Thanks for the reply. My guess is that with some maintenance i won't go into trouble. For now i've just plugged it into a 6.3 inch adapter and twist the adapter till i get it shiny. In time if this won't do the job i'll use contact preserver solution. The headphone cable is a Y type so equal...

I recently got a problem with my grado sr60i. The 3.5 inch gold plated jack has just lost it's gold... the tip of the jack (left channel) began to exfoliate, i assume bad plating. My problem now is with the brass, it's going to oxidize and lower the audio quality or it'll be ok and i won't be...

No doubt about it. Ah the more i look at nfb11.28 the more it seems like a gem. I'm strongly thinking this year to upgrade from my 11.32(2014 ver).

Nice find, thanks! I was basing my statement via their homepage 9018 and 9028 in the latter they didn't specify if it is mono 129db or as i see now 8ch. I was mislead thinking that, like most advertising they would put the absolute max. But the most interesting part is that 9038 is pin...

Noob question: Isn't es9028 a downgrade from 9018 as dynamic range goes? (135db vs 129db) I guess the implementation plays a role and maybe doesn't squeeze the utmost performance from the chip but still... Also i see jumpers and tons of settings: warm sound flavor, digital filter setting for dsd...

Go for nfb11 it supports native DSD so it's a big plus against o2, on schit the cheapest is magni/modi + loki + interconect cables... I have sennheiser hd 600 paired with nfb 11 and i'm happy with the sound. It's neutral with solid bass( no "muddy waters") and pleasant silk hights (first there...

Sennheiser hd 600 10 o'clock max 12 low gain, on high gain max 10. Sennheiser hd 201 10 o'clock low gain Grado sr60i 8 - 9 o'clock low gain as they are the most sensitive of the bunch

I've reverted to driver ver1 ... with the newest driver i've encountered problems switching from foobar to youtube and vice versa. At least i'm not getting as much bsod's as u guys seem to get.(just one so far in two months)

Didn't know that, thanks for the info.

I could use via asio in ver 1 with no prob, now in ver 2 asio works the same only that it is set with 15ms instead of 10ms which lowers the possibility of getting artifacts. And one more thing now in the new driver the asio doesn't disappear if you delete the installer...

I don't have IFI iDSD Micro but from what i can see its a portable amp/dac unit, so you have the battery to consider. The Micro can play DSD up to 512 vs nfb11 DSD128 The dac chips differ nfb has Sabre ES9018( which is a pretty neutral dac chip) the micro has two Burr Brown chips(i didn't...

Coax vs usb to my ears is like this:   -with a blank wav file there was noise from 3pm to max 5 pm( if you see the potentiometer like a clock) where 5 pm is max. headphones used sennheiser hd 600, while on more sensitive grado sr60i the noise begins from 1 pm. This is the same on coax as on...

What else does the new driver brings besides: -Via asio 15 ms vs 10 ms default value -windows toolbar sound: SPDIF interface(audio-gd) vs usb interface audio gd (why the change when it's usb conected) -bigger installer size (just for those above....?) 12.3mb vs 11.9mb No change on pop...

I had today one rca-rca coax cable to make some comparations between usb and spdif. I've used asio4all(in settings i could select spdif out). At Tools>SACD>PCM sample rate i couldn't use more than 88200 if i remember well, anyway on max it didn't work out. And of course at output asio4all...

Argh I feel like i'm gonna go on a "this is Sparta" rampage with my unit. So to sum it all up there is no solution firmware or software to the annoying pops. The only solution is to cut some wire inside with the loss of DSD playback or the 2015 version switch. Does anyone experience pops with...