Quote: Originally Posted by Claus-DK My hearing is acutally becoming somewhat better, I really can not explain this but my listening is done at lower and lower volumes... I don't know if my hearing has gotten better, but since using IEM's and generally better quality listening...

That's a good question. I'm looking for a new usb dac myself and can't for the life of me make up my mind. I'm thinking for $400 the headroom micro dac is probably a safe bet, but personally, I'm thinking of waiting and saving up for the ultra micro dac. Other dacs in the running: Emu...

Not to be confused with Headroom's Macro Dac, "The Endtable".

Husker Du - Zen Arcade Meat Puppets - II and Up On The Sun Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime Blast - It's In My Blood Black Flag - Damaged Beatles - White Album Black Sabbath - anything with Ozzy Leo Kottke - 6 and 12-string guitar The Clash - London Calling Sugar - Copper Blue...

crapty crapty Band Band C*l*n on the cob (replace * with "o".)

In action: ipod and headsix and buddy on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Since both are pretty close to the same price, I'm curious if anyone has had a chance to compare the two? Thoughts?

Got my Headsix a few days ago and I'm stoked! Hard to believe something so small can sound so good. Much better than my bithead, nice bass and soundstage. I'm really liking it.

Any more impressions on this DAC? I've been looking at this unit on ebay, but just haven't seen enough reviews yet. What other dacs could this be compared to? The fubar II is somewhat in the same price range. I'm wondering if this beats out that dac?

Worked for me, too. With google checkout, came out to $43 and change.

Just ordered mine. 10 days and counting till delivery. Can't wait! This will be the longest 10 days of my life.

I've been wondering the same things myself. Played around with VLC doing some testing b/w iTunes and VLC and had a hard time getting settings right on VLC to get output to sound right. I was easily getting distortion on files. The volume settings seem extremely "hot" (you can set volume far...

After using a m-audio transport for awhile (eh...) with an Eddie Current EC-01, I realized I had totally forgotten the Squeezebox I have. Hooked that up last night to the EC-01, with my mac as the server. Oh my... what a difference. Sounds very good. (Squeezebox has a nice Burr-Brown dac chip)...

Sugar, File Under Easy Listening, an album I've been HEAVILY rediscovering this year, as well as Bob Mould's, Last Dog and Pony Show. Two albums of Bob Mould's discography that have never been been my favorites, but now I just can't get enough of.

Every so often, someone here at the offices will clean up their areas and throw out tons of promo cd's we all tend to accumulate around here. They usually put them out for the rest of us to pick through before all the plastic gets recycled. I had forgotten that last year someone threw out a...

No self-respecting thread on country music is complete without a mention of truckin' music! Red Simpson Red Sovine and anything related, from anything having to do with the Bakersfield sound: Buck Owens Merle Haggard and the followers: Dwight Yoakam Junior Brown to Dave Alvin and...

To dovetail on your post, how does the Micro DAC compare specifically with the Silverstone EB01, (if a comparison can even be made?)

Fish heads - Barnes and Barnes C'mon, it's song about Fish heads. FISH HEADS!!! I mean... it really makes you think. You know...?

New Refused? Sweet... I'm looking forward to the new Low record, Drums and Guns ...and I hear Guns and Roses' Chinese Democracy is finally supposed to come out this year... (ha ha, that was a joke...)

"Along The Way" - Bob Mould From The Last Dog And Pony Show, an album I've rediscovered and am enjoying a lot lately.

Saw this ad on craigslist: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ele/257976134.html

"Fleetwood Mac", Rumours, and Tusk are the albums I use as reference for my setup. These recording just sound so dang good. What is it about certain 70's recordings that kick you-know-what over today's over-compressed loud garbage? (i guess I just answered by own question... ) I grew up...

The Silverstone EB01 usb dac gets mentioned a lot: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-eb01.htm About $85 on Newegg.com. Only one output, tho.

Just emailed Norm this week with the same question re: 580's. He recommended the AD8620 and to get the elpac dc power source (since I said I would mostly use this for home/work.) Supposedly that fondue place isn't that great.

I stand corrected. Sorry, will make a point of using the search better before posting...