Funny thing: When the parcel with my new HD650's arrived, I originally wanted to let them burn in for a couple of hours before trying them out for the first time. But then I thought "what the hell" and decided it'd be more interesting to see my initial reactions, and to hear how they changed...

No, I haven't actually placed the order quite yet. I'm not in the states, so I'm trying to work out payment and shipping arrangements. As for headphones (if that is what you meant), I'm planning to hook up a pair of Sennheiser HD600s to the unit. Cheers, Uosdwis

Ah yes, the Benchmark DAC1. I have one coming my way very soon. How do you like it, jpelg? I think I'm going to get a cheapo full-sized for the time being. I can always look into a portable one at a later date. Glad to hear it is indeed working. Thanks, Uosdwis

That has been my understanding as well, but I thought I'd ask - hey, maybe the times have a-changed since I last updated myself on the subject... And by cheap, I do mean $100 or less. In fact, I'll probably get a used Sony or something, for like $50. Unless you'll give me a good reason not...

Ahoy, I have a minimal setup and use an external DAC to listen to music stored on my HD. But lately I've been considering purchasing a standalone CD player, for two reasons. One is the fact that while my Plextor drive (with Plextools) is very, very good at ripping scratched CDs, some...

Nick - A while back I found a VERY generic-looking soundcard in a computer store here in Sweden. It was called something like "3D Audio Super" and was based on a C-Media circuit. The price was around $15, and what made me interested was that it had a proper S/PDIF output that supported 24...

Ahoy hoy, I would just like to point out what I consider a fact: for encoding quality mp3's in higher bitrate than 128, Lame is simply the best. There is no comparison. The idea that Fraunhofer is a top-quality encoder is outdated, it's as simple as that. For the benefit of the world...

About false triggering: Quote: For material not recorded using the encoder, a small probability for a false trigger does exist. Given a moderate length for the scrambling shift register so that its mapping behaves in a noise-like fashion and a choice of synchronizing pattern which...