Quote: Originally Posted by jaK How about with with a pair of HD-570's? because that is what I have. :P I am going to buy the chaintech card today; it's on sale at my local computer store for 30 dollars canadian. I actually have a built cMoy but it's not working. I need to...

Thank you both so much!! And props to you Mr.Radar! Your guide was excellent! Going to check out the mp3gain program now, thx earwax! =) I didn't know the hd570s were that power hungry :O I hope I didnt damage them from listening to it with all that distortion. Guess I need to wait for my amp

[Disclaimer: I AM A NEWBIE ] Hi everyone! I remember seeing the name of the chaintech soundcard pop up all the time ever since I joined up with head-fi many months ago, and last night I noticed the card was on sale at my local computer shop so I picked one up this afternoon and started...

How about with with a pair of HD-570's? because that is what I have. :P I am going to buy the chaintech card today; it's on sale at my local computer store for 30 dollars canadian. I actually have a built cMoy but it's not working. I need to troubleshoot it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Pars First thing I would suggest is looking the bottom of the board over with magnification and make sure your solder joints are good and are not shorted. Go over the board layout again, making sure you have everything in the proper place. Next, I would...

Hi, I just finished building my cMoy amp! yay my first go at it, but alas, it does not work properly!! I have a mini to mini cable hooked up to my portable MD player and I hooked up the left input, right input, and ground to the proper locations on the circuit board. Then I hooked up the...

I like both! and I listen to both! Although I would probably prefer a high end speaker setup over a high end headphone setup. LoL, then again, the highest quality headphone I've listened to are my HD570s so haha

Hi, I have noticed that a lot of people store their headphones hanging upright. Is there a reason for this? Should I be hanging my headphones up while I am burning them in and not using them? If that is the case, then maybe I can start a new project to make a headphone hanger! Thanks! I...

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Quote: Originally Posted by Music Fanatic It is hard for me to imagine how a digital source would need burn in. You should burn in all electronic devices, just to make sure there are no defects in the product. Usually something will break within the first 72 hours of usage. If...

Quote: Originally Posted by mclaren20 Im buildign a computer soon, and I imagine I will be right next to my CD player/amp/headphones, but every now and then I have the urge to listen to music on my computer/play games, whats a good card to have that I can hook up to my amp...

My old amp has two headphone outputs, one that turns the speakers off, and the other leaves the speakers playing. I plugged in my dad's old Koss Pro4aa (300 Ohm) headphones in one hole and I plugged my sennheiser hd570s (64 Ohm) into the other hole, and they worked ok. Not sure how it's going to...

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Quote: Originally Posted by highflyin9 Be sure to check out the DIY section if you run into problems, a ton of people have made cMoys and can help you out. I've also heard that Pimetas are fairly easy to put together on the cheap, so you may want to check them out thx for the tip...

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wow thanks again everyone! I am really looking forward to building my cMoy now

Quote: Originally Posted by Eagle_Driver For example, much higher distortion at any given output volume (in fact, today's "100W x 6" home theater receiver is only rated at a single, fixed 1kHz frequency and is a Burst RMS (Peak) rating rather than the older Continuous RMS rating), and a...

Quote: Originally Posted by go_vtec P=i^2*R=V^2/R, so 100mV/100Ohm means, 100mW of power can be supplied using 100Ohm impedance load. In a ideal condition (say if Yamaha can always deliever 100mV regardless of load and its output has 0 ohm impedance), this implies if you plug in 32Ohm...

Hehe nice! You should see the Sansui I found! :P It's my dad's AU-9500 (20+ years old). I think he used to be in this hi-fi stuff, he also had a pair of Koss PRO4A headphones. I want to compare what his old stuff sounds like to the stuff I'll be getting soon Those look pretty nice!

Thanks a LOT everyone! Great information! I was sort of contemplating on wether or not I should get a cMoy or just use my receiver, but I think I will try a cMoy as well

Quote: Originally Posted by Born2bwire When I was a child, I was attacked by a pair of V600's. A very traumatizing experience and to this day I still live with the scars. So I buy them and I burn them. lol I almost bought a 2 pair set off ebay, PHEW, good thing I didn't!

Hi, I was looking over the manual of my Yamaha RX-V2400 receiver and I found a rating called the "Phones Output" and the value was 150mV/100 Ohm :P please excuse my ignorance, but what can I deduce from this information? The headphones that I will be plugging into this receiver are the...

Quote: Originally Posted by TenaciousO For that budget, I'd say just stick with the cmoy because the next jump up is the MINT (not to be confused with the mint cmoys), and that costs $90 from www.jmt.audio. I haven't tried it myself so I don't know how much of an improvement it is over...

Quote: Originally Posted by commando WAV is a standard type, but I think you can also use compression on the wav file. Just rip to standard wav. If you use EAC or CDEX they'll do it by default. Rgr that! I have EAC and I just got the FLAC Front end! Nice! Sounds very good! Even on...

Hmm type of .wav file should I initially rip to? There is a big list of different .wav (formats?) Then which program do I need to encode these .wav files into FLAC? THanks a lot everyone! This is real fun!