thank you, fufula.   1) ah i see.   2) hm, so i have to check my psu ... i am doing CPU/HD intensive stuff quite often while listening to music but never experienced any sound glitches, except with the auzentech card when i switch on/off lights or aircondition. i was wondering whether...

2 questions: 1) does anybody use additional power from the psu? how does it affect the sound? 2) when you switch on and off the light in your room, does the music, played through the xonar st, break off for a short moment? i am asking because i have the auzentech bravura, and every time i...

the other day i bought a full size (22 kg, lol) headphone amp, the l-507u. well i didn't buy the headphone amp, i only got it as a giveaway. so now compairing against my dac-19/c-2 combo, just out of curiousity. cannot say a lot yet, but the lux's headphone amp sounds pretty good to my...

op, your barney looks gorgeous! haha, brilliant.

Quote: thanks. since i already ordered the usb isolator, i will try it. (but in my case, the problem is more my computer's fan noise than any other kind of noise ...)

Quote: thanks for your kind answer. so the question now is: is the quality of the udac-2's coax same as firestone bravo or audio-gd di?

Sorry, something like this.

can anybody confirm whether the udac2 works with an (externally unpowered) usb isolator dongle? i would like to use coax out as a transport to my audio-gd dac19. thank you! ps: i am also considering firestone bravo and audio-gd di. no idea which one would be the best choice ...   edit...

sorry, wrong thread.

 i am using this one for switching between headphone amp and speaker amp (didn't pay that much for it).  i don't have the feeling that there is any audible degradation of sound quality.   edit: close up pics here.

Quote:   out of the box i preferred acss over rca, but now i am using inexpensive gotham interconnects (gac-2111) paired with audio-gd earth / burson opas and i like the music much more ... more body, more soul (listening with grado 225i/325i). what i mean: even with *okay*...

me too, i love tatami smell.   my kefs are probably the same as yours - q1. i'd like to give them a proper amp, but the problem is space.   btw, same room again, 1 year ago, after a little earthquake ... (i was lucky not to sit there when it happened)     Quote:

thanks, jubei. yes, the onkyo drives the kefs. would prefer to pair the speakers with something more appropriate, but it's ok for the moment. (since you also happen to have kef speakers - what amp would you recommend?) and yes, the tatamis *are* my desk. i used to sit on them for years...

small&simple ...    

@ Ham Sandwich thanks for the suggestions. very much appreciated. will try it.

i do love and hate my grados (sr 325i) at the same time. i absolutely love their airy sound, but ... since they are rather heavy (metal housing) i have to take them off after an hour or so. yes, they really hurt. so much that i am unable to enjoy the music after a while. this hasn't changed from...

Quote: i bought the single version, which is much cheaper. around 70 usd if you buy direct from burson audio. it was well worth the money, i think, but most people here are rather demanding, so i don't know what they might think.

still the same impression: with the bursons the c2 is almost bursting ... much more body and soul in the music. i love it.

burson opamp arrived today. what a surprise: no muffled, but very dynamic, full-bodied, warm and mellow sounding music flowing through the rca connection. now the acss connection almost feels anaemic ... well, let's see, no, listen again tomorrow. 楽しみ。

i am enjoying my dac19dsp1/c2 combo for a while now. together with the combo i also got the whole opamp set (earth, moon, sun), but since the acss connection outperformed them all, i just forgot about them. i know i should give them time to burn in ... a week ago i ordered the bursons as...

Quote: i like grados. there are other brands with more soundstage, i know, but i love the "airy" (not sure how to name it) sound of my sr321i. unfortunately no money for even more expensive / exciting stuff ... (well, my grados are good enough for me anyway, no reason to complain.)...

hi, i am a proud new owner of the dac-19 dsp / c-2 combo. i came to head-fi because i was looking for some solid audio gear, so I was cruising around the forums here for a few weeks and finally decided to go with audio-gd. i do not regret. sound through acss is ... i do not know how...

in a state of mental derangement i just ordered the dac-19 dsp & c-2 combo ... now i hope to be sound safe (proof?) for a while ...

Hello, I am new here. Is there any chance to have 220-240V as well as 100-120V? Or to change it somehow from one voltage to the other? Unfortunately I need both, for usage in Japan and Switzerland. That's why I am considering the Sheer Audio HA-006++ ... How would they compare soundwise...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens Two stories: As we were moving into a new space years ago, I was painting walls in one bare room and there was a cheap boom box playing Muddy Waters in another bare room a coupla doorways down the hall. I found myself bobbing my head along...