Congratulations! You'll be happy with the improvement after burn in.

I can't help but buy when I found some headphones that really attract me. But the saddest thing for me is that I found I need to improve my ears first when I heard my upgraded system.

Really helpful. Have tried the foobar settings.

I guess it's beacuse the Xitel's output power is less than Airport.

A can amp only amplifies the analog signals it receices and outputs the amplified analog signals to the headphone. A sound card converts the PCM stream from computer into analog signals which could be played by headphones ,speakers, ect. There're some simple amp circuits in the sound card...

Quote: Originally Posted by Silverin could you explain it at greater length? Sorry, I was answering poster's question. For your question, I guess you may need to modify the cue file a bit. In the cue file, find the FILE "XXXXXXXX" WAVE line change XXXXXX into your...

EMU 0404 is a good choice.

Quote: Originally Posted by warpdriver The "laptop on my dining room table" setup. Yes those are creme brulee dishware as my speaker stands. nice laptop stand and "nice" speaker stand

Use some quieter cooler like Thermalright HR-01 plus for CPU cooling Arctic Cooling S1 for GPU.

You may convert it to APE.

I recommend MiniDAC. It's really suitable for computer audio.

Relly helpful. Thanks for the review