Really just for cosmetic purposes and not for the idea that its upgrading SQ at all. I have one of these 6651.jpg that I use to plug from the back of my DAC to my speakers and a more visually pleasing cable would be nice. Any ideas?

I was trying to configure soundflower and now I can't get my speakers working again.My hook up is mac to my dac via optical and my dac to my speakers via rca.   This is what my audio midi setup looks like: http://gyazo.com/cb955f1f5ebd01c92ca2a6f502564f59 I don't need soundflower for...

I've moved away from full sized headphones as I'm living with someone who likes having music playing over speakers. I have very little isolated listening time except for my commutes for the most part or runs. My only IEM is the IE6 right now but I plan to go bigger there at some point, but there...

The new mac mini instantly recognized the Icon when connected via USB, but I'm wondering if there's some audio options somewhere I can go to thats recommended I change khz or whatever, I seem to recall doing this on PC but I don't remember exactly what and I'm new to OSX. I'm on Lion for...

Most of my listening lately has been through my Audioengine A5's and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience getting a noticable bump in SQ and with what outside equipment? I still do headphones, but won't bother listing what I have as I'm not bound to what I do have and as I said all...

I've had the audioengine wireless adapter as long as I've has the a5's and have always used it but I've been getting shakey sound lately and need to figure out if its the speakers or the adapter and need to hook up the speakers to my mini directly and am trying to figure out the best way to go...

i am getting no sound from my a5's after trying every conceivable way to connect the two units. if it is something on my computer i'd like to know th definitive connection so i don't drive myself crazy plugging in and out. i have both an rca to rca cable and an rca to mini. there's an analog...

i already have a pair of audioengine a5's, and could be getting a music hall mmf-2.2 player at a very affordible price. would i still need a receiver? i also have a nuforce icon HDP but considering i got that for my headphones while my the a5's are around 10 feet away from me that i use with a...

i've strictly used USB for years due to never having a computer with SPDIF. finally got one. am currently using WASAPI with foobar for my amp/dac. i only see a couple spots to tweak anything and i'm just wondering what's recommended. on foobar's output data format, 16bit is selected. is that...

i'm trying to get stereo mix picked up to play in tinychat so i can play several people at once some music i'm working on in the highest quality possible without uploading to the internet.     stereo mix seems to identify my audioengine a5's and aw1 wireless transmitter but i can't get...

i use the audioengine a5 with the ae p1 usb wireless adapter. are there any dac's out there that would enable setup on my desk going to the speakers without wiring? audioengine just recently put out an amp that accomplishes this but i want something more proven such as the vdac or nuforce hdp.

i'm currently using a d10->ie6 setup not as a desktop setup just because i prefer iems to fullsize comfortwise. i'll be upgrading to ie8 or something similar pretty soon but i've had interest in seeing what else is out there ampwise. the d10 is not completely silent with nothing on so to find...

just as much as the headphone out of my laptop. nothing too complicated here.. usb ->d10->ie6 using asio/foobar. any quick ideas? its not unbearable but it didnt seem like it was this bad a few weeks ago. my laptop has 3 usb jacks and while all 3 are occupied one is being taken up by a usb hub...

i'm using asio4all with my new a5's wirelessly with the aw1 receiver. i found the huge asio4all thread but as its years old with new versions out since and i'm not doing headphones i'm wondering if i should be doing anything differently. this is how i currently have it set to:   ...

i've only ever also owned the re0's but the cx300 with the attachments they come with i can wear all day if needed. i'd like to upgrade in sound (i can go up to a couple hundred in price) i just would like to stick with this style. they're not quite iems, not quite earbuds, correct? not sure...

on windows 7 with this only needed on foobar. have it installed for just my laptop speakers. foobar output: wasapi: speakers (realtek high definition audio), only question is if this should be on 16 bit or 24 bit. main issue though is when pausing music i can't stream audio from my browser. i'd...

i'm in pretty quiet suburbs so cutting out sound is not too big of a fear for me. the only concern i have is being able to hear horns, especially if directed at me. just looking for suggestions that will cut out everything but that, somewhere in the <$150ish range. would er4p's be too isolating...

i just received my first optical cord. it's all connected but can't seem to get sound out of foobar. i also use asio4all. hp laptop. what settings do i need?

what's the best possible way to connect the two with laptop as source and is it even worth getting the d10 involved? only way i know is hooking up the d10 via usb or spdif then getting an rca to mini to hook up in the d10 headphone out to the a5. is there a better way?

is there a superior way of hooking up the two or pretty much only one way? it's specifically for laptop use and the compass will be hooked up to the laptop via spdif. compass: a5's (for example) i'm not set on a5's, but is the hookup the same for all generally? just want to know...

i've never looked into them at all. i only do headphones but they're for my girlfriend who prefers them because of glasses. driven unamped out of a sansa. something around $100 or so. less if good stuff can be had for a chunk cheaper. she hardly tells the difference.

or should i say speakers that are least compatible with the compass? here's the back: i'm not sure what information is needed to determine this as i know nothing about speakers and have always used cheapo logitech speakers when needed. would like to get some small-medium size speakers...

i know this has been discussed to death but i've stayed away from it as i just recently decided i wanted to try these. i purchased them from buy.com directly so i'm assuming there's no issues. if they're fake they sound quite strong from the couple songs i tested out. easy indicators to check or...

i need the proepr hookups to connect my laptop spdif headphone out to compass/d10 optical. i'm not sure exactly which cord it is i need and am also told i need an adapter. i'd be ordering from blue jeans unless someone has a better option. links would be appreciated as i'm not close to having...

i've read that ESW9 are close to open in terms of sound getting in, but how are they on sound getting out? how loud can i put them without say the person next to me on a flight being able to hear? i don't have much experience with portables but if you could compare say the KSC75's or portapros...