Dear Head-Fi members, I have for some time had a problem with my Xian-Sheng 708B amp: noise, along with music, is coming out of the left channel. Not a steady white noise, but erratic, loud static which is fairly constant after the amp has been on about fifteen minutes. I already bought a...

As has been discussed here, the Verve are back together making music. Check out http://www.nme.com/verve/ for a description and download of "The Thaw Session," a 14:09 track (encoded at 320kbps 48kHz) which gives us an idea of what these boys have been up to. I was glad, as were many of you, to...

Often discussions come up about up/oversampling. It is clear that doing so by integer multiples (i.e. 2x44.1=88.2) should create less CPU load and sound artifacting; but, my question is this: do certain DACs prefer a certain input sampling rate? I'm still using the Chaintech AV-710 with Wolfston...

Hello, I've used the AV-710 with various set-ups for a couple years now. At some point I read that it may be advisable to set the volume at less than the maximum in order to reduce possibility of clipping. I use kernel streaming and upscale to 88200 through the high quality output (though the...

Hello, I find myself constantly returning to this album. I've looked for similar artists at spots like allmusic, but it seems The Verve is hard to place in a genre. Space rock revival/shoegaze/britpop/ambient/psychedelic..... I'll soon pick up their earlier albums ( I already have Urban Hymnes...

Hi guys. I have been using a 1984 Sony CDP-111 as a source for my setup, which is CDP>PA2V2>ATH-A500s. I've read here and elsewhere of the great improvements we've seen in CD players since the early days. This player is build like a tank and has a variable output; for those two reasons I like...

Hello, I'm driving my Audio Technica ATH-A500, which have an impedance of 64 ohms, with my early 70s Marantz 2220B receiver; lately, I've been noticing a crackling sound whenever any bassy material is played. Makes things quite unlistenable, so I've been using a discman recently instead, which...

Hello, I'm looking at buying a stationary cd player for use with my Audio-Technica ATH-A500's. These headphones are 66OHMs and really don't need an amp, as I understand it. That being the case, I wonder if there are any CDPs with headphone jacks that would serve my purposes. Any suggestions...

I've looked around at my local stores and can't seem to find any available. I refer to the regular type--80min or 74min discs for use with my NetMD, not the Hi-MD 1gb discs. Is there a partucular online store that sells them reasonably, or, for that matter, is there a great deal of difference in...