I'm still a newbie to this stuff, but here goes.   I have a sound card (Asus STX) that has analog out through the line(RCA) and headphone(6.3mm) out. The RCA interconnect cable I own causes hum from the soundcard (line out) to my headphone amp. I was thinking, instead of buying a new RCA...

A little off topic, but what program are you using to organize your music Cymbal?

Would that diminish the quality of the RCA output to the speakers and amp?

Bump.

Still new to this, but I own HD650's and I've narrowed my choices down to these 2 amps. Which would go best with the senheisers?   Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I see, thanks for the help. Now I have to decide whether to get a dac or just switch my rca outputs when I'm ready to use my headphones.   GRRRR!

So there's no way to get audio from the S/PIFD output on the soundcard to the analog input on the A2?  

I'm trying to connect my Asus STX soundcard to my audioengine 2 speakers through the coaxial digital output. The STX box says a toslink adapter could also be used for better connectivity (I have no idea how that works). My main question is, are there Coaxial to RCA cables I can use for this...

So I would need an RCA to RCA cable?

I'm guessing I would use the RCA jacks on the soundcard, but where would I connect them on the stand alone amp? (non DAC)   I haven't decided on an amp yet, but I need to know what inputs to look for.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I can't build anything.   I'm thinking about waiting for the Schiit Valhalla, either that or go with one of the woo audios.

Quote: Where would I get vanilla aucdtect?

Quote: Where would I get vanilla aucdtect?

aucdtect I mean.

I'm using EAC to check a flac file and as a result I get status-ERROR and conclusion-CDDA 100%   Is that suppose to happen?