Here's a video of the sound in case it's helpful for anyone else btw. My phone doesn't quite capture the dynamic range but it goes from soft to some pretty LOUD pops, and this is irrespective of where the volume knob is turned. https://photos.app.goo.gl/58y7Abuy1n2gFF4u8 After putting...

Glad I came across this thread. I had replaced my A5 speakers with a pair of PSB Alpha AM5s due to the same issues ("blowing into microphone" sound is the perfect description) but decided I would hang on to them to see if I could tinker with them and potentially repair them as a set of speakers...

Thanks for the recommendation! Looks like a neat unit but it might be a little on the larger side (definitely not portable). Was hoping to get something more along the size of the Audioengine or one of the Nuforce uDacs (which unfortunately have a coax in and not optical...otherwise would be...

Good to know! Thanks for the heads up.

Long time lurker, infrequent poster here. I'm in the marketing for a DAC/amp for a home/semi-mobile setup and I have a few specific requirements that somewhat limits my options.    - Needs to have both optical and USB in (doesn't have to switch as only one will be plugged in at any time) -...

I'll be closing on a house in little over a month and am in the process of planning out some decisions for audio. Ideally, I'd like to have hi-fi audio available in the 3 rooms in which I will spend the most time: living room, office, bedroom. Living room, I already have covered. The two...

I have a set of AKG K701s that I bought recently that I would like to use for bedroom listening. Being that these are pretty nice 'phones I'd like to make sure I'm not selling them short of their potential, but I'd like to keep costs pretty reasonable as well. (<$1000) Thinking about getting...