I have the FiiO E09K and E7 with some Sennheiser HD650/600 headphones, but looking to upgrade. I'd like to replace the DAC, get an amp, and also get some passive speakers. I just want to know if it's okay to use passive speakers with headphone amps.   If it's alright to use speakers with some...

So I'll be going to a legitimate audio store tomorrow. I have a limited knowledge of sciences and 'audiophilia' but have been picking up a lot along the way. The store I'll be going to is http://hawthornestereo.com/used/.   I'm planning on spending quite some time in the store checking out...

My E7 unfortunately broke earlier this week for some odd reason. I've been emailing Fiio directly since the 3rd party vendor off of Amazon wants to charge me $32 for a repair.   But FiiO says it'll take ~2 months to repair the product. Is this normal? Anything I could ask for a quicker...

I'll be in Seattle for the summer, and it seems the area has a lot to offer in terms of audio equipment.   I'm hoping to check out some headphone amps, integrated amps, DACs and whatnot that are in the sub-$500 range, but the Google searches I've done return more hi-fi shops.   Are any...

I have a very basic setup with my laptop, the FiiO combo, and a pair of Sennheiser HD600s. I've been contemplating upgrading for a while now, but have no idea which to upgrade first.   On a percentage scale, what's the most important piece in a setup? Even though I use my laptop as my only...

Totally forgot about that. Finally, it's all good! Thanks again

Thanks khaos974   One last question: I'm trying to get Foobar to ignore "The" at the beginning of artist names, so it's suggested to use this: $swapprefix(%artist%)   Where do I insert that?

Got Foobar back to normal, so no worries there.   But my inexperience with Foobar is kind of getting to me; I still can't figure out how to get Facets working. I got the .dll file, put it in the Foobar folder. And I tried following Hydrogenaudio's guide, but don't see an add Facets as an UI...

Yeah, I'm not using Column UI. Not sure where you got that from...

So I was trying to use the Facet UI in Foobar, but I couldn't get it working   Out of frustration, I opened foo_facets.dll with Foobar like an idiot, and Foobar won't display anything. Well, the only thing it'll display is the .dll file   Could anyone help me to get back to the normal...

As others have said, the HD600 and HD650 are both open. So if you're planning on using the headphones you get in an office-type setting, then I wouldn't bother considering them.

Thanks for the tip. What does it do, though?

Alright, so this is really really nagging me, as I've tried looking around the Internet for the most appropriate EAC Command line for ripping into V0.   I found the following for 3.98.2:   -V 0 --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tg "%m" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d  ...

I've been using EAC to rip from CDs into both FLAC and MP3 V0. But for some reason, I just realized that my command line was set to V2 for some reason... I'm just somewhat frustrated so I'm looking to possibly use Foobar to convert FLAC to MP3 V0 if it doesn't take away from Sound quality.  ...

I hope the title/question doesn't throw anyone off, but I had a little argument with my Dad about this.   Part of his setup is: Sony X111ES --> NAD 1600 receiver --> Hafler 220   The Sony X111ES has headphone outs, so my Dad was arguing that plugging in headphones directly from the...