Hi all,   I'm looking for a portable USB DAC/amp combo for my laptop. I want something very small, in a thumb-drive form factor, that does not need external power or charging batteries (draws power from USB). So far I've only found the Dragonfly and the new GEEK OUT, are there any other good...

Looks like ASUS wants to jump on the DSD/DXD train. Can't find any official ASUS info on this yet.   DSD64 and DSD128 are supported. DAC chip is AD1955 (1 for each channel, 2 total). Signal output is op-amps instead of discrete, with AD 827SQ and MUSES 02 op-amp chips. Features TCCO/TCXO...

hey guys,   i'm a bit confused about line level output power. according to wikipedia here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_level, line level for consumer audio over rca should be 0.316 Vrms nominal and peak 0.894. but most standalone dacs out there have rca line level at 2Vrms or 2.2Vrms...

Hi all,   I need to hook up a TOSLINK optical output to a DAC which only takes coaxial digital inputs. I looked around and found some converters, in particular, this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOSlink-Optical-to-COAX-Coaxial-Digital-Audio-Converter-24bit-192K-sampling-rate-/221156873861...

Hey guys, I'm currently rocking a Bifrost Uber and want to go fully balanced. Looking for a DAC and pairs well with the HD800 (and possibly LCD2/3 in the near future) for no more than $1k. Some requirements are:   - Must have both XLR balanced outputs and single ended RCA outputs - Sample...

not sure if anybody has seen these: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tubecore/tubecore-duo   im sure a lot of people are going "OMG tube + bluetooth here's my money" lol. anyway jokes aside not sure if good

Hey guys,   I have been a long-time HD650 user, and just recently had purchased a pair of HD800s as an upgrade. Out of my gear (Schiit Bifrost Uber + Little Dot MK III) I found the HD800s to be much clearer than the HD650 across the spectrum, but the bass/mid-bass response is lacking the...

My setup currently is PC optical out -> Schiit Bifrost w/ Uber upgrade -> Little Dot MK III w/ Mullard M8161s -> HD650. I just got a pair of HD800s and did some A/B testing with the HD650s. I found the 800s to be less "musical" than the 650s. The HD800s are cleaner, have more clarity, and shine...

Hi guys, I've been experiencing a very weird problem with my sound card and external amp, and have done a lot of testing to try to isolate the issue but still cannot figure out why. So I'll describe everything in detail and I'm hoping that one of you could tell me what's wrong. Thanks in...

Hi all:   So I have a pair of fairly low impedance and high sensitivity headphones, and have been using them on the Xonar Essence ST headphone out, with 0dB gain. I was wondering about the difference between the line out and the headphone out.   At 0dB gain setting, the only difference...

Hey all:   I've been experience a problem with my ASUS Xonar Essence ST in foobar2000, output through WASAPI. If any other application tries to make a sound when I'm playing music with foobar2000 through WASAPI, there would be a popping sound.   For example when I browse my files in...