They just went on sale. Now $950 thanks to BF sale.

  Gotcha, I figured you were hinting that when you asked the question.

  No, the 16-bit is CD rip.

Can anyone explain why my 24bit Vinyl downloads have a much lower play volume compared to my 16bit?   The two files I'm comparing are the exact same song with the following specifications:   24bit: Sample rate: 96khz Avg. Bitrate: 2761 kbps   VS.   16bit: Sample rate: 44.1khz Avg...

  That's exactly what I was planning to do. But I second guessed myself since I kept reading suggestion after suggestion to disable the onboard sound in the BIOS.   I guess I got too worried since I dropped some decent coin only to have come up with a scenario where I could have shot myself...

I've recently purchased both the Aune T1 and the HD650's but I have an issue (at least I think I do)...   I'm a desktop computer user who plays online games. When playing online, I communicate with buddies through a program called Ventrilo (its like skype). However, since I thoroughly enjoy...

Bump   Anyone else want to make suggestions for a predominantly desktop PC who will be using HD650s soon?   Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the suggestion Loganski33.   I'll search for reviews and pairings on those.

Hello, I'm a long-time lurker, first-time poster. In fact, head-fi was the reason I decided to give higher-end headphones a try six years ago. I'm a desktop computer user so my first pair of audiophile-grade cans were the HD555 which were then used in conjunction with the ASUS Xonar DG a couple...