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    Supplied Cables with Astell & Kern Layla II

    I felt that the supplied cables were already quite good but there was a tiny bit of grainy feeling to mids. I also switched out some unknown custom cables for these on my friend's JH Rosie iem and the difference was remarkable. The stock Moon Audio cables just had plain more clarity and...
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    Supplied Cables with Astell & Kern Layla II

    I recently acquired the Astell & Kern Layla II Universal fit and I understand that the supplied balanced and unbalanced cables were done by Moon Audio. Does anyone know which series ie Silver/Black/Blue Dragon the cables are made from? Tried to email them but got no reply. Thanks.
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    FiiO X7 | DXD | DSD | 384K/64B | ESS9018+ Android | WiFi | Bluetooth | 4 AMP modules | Balanced Out |

    I was thinking a good sounding 32bit/384Khz DAC for the technical requirements and I would support the mSata platform for storage options too.  Cost-wise, the current pricing of 1/4 AK's pricing would be fine :)   On the same lines, would be good is Fiio came up with a portable amp with...
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    Best external USB 7.1 soumd card for a HTPC

    I'll check it out but I suspect in the end my onboard sound card is still gonna have to do the processing and act as the DAC and just embed the signal in the HDMI output as opposed to the outboard device doing better quality DAC processing.
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    Best external USB 7.1 soumd card for a HTPC

    So far I only know of this: http://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-x-fi-surround-5-1-pro
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    Best external USB 7.1 soumd card for a HTPC

    Nope, you're missing the point. I'm not looking for a pro multi-output box. I have a MBox Pro protools system already. I actually looking for more of a Dolby Digital/DTS 7.1 capable external sound card essentially. Think more hifi. Creative has an external one but I was looking for something...
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    Best external USB 7.1 soumd card for a HTPC

    Not quite, I need something more like a USB to 7.1 analogue output. I don't need to extract the hdmi audio stream.
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    New FiiO X3 owner with some basic questions

    I had the same problem of my X3 running the old firmware and my SD cards were not recognised by the X3 even though I used my Win 7 based PC to format the cards in fat32 etc.  I then used my Mac running Mavericks OS to format in fat32 using the disk utility and it works.  Seriously what in hell...
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    Best external USB 7.1 soumd card for a HTPC

    Hi people,   I intend to get an Intel NUC teeny weenie form factor computer for my HD media files and for my external Bluray drive. I'm gonna use my USB 3 based Multi-bay 8 HDD box to connect to access all my HD movie files and hence have a dedicated HTPC with a small footprint running off...
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    Fiio X3, iBasso DX50 or AK 100. which to buy?

    I'm gonna invest in a pair of JH Roxanne(s) when they come out, more for listening to music while I stick to my Sony MDR CD900ST for work.  I assume I have to stick with something higher like a AK120 but the one thing I hate is analytical sound but at the same time I love detail.    I wanna...
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    The Fiio X5 Thread

    For goodness sake people are carrying huge ass phones that are pointless but, this does have a point and you probably can stick it in a pouch or you bag or something, unlike a phone where you have to hold it constantly to use it (not to mention you look absolutely idiotic when you have one stuck...
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    Need help on choosing a headphone amp to tame my earphones

    I'm currently using the Sony MDR EX 700 in-ears for about a year now and i'm satisfied with it except for a couple of things which I hope a portable headphone amp will solve. My on-the-go source is an iPod 120G:   Firstly i'm partial to the sound of Sony headphones and earphones. I was using...
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