Thank you very much for your explanations/suggestions. Platinum Notes sounds like it might be worthwhile to try. But as there is no option to try and it's $100... even if it would work, just for fixing some clipped songs, it's quite a bit too steep for my taste.

Not too long ago, I purchased an album on bandcamp and found that most of the songs sounded/looked like this:       But the thing is... I don't want to have to "hear for" such things but be able to scan whatever I get and be able to see whether it's crap or not (at least regarding...

Well my DT770s are working but they are starting to fall apart. Quite literally. Parts broken off, torn and ripped. Which is exactly why I am so hesitant about getting the newer, less robust looking model. And no, it's not because I want to be able to abuse them. I simply carry them in my...

More importantly than the headphone debate that has developed now (because this is really about the very basics): Since nobody has said anything about it, I can only assume I am right about the issues with the recordings and it's not the fault of my hardware?     @ obobskivich   Well...

650 is above my price range. Stax SR404LE - are these even sold anywhere? ;)   Which reminds me... ESW9 - I should mention that I currently live in Germany. And even across all of Europe, these appear to be rare. And I will never again buy a headphone without trying first. HD 580 seems...

My 770s are 250 Ohm by the way and my X-Fi is the Xtreme Audio PCI Express.   I just looked up some FLAC samples, so I can actually compare with you guys (I thank our corporate states for no fair use of music I bought whatsoever... 10 second clips would have been sufficient but no... that...

Hi,   I'm posting this thread here because I only listen to music on the computer, so it may be a somewhat different matter on other hardware.   Although I suppose it is more dictated by the music one enjoys rather than the hardware one plays it back on. And to illustrate that, here's...