for movies and games, as from what I've read they're quite 'fun' for that purpose. And using the AKG K702 as reference headphones. From what I've...

At the moment I have a pair of audio technica ath-a700s, being driven by a yamaha rx-v661 receiver which is receiving optical input from an x-fi xtreme audio notebook sound card. I find the sound I receive through this combo to be fairly 'nice', though obviously room for improvement. I'm looking...

Even when sitting perfectly still the A700 pads crinkle in a very distracting manner for me when listening to quiet sections in music or movies. I've heard the replacement earpads for the Audio Technica AD-1000 are a good option(and I assume are non-crinkly?) However, when looking for these...

Which one of these headphones would be best for listening to movies: Audio Technica A700 Audiot Technica A500 Beyer Dynamic DTX800 Beyer Dynamic DTX900 Keep in mind that I have a dolby headphone decoder so these headphones also have to reproduce surround sound effects.

Oh, and I'm eventually going to replace the headphones that came with the decoder does anyone have some recommendations on what headphones would work well?