Quote: Thank you thank you thank you. This helped a ton and described exactly what i was looking for, namely the comparison to the superlux. Truly appreciate your time on this and now i just have to decide if i want to stay with the defined sound or more durable. Since i am not abuse at...

Funny im looking at those right now. I have spent the last 3 days reading hundreds of reviews, dont know if its from baseheads or not.   I did give all my info in hte first post i made but to refresh, i own a xonar dx and a xonar dg which has the headphone amp, and i also have alc889 with...

Quote: As i said, the 668b to me sound pretty good, but occasionaly the highs are slightly peircing and the bass is not defined well. I am definatly not a basshead not even a light. I want to hear the bass drum in the drummers set when listening to Rush, i want to hear the bump when i...

I am very much torn finding cans for general use. At present i have the Superlux 668b which i need to replace with closed cans as the wife is constantly complaining about hearing my music. My requirements can be based off my experience with the Superlux.   To me, the superlux had about the...

I hope i chose the right place in the forum to post this, if not i am sorry.   Currently i am useing a fairly default command line for ALAC ripping but i have to use MP3Tag after each cd to get album art embeded into the tags. This is becoming a hassle as i have already done of 300 cd's like...

Kinda going back to my point though, since useing the onboard audio, yes it may have an inferior DAC however am i not bypassing that by useinf the optical link and useing the DAC in the reciever? Which brings me back to would it be better suited to get this amp you are talking about, btw i have...

Following your suggestion would not be useing the onboard software, home theater v4. Will it however, use teh DX dolby headphone by doing this and if so, would the same amp work useing onboard leaving me able to sell the DX since i am not useing it?

I am interested in gameing and music primarily but also watch movies on my pc. Presently i have onboard sound via ALC 889 with dolby home theater v4. The software provides good enough possitional audio and i have 0 hissing with amped speakers from the sound card.   That said i also own a...