Thanks for the suggestions. That’s a second for Foobar2000, so I’ll definitely look into that and using iTunes would certainly be a convenient option. I wasn’t sure if using my computer would be the best solution sonically for moving the music from the HDD to the DAC or if I should use another...

Wow, that looks amazing, although I think it’s a bit beyond the $250 I was hoping to stay under.

I haven’t heard of MusicBee before, so I will definitely check it out Thanks! As I mentioned in my response toSonic Defender, I think my post title was a little confusing. I edited it to try and make it more clear that I am interested in hardware solu as well as software. Thanks for pointing it...

Thanks for the suggestions! I haven’t used either of those before so I will definitely look into them. I‘m definitely open to a software solution, although I am also open to a hardware option as well. I edited my post title to make it less confusing.

Howdy, Like many, I’m now working from home on a regular basis instead of in an office. I’ve decided to put together a desktop audio system to use while I’m working. I‘ve figured out all of the pieces except one. I will be using a 1 TB HDD , a Schiit Modi3 DAC, a Schiit Vali 2 headphone amp...

Is anyone familiar with V-Moda's 60 test drive policy? I am seriously considering these headphones, but there is no place in the area that I can try them out. Is it simply a matter of mailing them to V-Moda for a full refund as long as they were purchased from an authorized dealer?

I keep looking online and can't find anyplace that has it in stock. All I can find are sites with it for pre-order, shipping in "1-3 weeks", or simply out of stock.

Nicely timed on the purchase. After going up a bit to $169, they've gone all the way back to $199, although the V-80s are now down to $169.

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They've already bumped back up to $169. They may drop again, but probably not very much lower. 

Or possibly in anticipation of the M80s with the improved microphone. 

I tried out the LP's and was not impressed. My $12 SHE3580s had better quality and quantity of bass than the LPs. I have not tried the M50s, so I can't really give an opinion on them. As far as the M-80s go there is a thread with a lot of discussion on them that also talks about the LPs and...

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There was an open box that I pulled the headphones out of and tried while I was there. I wasn't impressed enough to pick them up, even at the discounted rate, but I figured at about $40 under the current Amazon price it was worth mentioning.

I picked up the SHE 3580s this week. I had a couple pair of $100+ earphones, but they broke on me just over a year after buying them. Since then I've limited myself to $20ish sets. After buying these I decided to try them out with Josh Groban's "Your Raise Me Up" to see if they were anything...

I don't know if it's nationwide, but the local Costco in Toledo,OH has V-Moda Crossfire LPs priced at $99.99 with a $20 mfr instant rebate for a total of $79.99.

Quote: Originally posted by butkovsky wallet? As in get out and get out now before it is completely empty, and pledged to be empty for the next year I came in looking for advice on a simple pair of $20 or so earbuds and wound up dropping about $150 (and am now thinking about...

Bangles cover of Hazy Shade of Winter Nylons cover of Kiss Him Goodbye Heart's live version of Rock and Roll

Quote: Originally posted by phonatic AAC 128 here... I can tell a difference, but AAC at 128 is in fact pretty good for most things, and iTunes is the best AAC encoder out there... way better than it is for MP3 (use LAME instead if you need MP3). I just downloaded EAC, and I was...

Listening to Queen II. My favorite of their albums.

Any help please?

Ok, I bit the bullet and ordered the shure e3's. I was going to get the e2's, but for $149+tax, I figured what the heck. Thank you very much for all your advice and help. Hopefully Joe Bloggs is right and I won't need to reencode all my aac128s. Now if I could get any of you to head over...

Quote: Originally posted by dSquared I'd suggest ripping them in lossless format, and then creating encoded versions (mainly to save yourself a great deal of effort as better encoding formats are introduced). Thanks for the advice, I hadn't thought about that. I do have a spare...

Ok, after lots of reading and some helpful advice, I've decided that I'm going to pick up the Shure e3c headphones. My new problem now is to figure out what I want to experience with them first . So what I am looking for is some advice on different songs that will really showcase what these...

Quote: Originally posted by wilfredt I second that, if you insists on listening low bit rate files.... But if you don't need noise isolation, I will definitely recommends ATH CM7Ti(Or CM7), which actually can improve your listening experience on your sound files with this level of...