Thanks, yeah man it’s like obviously I feel like I “should” get the pro version if I’m going to spend this money so I can utilize the headphone amp for all my sources, I just wish it wasn’t an extra like $700 ONLY to gain an rca input lol. I guess I could in theory use an rca to coax adapter...

Thanks, I’m curious do you have the Pro version? The only thing I‘m looking at on this one is that it would seem I’d need the Pro version to be able to use it with a turntable as that one has analog inputs. Currently I run the Zone 2 out on my receiver to the input of the Schiit Valhalla and...

Thanks, actually another (cheaper) product I’ve been looking at for a while is the RME ADI-2. That would obviously be both a DAC and headphone amp combined. Any thoughts on this one?

Hello, I picked up some HD800s’s this weekend after many years of curiosity and so far I’m definitely impressed. That sound stage is something. But of course in this hobby you always wonder if a step up in something else might be worth it. Right now what I do is I send the zone 2 of my receiver...

Hello, I decided to give these a try today as I noticed they were ~$100 off open box @ Best Buy. While in general so far I'd say they sound solid, I'm a bit confused about the "Atmos" implementation. I've spot listened to a few albums (The recent Beatles remixes & Taylor Swifts new album) and...

Had them for about a week now. Definitely the most comfortable B&W headphone I've worn, and I don't think they look cheap at all. I actually much prefer the look of these to past versions like the P7 & PX. They sound great, definitely a bit more bass than some others I've used. Not over...

P7 owner here and I think they're just outstanding, love everything about them. One thing I've noticed though is when I'm listening to Spotify, Play Music, etc on my Pixel XL is that when I have it around a certain volume level it seems to skip one of the volume levels. So it'll go from fairly...

So. Speakers to go with this combo. Kef LS50 or Adam A7X's?

I'm interested in buying, maybe we could work something out?

From a lot of my looking around/research I've done I came to the decision/conclusion that for right now getting some better speakers would probably provide me with a more noticeable/tangible audio different than doings something huge like changing all 3 of amplifier/dac/speakers. So what I've...

Yeah that's what I figured, thanks. So how does that work in regards to the crossover setting? Do I run the speakers into the sub first, and then out from the sub into the Rag? And also do you (or anyone else) have any input into my upgrade thoughts up there as well? Thanks,

Stumbled across this thread and am looking for some insight as I've become focused on a Ragnarok/Yggdrasil combo for my room. Right now I currently have: - Soundblaster X7 - Yamaha HS80M monitors/HS10W sub - Beyerdynamic T1 headphones - PC for music/gaming - Technics SL 1200 turntable I've...

So I've been going back and forth recently with doing a kind of "end game" high level upgrade of my components and I've gravitated towards McIntosh but I have some concerns/questions. And it just kind of seems like (understandably) that the higher up you go in gear, the harder it is to find...

I have the 600 ohm T1's and yeah I was wondering about that too, a potential headphone/speaker upgrade.

Hello, have some questions for fellow X7 owners. I've been tossing around the thought of switching from the X7 to a different DAC/Amp recently, and my initial search brought me to the Schiit Jotunheim. I'm just curious on people's thoughts as to whether or not this would be a legitimate...

So I've been taking a look around recently wondering if there was something I could upgrade to that would provide me better audio quality than the X7. It works totally fine for what it is, but I'm just wondering what else is out there. I have Yamaha HS80M's and Beyerdynamic T1's that I use...

So I tried the isolater and all of that humming/hissing is GONE!! Amazing. Thank you so much for the tip!

Thanks for the responses, yeah I have a 1/4" TS to RCA plug that I've tried, and I get the same result. I've also tried using that cable to an internal sound card other than the X7, same result. I have all of the computer components on one outlet, and the 2 speaker cables going to a...

So I picked up a pair of B&W 685 S2 speakers yesterday and while they still sound really good, I was wondering if there is an alternative out there to the X7 that may give me a little more power/better sound? The only thing I've really seen at this point in my preliminary searching is the NAD D...

While it's not like a huge overbearing hiss or anything.....you know the deal. Once you hear it, you can't unhear it. So I've got these Yamaha HS80M speakers and I absolutely love them, but I just cannot get rid of this hiss. And I know that it is because of my PC because once I turn the PC...

So I have an Alienware 13 laptop and what I'm essentially trying to do is use this at my desk as well as remotely.  I have Yamaha HS80M speakers along with the Yamaha sub and when I have these hooked up to the laptop, I get some speaker buzz.  It's not overwhelming...but it's there and that's...

So I moved all 3 of the speakers to an outlet across the room via an extension cord/power strip....and problem solved.  Guess the other outlet that was close to the original was on the same "run" or something.     Now I guess I just need to decide what I'm going to do long term to have one...

Well I did try it with 1 speaker and 1 sub in 1 power strip and the PC in another, and I'm getting the same sound out of the 1 speaker that I have plugged in/turned on.   It's just a long stretch for the left speaker to go to that other power strip, that's why I'm not adding that in for this...

They were initially all plugged into the same power strip yes, and I did try moving 1 of the speakers and the sub to a different power strip, but the same thing happened. If I kept 1 speaker in that same strip would it still have the same impact? Or would it potentially go away from the speaker...

So I'm running this through my head right now and I'd like to run it by everyone here for suggestions.  Right now the 2 sound sources that I would use this with are a PC and a turntable.  Both would use Yamaha HS80M speakers and a Yamaha Sub.  I would also use Beyerdynamic T1 headphones.  Right...