I echo the SqueezeBox suggestions. My home setup is a SqueezeBox networked to a Windows Home Server. Keeps the noisy components in the basement. More directly to your question, I would recommend a solid state drive. This significantly lowered the noise of my desktop, which improves my open...

Flavio, Very nice promotional campaign. I plan to participate.

I use Foobar2000 with ASIO and more recently the new version of the WASAPI driver for Vista. This setup seems better that iTunes on my system. Volume is controlled using the headphone amp. In fact, volume cannot be changed using the Windows volume mixer, as it is by-passed by the WASAPI driver.

Thanks for your comments, Paul. I appreciate your linking the technology (headphone) to what we hear and experience. And I'll look forward to reading your future comments re. HD800. I left a comment on YouTube for William. regards,Bill

Quote: Originally Posted by paulchiu love my grado gs1000i. have them for 3 months now. time flies especially like the way some 1950's recordings of rubinstein sound on them through either grace m902b or headroom max amps. making these old mono recordings almost modern. and to...

Grace M902 --> Zu cable --> HD650 XP7--> Zu cable --> HD650

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The new 0404 USB drivers, dated 18-Jan-08, installed correctly on my Vista system. There is now a toolbar applet for setting sampling rates.