Hey Guys,   I have been researching a ton for a few months now and all of it leads back to the Aurisonic Rockets and ATH IM02. I have tried many headphones over the years and to me I have fallen in love with the HD650 sound and seem to keep coming back to it. I love the bass to mid balance...

Hey guys,   So I just sent my O2/ODAC in to JDS Labs for some mods. In the meanwhile I have had to revert back to my Xonar DG. I currently am using it with some LCD2Fs, which really sound good. Now here is the weird thing, the Xonar sounds better. I had the same experience a few years back...

Hey guys,   I am looking for 5-6 foot rca cable with low capacitance and good shielding, that is still flexible. I have the BJC cable right now and it's awesome, except that it is really thick, heavy and inflexible. I am running an o2/odac as a preamp from the the rear rca output. The problem...

Hey guys,   Planning on building a passive pre for use with an odac (500 ohm output impedance), going to a set of LSR305 studio monitors. The studio monitors are active and have a volume control on the back. I was planning on building the preamp with a dact type 21 from ebay. The only thing is...

Hey everyone,   I am trying to figure out a way of using my studio monitors with the rca dac outputs from my o2/odac custom combo. From what I have read you can't use the odac to output to speakers and headphones at the same time. So if I am using speakers, I just turn off the o2 amp. When...

I decided to post this here in sound science as I would prefer a logical approach to fixing my problem. I figured you guys could perhaps point me in the right direction.   So I just picked up an asgard 2 today and was planning on getting rid of my O2/Odac combo. The asgard 2's posted specs...

So I recently decided to downgrade my setup to free up some cash. Previously I was using a HD650 with the o2odac combo. I picked up a set of hd558 and a xonar dg to replace it. So here is what I did...   I fist removed the foam from the hd558. This significantly improved the airiness and...

Hi all!   I just sold my desktop pc from which I used foobar wasapi out exclusively via USB and optical to my dac without problems. I had to sell my desktop and switch to my HP laptop (no SPDIF out). For some reason Foobar wasapi won't use exclusive mode with the HP laptop using USB.  ...

They have a relatively flat frequency response. They have a very deep accurate bass. The mids are just right and crystal clear. The highs are present but they don't make me cringe. The soundstage is about medium sized but the seperation is amazing. They are always coherent, and the music rarely...

I just picked a set of M3's and absolutely love the sound, the only problem im having is with fit. They work well over the ear but I can't get the tips in far enough to get a seal unless I use the foamies as they manage to get in a little. Even then its kinda iffy. Does anyone have any...

Ive been using foobar for awhile now and no matter which media player I tried, they all sounded like garbage compared to foobar with wasapi. Well, the alpha for Mediamonkey 4 seems rock solid stable to me and it includes native wasapi support. It still seems that foobar sounds better but it may...

Hi all,   I recently got into my program so i will be in school for the next few years so I decided to get rid of my AKG k701's and get something portable. I loved how real instruments sounded on them and the separation was amazing but the music was too thin and it gave me pressure...

Im starting to plan my first amp and speaker rig to build. I would love your feedback and opinions!   For the amp I'm gonna do a class D amp from audiosector based on the LM3875 chip. I was gonna use a die cast aluminum (gonna polish it to a high shine) and a single 330va 22+22a trafo from...

I currently have a stock cabled ms-1i and k701. I kinda wanted to recable the ms1i's for portable use (short cable and 90degree plug) but I've read that the recabling may change the sound of my ms1i... and not for the better.   1. Would it really make the sound that much worse? 2. Would...

Im going crazy looking for headphones, since for every opinion there is and equal and opposite opinion! I currently have an audio-gd fun dac/amp so I am not worried about amplification. What I am worried about are AKG's for me? I'm currently using alessandro ms-1 and the I really like the...

Im always looking at discovering new music and most of what I enjoy isn't mainstream or at least doesn't start off mainstream! So it can be tricky finding things that tickle my musical palate.   Im looking for bands that are as amazing as:   Mumford and sons Edward Sharpe and the...

I've scoured the net and nothing Anyone know where I can pick one of those up? Otherwise I gotta but auzentech's overpriced opamps.

moderators please delete this thread

Just saw this deal on one of our sponsor pages and thought I'd pass it on. I paid $50 for 2 premounted opa627au's on browndog adaptors from browndog. If I bought the components and built it myself, it would have cost me $40. On audiophile products they're going for $37!!! Just thought I'd...

It seems many of the opamps im after have slightly different part numbers. I just want to make sure im ordering the right opamps OPA2134PA LT1364CN8#PBF thanks

I cant seem to find any definitive info on this and i thought maybe you guys could answer this. I want to use optical out of my xfi to my dac. I could use the usb to the dac but I got some 96k audio i wanna listen too. So my question is... Will optical out from my xfi be pure or modified? thanks!

Does anyone know if something like the zero dac can be used with powered speakers?

Hi, im new to these forums so hi everyone I just bought a set of audioengine a5 speakers and im loving them. The question i have is would changing sound card make a difference. Im currently using a creative xfi titanium. I game, listen to music and watch movies equally. I'd rather have sound...