I've been wondering, since it finally seems PCI is disappearing from high end motherboards, it probably won't be long until it's a rare feature on all motherboards in general, how will I be able to use my Xonar ST?   Would it be possible to use a PCI to PCIe adapter (these exist), without...

Soo while modding and painting my HD555s the wires for the left driver popped out. Oh well, I thought I'll just head up a screwdriver-like thing on the stove, but when I put it against the solder nothing happens, yet it super easily melted through plastic and other stuff like butter.   I...

A friend of mine getting new headphones for music on his computer, he only has onboard sound at the moment though... No super high end stuff, just something for HD558-ish range headphones.   I'm no expert myself but I enjoy music, I got the Xonar ST back when I bought my audio gear, but I...

I need some suggestions for new headphones in the range of 100€ max 150€. For general music listening (no techno, more like rock/metal and pop stuff). They have to be the big ones that go around your ear..   I was thinking Sennheiser HD 558

I need some earphone suggestions for under 100€. Looking for those regular old school ones (not the ones you stuff inside your ear), and durability is my main concern.

Hi. Sometimes my sound card (Asus Xonar Essence ST) will bug and when I listen to music, it only comes out from one channel (I think it's always left) and it seems both the left and right audio comes from the same channel. Since when I reverse stereo channels with a DSP setting, it sounds...

I know what it is technically. But I never listened to 32-bit audio, and never had a sound card that can play that kind of audio. When I got my Xonar ST I was under the impression I was getting the best I could for my headphones, I guess I was wrong?

Recently my right driver has started to distort sound. I think I'll have to send them to Sennheiser for them to fix my headphones.   But has this ever happened to you? It feels like the driver is damaged or something.

Hey. So, I have my Asus Xonar ST sound card connected to my AV receiver using a digital coaxial cable (it's very expensive). My problem is that every 15-20 minutes, my sound will just disappear for 1-2 seconds randomly. Since it even happens when I'm not at the computer I doubt it has...

I'm a bit lost here, this is basically my first 5.1 system I ever set up, and the sub woofer is bugging me. Where should I place it? It's currently under my work desk where I spend most of my time listening to music, however the low frequencies are, well a  bit problematic. First of all, the...

I bought a Monster Cable subwoofer cable for 55€ because I couldn't find any other digital cables except toslink/optical. Anyway, the product desciption tells me how it "improves" low frequencies and all this bassy stuff. I mean ok, but how can someone "improve" 1 and 0? There's no low 0 or low...

Hi, like now, I can't see my cursor, no matter what I do, I cant use enter to create new paragraphs, I can't go back in the text to correct something with my mouse or arrow-keys. This is very annoying and it happens all the time.  

Only music I have apart from mp3s is in flac 44.1kHz, where can I find something better?

Hey, I'm about to connect my Xonar ST to my 5.1 receiver through a S/PDIF connector. However, I'm not sure if I should get myself a coaxial or optical cable, some reviews say coaxial works better, some say the opposite, some even say there's no difference in tone quality. I'm really confused...

People keep telling me this is the best, overall I mean. But somehow I doubt that, and I've already heard B&O having an "apple" like image in the audiophile world?   Any thoughts?

Hey guys. I'm wondering are they really required? I have a pair of Sennheiser hd555s and the asus essence st with an amp built in, and I can't really tell the difference without an amp because I only used my onboard soundcard before these. But I'm planning on getting the Brainwavz M2s, and...

I'm considering buying these, however I don't really even know other IEMs in this price range so I haven't got anything to compare it to, so if you have any personal experience with these, I'd like to hear them. Also, I'm a bit skeptical about its bass, I'm used to the CX300 and I like its...

Hi, first of all I want to start out by saying that I've been reading topics around here and read buyers guides, but they don't give me any concrete information. So my budget is around 50€, so I'm definitely going for some low end IEMs as I'm only listening through my iphone at my gym, other...

So I have the Asus Xonar Essence ST audio card. The beta drivers support bit-perfect audio, which as far as I know means that it automatically selects the sampling rate depending on what audio is being played? Okay, now while using kernel stream, wasapi (well this one is obvious) or asio, I...

Hey. I tried to search google and wikipedia, and even here, but I just didn't find an answer to my question. What is distortion, when speaking of headphones? Is it when I'm e.g. watching a movie, and there happens an explosion, and my bass would be kind of buzzing? Sorry for a stupid...