My balanced 4.4mm cable arrived :D I use the T60RP with a Topping A50s for the most part. Sometimes my M11. Using balanced out of the A50s is immediately better than SE - the extra power gives if more low-end oomph. Will try on the M11 shortly

Starting work on a headphone stand now that I have two sets of over ears - HE400i 2020 and Fostex T60RP. It's a vinyl flooring plank. It's bending better than I thought it would :D Will have a timber block base upholstered in red leather, a notch for the second pair, and maybe a shelf for the...

I'm really enjoying these cans so far. Little more power wouldn't go astray, so have ordered a 4.4mm balanced cable from AliExpress...

Well, I had a bit of a problem after getting a set of HE400i 2020 recently - my first planars and my first open back. They have ruined my enjoyment of the KZ ZS10pro that I use when I leave the house haha. Went to a shop today to check out the Fostex sets they had, initially wanting to try the...

Well, turns out, as much as I liked X Fi crystallizer before, I'm noticing noise at the tail end of sounds when it's enabled . So after disabling it, everything sounds a bit cleaner, and I'm not inclined to retire it now... I've just found a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable (albeit a nasty looking thing...

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Here's the software that you should have - https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-xonar-d2x-sound-card-review,4.html

I have a Creative X Fi Elite Pro, and it offers things like X-Fi Crystalizer, which is some sort of upsampler, EAX for Reverb, CMSS-3D for Virtual surround. Does the sound card have it's own control panel type app? This is mine as an example -

How much of what you listen to is actually available in MQA? Alot of the metal I listen to isn't MQA. Not that MQA is the be all and end all. It's another proprietary lossy compression codec.

This is the plugin - https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_vis_shpeck

You're more than welcome :P

I just got an A50s for my He400i and they sound fantastic driven by it. Plenty of power and a very clean signal

I played a bunch of Forza Motorsport 7, and watched the start of the movie. The HE400i 2020 are effing amazing, especially for the price of them. In saying that, you will want an amp to drive them, which will add to the cost. The gaming headsets will be lower impedance and more efficient, so...

If you use Foobar for local music, there is a plugin that lets you use winamps AVS/Milkdrop visualisations. I'll post a screenshot when I'm at the computer next

I just got a Topping A50s amp. Tried feeding it via the X-Fi Elite Pro and also via a Fiio M11 in USB DAC Mode. There is an obvious difference in sound quality, with the Fiio being better to my ears. As much as I like the card and lusted over it for years before finally getting one, I may be...