the main thing the decrapifiers do is clean up/stabilize the USB power (AKA make sure a steady 5V is supplied which some motherboards aren't so good at) which is really only a benefit to DACs that are powered by USB

it simply sets a delay for each channel so the sounds reach the listening position at the same time... mostly useful for surround sound setups since stereo configurations more often than not have the 2 speakers equal distance from the listener while surround setups are not as easy to keep all...

now as you can see mine is the uber... and i don't use it as my default audio device... foobar is set to use it, windows is set to use my onboard sound... part of why i got the uber is for the added inputs as i can run my speakers from the onboard and also run stereo downmix through spdif to the...

as in 90F while the desk surface next to it is 72F and the surface of my amp is measuring 76F keep in mind... DAC not amp... DAC shouldn't be generating enough heat to warm the casing like this

ok i'm mildly concerned... my modi 2 uber is quite warm to the touch i've heard the magni gets warm but no mention of the modi i can't think of any reason for a dac to heat up and it's just sitting on my desk next to my amp (which is not a magni) in a room with a rather cool ambient temp

the "allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" checkbox is checked... and no other audio will play while foobar is playing music it's as if windows 10 exclusive mode isn't quite as exclusive as 8.1... like it will still give handjobs behind the mcdonalds in another area code...

one thing i noticed when i went from 8.1 to 10 in regards to foobar and wasapi in windows 8.1 while playing music in foobar using wasapi i could adjust the windows volume slider and toggle the various effects in my sound card's settings with no effect on the audio coming from foobar... which i...

my sansa fuze is looking a bit beat up and i'm always misplacing the cable when i need to charge it... i'm looking for something else i was liking the Fiio X1 until i found it doesn't support replaygain... this is a deal breaker unless there was a firmware update that added it but my google-fu...

with windows 8.1 while playing music in foobar using wasapi the system mixer and the sound card control panel effects were completely bypassed... i could switch the effects on and off with no change while playing audio in foobar... which i liked because i could leave them on for gaming (virtual...

i randomly click on this forum and it's just schiit everywhere one of these days i will stop holding it in and put some schiit on my desk i'm thinking magni/modi

as i understand it foobar's wasapi plugin only uses exclusive mode... yet turning the sbx features on/off or adjusting the volume slider will affect the sound

weird foobar using wasapi does not bypass the DSP at all here...

i rarely buy games at full price... especially any games that i intend to buy and play on PC that are released on steam last $60 game i bought was GTA5, last $60 PC game i bought was Diablo 3... i slightly regret buying D3 on launch now compare to my usual game spending habits and look at the...

just bought some... gonna try skimming the thread soon but has anyone come up with any comfort based mods for these... i wear glasses and these clamp my ears onto the bit that goes behind them

if they came in black with fake woodgrain and a silver atari logo i'd be all over them now for the ultimate test... how do atari games sound on them?

that's because those models are discontinued the only "Xtreme" model still available is the PCIe Xtreme Audio which as mentioned is not worth the money since it's missing the hardware dsp chipset

IMO the best free resampler is SoX... takes a bit of reading to figure it out since it's a command line only program and if you use foobar there is a SoX based resampler component... get the modified versions... "mod" lets you set samplerates to leave alone "mod 2" lets you specify which...

i think i paid $60 for my XtremeMusic back when they were still new (OEM packaging) seeing them on amazon marketplace right now for $25-30

iRiver iFP-895 still have it... almost tempted to listen to it a bit

if you're interested i have a blue 4GB sansa fuze (with rockbox 3.11.2 installed) i could part with

anything from the original Galaxy S line with voodoo sound

the only DAD i own is Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (which is actually HDAD) and to be perfectly honest i prefer the MFSL the tape hiss is much more prominent in the classic records HDAD disc than in the MFSL CD... that said both are out of print and ridiculously expensive

i just got some MX471s and love the buds but i hate the little pouch... it looks nice but they get tangled inside it and i don't trust it in my pocket with my keys they just manage to fit in the wind up case from some sony e828s i had sitting around but i there is a bit of weirdness of having...

i've been trying for the longest time to find some earbuds that i can be completely happy with i've found my IEMs with the PFEs but every earbud has something that really annoys me i had some E888s and loved the sound but they would fall out of my ear way too easily, had some mx400s at one...

i have a different set of senns with the rubber rings... on those (MX55) you take the existing ring off (not sure if it's the same with the 580) and put the larger on... and you can still use the foams with them with the way the 55s fit with that twist lock thing the larger rings with the foam...