Hi, I just received my Xonar Phoebus. The main reason I chose this soundcard is its remote control for the volume.  (I have two monitor speakers without volume knob: M-Audio BX5 D2)   But I can not get it to work for the speakers. When I am turning the volume wheel on the remote I can see in...

Hi, I need a new soundcard with no background nois. I bought new monitoring speakers M-Audio BX5 D2 and my current DACs deliver too much noise.   I currently have:   - Asrock Z77 Pro 3 (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec) onboard sound - Hotaudio DAC Destroyer   The onboard soundcard delivers...

Hi, my headset does not have any controls. I would like to be able to change the volume or mute the microphone with some kind of controller.   I know these little devices usually come with new headphones but I can not find them as a stand alone controller.   Do you have any idea where I can...

hi, i want to buy a digital camera and i am looking for a good forum that deals with digital cameras.   do you know a really good one?   kind regards.

hello headfi, my friend has an mbox 2. when connecting the soundcard to his macbook the sound is crystal clear. when connecting it to his windows PC he gets a strong noise signal even with the volume turned to zero on the mbox 2. the device is powered via usb connection. we think...

Hello HD650 Owners, I finally decided to get a pair of Sennheiser's HD650. Now I find out that there is a NEW and an OLD version. Can someone who actually heared both versions evaluate the differences? Please do not post information you know from hearsay. 300€ is a lot of money and I...

hello head fi, my ultrasone pro 900 headphones came with a demo cd to demonstrate their "S-LOGIC" sound. the following tracks are recorded by ultrasone and contain sound samples of water, fireworks (no music) etc. the effects are very fascinating even with common headphones. of...

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Hello Head-Fi, I am planing to get some new headphones for christmas. They should be warm, bassy and without piercing or shrill high frequencies that occur in a lot of bad recordings. Both my current headphones are having trouble with that. These are the phones I am looking into. In...

hello dt770 owners, the dt770 is famous for its bass and is recommended a lot to bassheads. a lot of users even say they are too bassy. when I listen to my dt770 - 80ohm I can not aggree at all. the frequency response of my dt770s is extremly flat in the lower frequencies (20-500...

Ultrasone Pro 900 impressions I got my new Ultrasone Pro 900 a week ago. They were supposed to complement my Beyerdynamic DT770. Packaging The packaging is really nice. They come with their own box, a coiled and a straight cable and an extra earpad with a different colour. Built...

A few weeks ago I was looking for a 50€ DAC. The main reason was to get rid of my computer noise which was getting worse the better my equipment got. i could literally hear my mouse moving or the harddrive working. From all the suggestions i received i liked the hotaudio destroyer best...

hello headfi, you are looking for a cheap IEM and are not an audiophile? read on! my friend and I tested 3 IEMS for 30 €: - Sennheiser CX 300 II Precision - Philips SHE 9550 - Ultimate Ears MetroFi 170 As a source we used a sansa clip+ with different higher quality 320kbit mp3s. We...

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hi, what songs or albums do you listen to when you test the soundquality of your headphones. please suggest albums/songs only that are still being sold and easily accessable in the music store around the corner or lets say amazon. music type does not matter as only soundquality is...

Do you believe in the phenomena called burning in of headphones? The term is being used as if it was a scientific fact. I was just wondering how many of you are actually believers I for my part do not believe that the hardware of a headphone changes dramatically in the first few...

hi, I have had the dt770 for a few years now. they are great headphones. Now I am considering upgrading my headphones again. I narrowed my choice down to the Ultrasone Pro 750 and the Sennheiser HD 650. What I love about my dt770s is the bass. The recessed mids are a mixed blessing...

hi, I want to buy a DAC to get rid the ground noise of my computer. Currently I am using the onboard soundcard of my cheap asrock mainboard. The only thing that bothers me is the fact that I can hear my hdd and other strange noises. I want to connect this dac to my 3,5mm input of my...

hi, currently I am using this setup: mp3 (192-320 kbit) -> realtek hd audio (asrock mainboard) -> z-audio lamdba -> beyerdynamic dt770 when I upgraded my headphones I noticed a huge difference in soundquality. when I bought the z-audio lamdba a few months later the improvement was...

hi, I am considering buying an mp3 cell phone. I never had one so I was wondering how user friendly are they? what I like about normal mp3 players is, that you turn them on hit play and they continue playing wherever you turned them off. everything done with 2 pushes of a button. I would...

hi, does anyone of you know whether there is a difference between the philips SHE 9551 and the 9550 besides the colour? at the german amazon store the 9551 cost 25€ and the 9550 cost 20€. i wonder why there is a 1/4 price difference. thank you in advance.

hi, I like minimal techno a lot and the last time I spoke to a DJ in a club he told me that he liked minimal house much more than minimal techno. the problem is I dont know any minimal house tracks or artists ;/ can someone of you, who is into this kind of music, tell me a few tracks I...

hi, i am planning to get some dt 770 to listen to techno/electronic at home. i can get the "old" dt 770 pro for around 150 euro and the new dt 770 edition 2005 for around 200 euro. are there any differences besides the style? are the additional 50 euro worth buying the "cooler" version...

hi, i am new to the techno szene and i am having trouble to find good songs. i especially like the subgenre "minimal techno". i think it is also called "detroit techno". these tracks are mostly played in clubs and are not for home listening. where can i find charts of what is played the...

today i asked the DJ in my club which song he was just playing and he just said: "Patrick Chardonney/Chardonnay/Chardonnee." but i can neither find the artist nor the song name it has been a pretty popular song in the munich minimal - techno scene since a few weeks. i hope you know the...