.. . This was a great idea, but sadly has not worked for me. I did both of the above and the problem still persists. I'm going to get the Douk Audio converter now, but thanks for all your good advice anyway. Hopefully it will help others who come here with a similar problem. Yeah, so I...

I'm pretty sure that Audio-gd bundle their ASIO and VIA drivers together, given their driver installation instructions #1-5 at the link below (scroll down the page): http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/dac/USB32/USB32EN.htm

Thank you for the advice. I'm giving it one last shot following these specific steps, but I just want to double check something - in the stage above, you specify installing the VIA driver. Does that refer to the official USB driver package installer from Audio-gd, that looks like this: or...

It's true, the USB drivers have always been finnicky, but I've always managed to get them working without too much bother. I think I've hit the end of the road this time, though. Luckily, another user in another thread gave me the good idea of getting a USB > optical converter instead, which...

Great, thanks for the tip. I'll send him a message. About the device above, I supposed it is marketed as a DAC because it comes with headphone/RCA output on the front? I'm assuming that it would still work as a signal pass-through from PC to DAC, but can't be certain. That Douk audio unit...

Hi, thanks for the tips. The issue is that Windows doesn't recognise the device, with or without installing the drivers. Either way, the Device Manager window looks like this (with the yellow warning icon next to the device) and installing the drivers manually just gives the message on the...

Welp, I guess my NFB-15 is a mere paperweight now, as I can't use the optical interface with my new laptop. None of the USB32 driver packages work for me on Windows 11. I'm also using the 0x0100ac11 model. I emailed Kingwa about it and his response was literally "I have no idea what cause the...

I emailed them, explained the fact that their drivers don't work and and got a reply from Kingwa which simply said "I have no idea what cause the issue". Great, now my NFB-15 is a glorified paperweight because I've tried all of their USB drivers, including the Firmware tool, as well as the...

Anyone here tried the new Alcantra pads? They seem to be velour of some sort. http://www.masterdynamic.com/products/mh40-ear-pads Thinking of either getting those or the grey pads to sexy up my plain black Mh40 a bit.

These headphones are very source dependant. They actually sound better straight out of my Sony Z3 / Fiio X1 than through my Fiio E18 or Cayin C5. The E18 sounds particularly muddy and confused. No idea why. Not that it really matter though, they're so easy to drive you don't need an amp in the...

  Same here. Fiddling with the settings seems to temporarily fix it but occasionally the X1 won't switch off, regardless of whether headphones are plugged in or not.

Hey all - I'm seriously considering the Omni but without being able to test them I'm in need of opinions. 1) to what extent do you think the Omnis could be considered as upgrade to the HD600? And 2) would cherry or Blackwood cups be closer to to the HD600 sound signature? Much obliged!

I noticed this problem initially but fiddling with the settings (re-enable idle power off, change timer) seems to have fixed it. I have sleep timer disabled btw.

The differences between filters is subtle at best. They are unlikely to solve your issue more successfully than by simply using EQ to pinpoint troublesome frequencies. Not likely. it's highly debatable whether "burning in" for solid state amps does anything in the first place. If it does then...

The 400i can get hot and edgy in the treble around 4kHz and 10kHz. You'd be better off using EQ to drop a few dB at those frequencies than trying to use the DAC filter to correct it.