A little thread bump, but my rule of thumb: NEVER trust and buy Shures (especially the 215) from sellers in ebay, Chinese sites or whenever else that have 30-40+ of them available and alleging they are "refurbised". They are 99% of the time fake. And fake SE215-s sound just crap compared to the...

Yeah, i have a couple of 250 ohm headphones that's why i'm sure the 10 ohm output is fine. X-Fi only has its proprietary DSP with surround effects and whatnot, that's not what i'm after at. Just wondering the DAC quality overall, the opamp implementation, etc.

Can anyone tell me how the DAC part of this unit is? The amplifier is more than enough for 150-250 ohm low(er) sensitivity headphones, but i would like to know whether the unit's DAC is better compared to USB X-Fi Surround 5.1?

Can anyone tell me whether you can choose 16-bit depth under Windows sound controls with this amp/dac? Or does it only show you 24-bit under Default Formats? Thanks!

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I'm just saying the delay here can result in a stripped down version, while the firm has a "legitimate" argument compared to the retail price of the A8. Whether the research was a lot more with the A8 doesn't play so much role here. In the world of Capitalism maximum profit is the keyword.

I actually think the stripped down road is the way they end up with. It's a very common approach in situations like this. And honestly, they sold the A8 for a lot more for a lot less features. They can definitely invoke the argument for this. But i hope i i'm wrong.

Yes, talking about the software that was mentioned here. I understand that perrsonal measured PRIP is the way to go. And i intend to do it with A16 if i order it. I have DT770 here with my only, so i'm not sure how good of headphones they need, but the presets sounded clunky-metally. Not just...

So what amp/dac does the a16 use? I mean i'm waiting for my NFB11.28, would it be a better than the a16 dac/amp? And this so-called Out OF Head Experience. In my macahine it is sounding terrible, all the presets are very metally-clanky sounding. Tried to set it up exactly as they say on their...

How does the NFB11.32 tolerate IEMs? I am planning to get this unit and just leave it for many years to come hopefully. But i am very interested in quality IEMs, too. So how it get along with one?

TH900 is a meaty pricey;) I'm more like looking up to $500 (used included). What about HE400i?

So i sold my beloved thx00 some time ago. Now in search for something else. Can anyone recommend some other model other than thx00 that is technically (spec-wise) a better headphone? Unfortunately i've only owned dt770, COP and thx00, so my experience is very limited. And out of these three the...

Okay the unit's blue LED is flashing now, after full charge too. Is it in some kind of a "crash mode"? How can i reset it?

I'm not sure you can "reset" it? It doesn't have any pin or hole for it. Though i'm at work and can't check yet.

Hey. So after couple days i tried to boot up my laptop, and saw that my portable A3 won't play anymore. It makes a sound for half a second after you turn off and turn on again the unit, but then the sound vanishes away. I tried with charging, no charging, LO/HI and whatelse, but it's just mute...