Me and my friend use his laptop as part of a karaoke setup which requires it to be plugged straight into a mixer.   His headphone port on the laptop is pretty worn so we were thinking of getting a USB soundcard for it. I figure a decent USB soundcard (like the ones from Creative) would work...

After having not used the headphone for a month, the right side is suddenly dead. I tried jiggling the cable and connector, but don't even get static or signal. There is no apparent damage or signs of wear or fraying on the cable or connector. I use the headphones only at home and don't remember...

I want to know if there are any headphones that can be easily changed from open to close design and vice versa.    For instance, something like a swivel backplate on the outside of the phones that can be rotated to reveal open ports/vents and can be immediately closed when needed depending...

In general, do external DACs experience any kind of audio lag/delay?   I experience a small measure of lag with my Onkyo 805 (~47ms) when using its DAC (through SPDIF/HDMI/toslink). It is noticeable during certain types of usage, such as monitoring a microphone and music games (ie Rock...

Want to have a go at my first headphone amp but not 100% convinced that I will hear a big difference in sound compared to my Onkyo TX-SR805. And being a bit if a skeptic, I want to buy it from a place that has some kind of money back guarantee in case I don't like.  I'm getting an A/B switch to...

I use my PC exclusively as the source for my headphone listening and my current setup is:   WIndows 7 PC --> Auzentech Prelude X-Fi 7.1 soundcard --> Onkyo SR805 AV receiver (using analog inputs)--- > AKG K702 headphones   I'd like to get a headphone amp or amp/dac combo to replace my AV...

I found a switch below that can switch between 2 sources:   http://electronicsusa.com/mk1and2.html   But it says they are meant for line level signals, so im guessing they aren't suitable for comparing amps.   Anyone know of such a A/B switch device that can be used to compare...

What are the differences between a studio/monitoring headphone amp (such as ones by Behringer, Art, Presonus, Samson, Rolls, etc..) and a dedicated solidstate headphone amp for listening (such as the ones discussed in this forum)?   The former are readily available at any pro audio or music...