I am currently running USB out of my M1 Mac Mini to an iFi Zen Dac original version. Looking at other ones like the newer V2 but not needing bluetooth. Liked Schiit Modis but this is the 3rd time I got one and they all failed. What are some other Dacs from iFi or others closer to $200 but...

My iMac output will be USB to either a Schiit Modi 3 Dac or an iFI Zen Dac, from one of those via RCA to a Schiit Loki equalizer with RCA outs. I have a NAD C356bee integrated amp which has Tape In/Out as well as 2 Pre Outs and Main In. I obviously want to do the D/A conversion from the Mac...

I do know that all of us have preferences. i bought the Klipsch speakers a few months ago due to ton of reviews and comments re how bright they were. The Denon amp very easily powers them and can barely get volume less than 1/4 turn before they blow me out on level. I have connected some...

Hopefully under 200.00 pair. Will use more for calls than music. The TWS earphones I've tried so far usually have Bluetooth issues and often lacking clarity in both areas especially phone calls.

Have iphone 6s, etting iphone 9 soon. Need to have good call quality both ends, plus as secondary good music repro.

Many major TWS True Wirelsss buds report call quality issues or dropped connections. I can't spend $300 a pair fir under $200 are there any that have good solid call quality on both ends, plus good music reproduction secondly?

I'm very interested in any posts about the SX6 speakers from Fluance.  Price will be $105 for the pair direct from manufacturer.  Do not have chance to listen to them befoe buying so are there any alternatives around same price that are as good?  I did view a Youtube video that seemed to...

I would like to follow the route of something like a Lepai or Topping amp (only names I know) but am searching for a desktop amp that will accept possibly USB input.  I do want to be able to run computer output into a 3.5mm input and have a headphone jack on the front so I can listen mostly via...

Reviews on Amazon.com look very good for cans selling under $60.  I prefer Open-Air(Back) cans, will run mostly off my computer output.  Enjoyed Senn 518s before, AKG K240 and MKII's, Beyer DT660's.  Loved the Beyers to death but unable right now to afford them.  Takstars look a lot like the...

Am looking at ASUS Xonar DG Pci sound card, one by Rosewill, and one by Sound Blaster.  Lots of people like the Rosewill and price is low.  Can anyone recommend a decent PCI type card to replace onboard audio.  Playing lossless music into pair of Swan speakers.

Am not a gamer but mostly have lossless music on a Windows 7 desktop pc with the above slot types that I want to get something better than the builtin audio. It's an HP Pavilion pc about 7 years old.  Have to get under $100 card or USB Dac.  Will connect output to powered Swan D1010IV speakers.

Need to keep actual price paid closer to $100 but an under $200 pair might be found for used or refurb so said $200.  Have had Grado, Sennheiser and Ultrasone before but has been some time since had a decent set of phones.  Prefer some openness as opposed to closed.  Prefer Circumaural the most...

Help!  As minor as this might sound after an hour or sometimes sooner, the pads start to feel itchy on my ears.  It is so annoying to me I must fix or replace them or I'll have to sell the phones.  Seems like long time ago I read you could soak them in soapy water?  Any relatively inexpensive...

I must keep the cost below $200 preferably $150.  Very open to used or older models.  On-ear second choice but acceptable.  Eventually probably get an Audioengine D1 USB/Optical DAC/Amp in a few months.  Listen to other types of music too, but favorite is classical especially anything with...

I have been using Nuforce NE-700x earphones and until they wore out was very happy with their sound.  I need to keep my cost definitely under $100, and preferably under $75 for their replacements.  I do NOT want what many call bass-heavy and prefer "accurate" sound reproduction.  Suggestions?

I know there are a lot of choices available, and then there is MSRP and real price either used or refurbed.  I believe I prefer accurate reproduction with good mid to trebles and some bass.  These will be primarily for my iPhone or MacBook Pro and may do temporary double duty with an adapter to...

Can anyone recommend probably an older receiver or amplifier that has the Direct-type mode.  Companies like Denon and Yamaha I know offer models that will send input directly to output stages bypassing other circuits and providing more pure, cleaner sounds.  Looking to get one with this feature...

I have finally decided the type of amp I'd like.  Either an integrated amp or regular old-style 2-channel stereo receiver.  I've found lots of reviews on this Onkyo and they are about 90% positive especially about the amplifier section.  I can pick a new one up on Amazon for $149 w/free shipping...

Anyone know any current or older speakers from Polk Audio or similar that this small an amp could drive?

I keep looking and looking.  Something for nothing.  Of course it doesn't exist.  The Topping TP30 looks ideal for my budget but it only outputs 10w into 8ohm and 15w into 4 ohm.  Can anyone recommend any speakers (like Polk) that this will power?  Not to high volume levels either.  Need ideally...

I've been looking at so many Dacs this week, my head is spinning.  Here's my goal.  Take the lossless music on my MacBook Pro computer, hookup an external Dac that has a headphone jack of either size (1/4" or 1/8") and analog outputs either RCA or 3.5mm to run to some Audyssey speakers I bought...

I am not hoping for the moon but I will be listening to most of my lossless music on my MacBook Pro via some Sennheiser HD 558 headphones, but would like something when I'd just rather not use the Sennheisers.   All the speakers I look up on Amazon have one flaw or another.  One problem is...

I'd like to get Meelectronics A151 but money's tight.  Anything around $25 that is NOT bass-heavey and reasonably accurate?  Have owned IEMs from Nuforce and Etymotic but they are higher cost.  Dont have to have a mic on them even though its an iPhone

I just acquired an Onkyo A-9555 integrated amp and have an HRT Music Streamer II Dac.  Looking at different speakers generally in $300 to $500 price range.  Can pick up set of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1's for $280/pair shipped.  Got great review in Stereophile.   Looking maybe at Klipsch RB-51...

I am extremely limited but want something to use instead of builtin Mac speakers.  I have to keep cost to no more than $200 right now so the Audioengine A2's came to mind.  I know the amp + speaker combo is closer to $400 but could just buy the amp now and the speakers later.  Total is higher I...