I've only heard a very few hi-res 5.1 albums but one that has to be mentioned is Blue Man Group - The Complex

I was looking at these and the Westone UM1s. This could make that decision a bit easier

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Just comparing the listed dimensions of the two drives to the MK1011GAH (100GB) drive offered as a replacement by a few sites would suggest that either of them would fit, considering dimensions alone. I'm not sure what to make out of the differences in listed interface. The info direct from...

Hi Justin I'd like to be put on the waiting list for a Black Pico w/ DAC and 1-foot USB cable. Thanks a ton! (email sent as well)

I just saw on Stereophile that Chesky Records is launching a high-rez download store: HDTracks

I'm actually planning on setting up a very similar system: Vista -> M-Audio Transit USB -> DAC1 -> HD650, so its encouraging to hear some success stories To the OP, are you thinking about running the HD600s balanced? and on that, would it even be possible without an amp?

Alright, now i got the DTS tracks to play by changing the .wav extensions to .dts, but i found another complication: Foobar is sending out the proper 6 channel, 44.1KHz stream, but only two channels are coming through either the speakers or the headphones. And the Z-5500 is still displaying...

PM sent. Thanks EnOYiN. I might actually have another issue with upsampling somewhere along the line, as the Z-5500 displays 48KHz instead of 44.1KHz when the files are supposedly working through Windows Media Player. But i'll test out the fix with Foobar first. Cheers

I've done the homework, but it seems i've failed the test.. I’ve spent the last few hours trying to get bit-perfect playback from my PC, without any external amps or DACs (just setting out on the audiophile adventure…). I’m trying to get a few DTS .wav files to playback, but I get only static...