I am in a college dorm and am trying to make good use of my desk space. So far, good use has involved having both my bookshelf speakers (B&W DM601's) pointed towards me but this has been taking up a considerable amount of space and my laptop tends to cover up a speaker while open. I have a...

Howdy All, Been a while since my last post but I have an idea that I would like to try and make here. I just recently bought a MacBook Pro and realized that it had an optical output within the headphone jack that I want to use for an amp. What I would like to try and make would be a...

I have been using my RME Digi 8/96 PAD in linux for a while now and had a discussion with another person who said that using JACK is better/the same as ASIO and would be good to figure out and try. I was curious if anyone has done that with this card or any other card... and whether it actually...

Howdy All, I recently bought an IBM T60 that I have been very impressed for minus one thing, the output audio quality. Intel "HD" Audio doesn't really do it for me, so I looked on the boards to find a USB DAC that would be adequate for my music listening needs. I am an electrical engineering...

Howdy headfiers... I just threw on a livecd of Ubuntu and noticed that sound coming out of this card just doesnt have that treble kick that it does out of foobar and the like in windows. I was wondering if anyone has stumbled across this issue with ALSA (I was using XMMS as well) and whether...

hey headfi... just curious what i can do with this RME 8/96 DIGI Pad here, hardmodding or just software tweaking. i am using linux here and run AmaroK with the gstreamer plugin but i am hearing some distortion or what sounds like clipping on higher notes and was curious if it is how i have it...

I just installed my RME in linux and can not get this to work! I removed alsa from the kernel so i could use the newer drivers and it resulted in my volume control bar crashing in GNOME. The drivers installed fine and i followed all the directions, but i can not get how to have this card play...

i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for setting up an RME DIGI 8/96 in linux. i heard that amaroK is a good program, i have quite a bit of music and want to methodically sort it all by albums and get excellent quality (this is headfi) from the whole set up. it says that i have no...

Hey head-fi'ers... got gentoo linux running here and would love to hear if anyone got simple sound working with their 1212M's. I haven't heard anything good, but the alsa drivers are installed and i can't seem to figure out what to do

I thought I would start a thread for my own interests and the interests of others! I am finishing up my first year of Electrical Engineering and had a nice chat with one of the leading faculty here, and I asked him what he thought I should to in order to further special in the audio field of...

Image I was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction with what this exactly does in the PIMETA circuit. I am in a EE lab class and was able to map out the rest of it, but this section in specific confused me. Thanks for the help! Ben

SORRY DOUBLE POSTS... can the mods please delete this one I was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction with what this exactly does in the PIMETA circuit. I am in a EE lab class and was able to map out the rest of it, but this section in specific confused me. Thanks...

hey there... im going to start working on my PIMETA and have seen numerous posts about power supplies and battery's working in a amp and was curious where to begin with implementing something along those lines. i have been browsing ELPAC looking at their external power supplies, but in all...

after completing my first CMOY (can be found here) i decided that it was decent but i wanted to tackle another DIY project and thought i would try the PPAv2. i know the reference site has a recommended parts list but i thought i would ask here what all goes into the PPA and what parts i...

aaah, its been a weekend affair (wiring and different setbacks) but now it is finally done. been listening to Coldplay - Parachutes and some Radiohead on it, sounds wonderful compared to the standalone cd player! want to thank the various people on Head-Fi that have been helping me here (zemo...

i am building my CMOY to the layout at the bottom, and i have found that some of the parts the schematic asks me to bridge can not have both their legs in the same hole. i took a board (i have a couple) and took a metal object and tried widening the hole but i took off the metal backing on it...

i have all my parts in now to do my CMOY and had a couple questions here. i am looking at a schematic (and plotted board) and am mentally piecing it together and i realized i have the 8 pin version of the TLE2426CP voltage divider. since the V-, V+ and ground are so close to each other... i was...

since i decided to jump into DIY after becoming an audio enthusiast on student budgeting and free time... i was wondering if i could get some advice on getting some good sounding and not too expensive solder and hookup wire. advice from all the fellow diy'ers is always welcome, and i can't...

im about to reformat and reinstall windows xp pro in this computer and was curious what the best order of installation is. i will put service pack 2 on immediately and then throw on the chipset drivers (nforce3) but i was thinking the soundcard (emu1212m) and then video card (ati 9800np). right...

i was messing around with a couple connections behind my computer and didn't realize that my dinovo keyboard (with usb/power paired cable) was tugging on my 1/4" outputs and put some stress on it. i dont know if it is my mind, but ever since i have been home and installed my wireless adapter, it...

Hey Head-Fiers.. I got my EMU1212M a good couple months ago and have been jamming out to music on it constantly since i picked it up. I am running it into a Yamaha Reciever (RX 396) and then it is sent to my B&W 601's. Lately, I have noticed some distortion/crackling at higher frequencies and...

hey all, i plan on putting a linux install on my computer as a main operating system soon and was wondering how i could get my emu1212m working and how well it could sound. i have tried live cd's with no success and am wondering if anyone has made a similar attempt. i am fairly new to the...

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I got my 1212m the other day with already modded opamps and got to listen to low level music last night after installing it, and it sounded amazing. This morning I turned up the volume some and found that there was a loud high-midrange humming in the left channel only, and is coming from the...

can anyone help me set up my 1212m for a patchmix to play dvd audio. i have windvd which supports 24/96 decoding and the options of waveout, directsound and auto. i have tried different setups and am confused, i am using the analog 1/4" I/O and can't seem to get anything out of WINDVD. thanks...