i need a portable headphone amp/dac that has optical in for my xbox one and can be connected to my iphone 6 to listen to music? does such a thing exist? i dont see that any of the fiio have tos/spdif in?

2 quick questions...   1.  What happens when you put High Impedance headphones (600 ohm)  into a low impedance ouput (iPod 2 ohms)?   2. What happens when you put low impedance headphones (32 ohm)  into high impedance output (denon receiver 600 ohm) ?   i keep reading source should be 1.8...

Anyone know what the output impedance for headphone jack is of iPod A1136  (ipod 5th gen 2006)  ?   Also what would that mean for very high efficiency  63 ohm Headphones?   (Sony MDR-V6)

I have not been able to find any real info online, Apple keeps everything so secret. There doesn’t appear to be any status or info that I can grab off the apple tv. my question deals with digital audio. Let's say I have a raw WAV file on my home PC from a CD at 1411 kbps 44100 Hz. I want my...

I primarily listen to music such as U2, R.E.M, Led Zeppelin   I think i would like closed over the ear headphones.  Any that fit my requirements?

Hi Guys,   My budget is $100.   I only want a pair of headphones.  I do not want to get into DAC's or Amplifiers or any add-ons.   I will be listening to High bit rate MP3's or WAV's from CD's.  I will be listening on a computer with a Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium fatality sound card     or...

I have a iPod Nano 5th gen with reported specs of   Audio Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple...

holy cow, I found it, 2001     http://dysarm.com/the-budget-audiophile-rolling-stone/     do you guys agree with this article?  lets start with speakers since they are prob most important   Rogers or Chartwell. The LS3/5A

Hi Guys/Gals,   This is a longshot, but I am hoping someone still has this article or knows where I can find it without me having to buy 24 issues of rolling stone looking for it.   Here is the deal back in end of 2000 or 2001, I remember reading an article in Rolling Stone about how to...

Thanks for the reply,  here is a little more info and the results of what I tested last night like you suggested.   Denon AVR-2307ci   Polk psw111 subwoofer   Polk Rm 7  speakers   center, surround rear,  right/left   I have the denon set to SW crossover at 120  and LFE+main     first...

I have spent a ton of time researching this subject and basically have come up short with any type of info.   My question is, the digital audio that is passed over HDMI to lets say a Denon receiver,  how do you know where the DAC is occurring?   The reason I ask is,  on my PC,  my GPU has a...