Right now I'm using a Wyred 4 Sound uDac. It's awesome when I can run it with Toslink but it doesn't play nice with Foobar/Wasapi in USB output mode (works fine with JRiver though). I'm changing computers and I'm going to lose my Toslink out so it looks like I'll need a new DAC.   My...

Sometimes when I start a song in Foobar when using a USB device (my Wyred 4 Sound uDac) the song won't start. Sometimes it won't start at all (nothing happens) sometimes it seems to start and get stuck (I have it set up so I can see the DB output for the left and right channels and they both...

I'm wondering why people don't leave the price in for sale threads when they close them? Everyone leaves prices there in photography forums and it makes it way easier to see what an appropriate price for your used gear is.

I'm currently getting a scratchy noise in the right channel of my project sunrise amp. It only starts to appear after about 20 minutes of listening. Once it's there than it doesn't go away, even if I unplug the amp from the DAC. Any suggestions as to what it would be? I'm going to guess that my...

Just wondering where I would be able to pick up some German Maestro replacement earpads in North America.   Chris

So here's the deal. I'm going to be making a significant purchase from Amazon for a bunch of textbooks. I was just wondering if buying from multiple sellers results in multiple credit card transactions (i.e. does it show up on my credit card statement as one transaction per seller or one large...

I need to resample some albums from 24/88.2 to 24/96 (my new DAC doesn't support 24/88.2). I'm looking for a free standalone resampler that isn't impossible to figure out. Anyone have suggestions?

I'm looking for a sub $300 DAC with SPDIF input and hopefully an actual power supply (not USB powered). Does anyone have any suggestions?   Thanks in advance, Chris

My music streamer II arrived yesterday. So far I've had a love hate relationship with it. I love the sound but hate the fact that sometimes is sounds like a bowl of rice crispies (snap, crackle pop). I turned the Wasapi buffer down and gave it it's own powered USB port replicator and that didn't...

I don't know if there are enough people who own a Garage1217 amp to keep this going but I figure it's worth a try.   I'm looking to roll some tubes with my project sunrise. Has anyone tried other tubes? Results? Any recommendations?   As a note here's a list of tubes usable in the...

Looking for some detailed closed circumaural cans. They also need good isolation. Sound leakage is not a huge concern although a ton of sound leakage would be a problem. I assume as long as they're not open back they should be fine.   I'm not a huge fan of bass and don't really care about...

So I've been reading lots of the stuff on the internet (which is never good for the wallet) and some people talk about upgrading the capacitors (cap's) and potentiometers (pots) in their amps. I'm wondering what the benefits of each one of these is, what difference will I hear (assuming I'm...

How close should my amp and speaker specs match? For example I'm looking at purchasing an AVA modified Dynaco ST-70 (Ultimate 70). The Output 35wpc (which I assume means watts per channel) continuous and 80 watts peak.   Now I'm looking at paradigm speakers to go with it because we have a...

Is there any relatively easy way to change the menu bar color of foobar 2k. Its hard to make anything match the boring grey they use...

I'm looking to get my first set of audiophile headphones (Sony v6's don't seem to get me into the club) and I think I'm gonna get some Beyer Dt880's with either a bottlehead crack or a sunrise project amp.   Anyways I'm poor so to save money I'll probably buy used. However, it seems there...

I'm looking for an album like Gorillaz Demon Days. Something with a bit of an electro feel but with that 60's/70's relaxed drone like on el manana and feel good inc. The new Gorillaz stuff feels to poppy and hip hop inspired, almost mechanical where as I feel like Demon Days felt more organic if...

Looking for a website that would let me find related music (I'm not a big fan of genius). Something where I could search the gorillaz album "demon days" and it would tell me what albums sound kind of like that. Any recommendations?

Looking at tube depot. I noticed that some tubes are listed as preamp tubes while others have no such designation (so I assume that they're "normal"). What's the difference and can a preamp tube be used in an amp?   Thanks, Chris

Looking for a Foobar and wasapi equivilent for ubuntu. Essentially just want to be able to play flac and send things straight to the dac, probably through USB. Does rhythmbox work for this or do I need additional/better programs or anything?

Making myself a big list of DIY projects (and its gettting bigger all the time). Wondering about the sigma 22 regulated power supply. What are the benefits of regulated power supply? How do I know if my build can use a regulated power supply? This one is dual regulated tracking and linear... I...

Looking for the best $200ish DIY headphone amp for some k701/702s.   I assume out of the two that the project sunrise would be better since the crack is meant for high impedance headphone and the PS has gotten nice reviews from what I've seen. Any other recommendations though?  

I know most, if not all headphone amps come with a pre-amp (or at least most of the entry level stuff seems to), but I'm looking at one for setting up a speaker system. Any ideas for a decently priced preamp (hopefully sub $300).   Also, I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations for...

Any ideas for a DIY DAC that isn't the gamma 2? The website for the gamma makes it sound challenging and I don't know how to read schematics, so any recommendations for an easy DIY DAC would be greatly appreciated.

Is there a beginners guide to understanding amp specs? Both headphone and stereo speaker amp? Also is there anything similar for headphones. So many numbers! I don't know what is average/good/bad for anything and I also don't know the pro's/cons of any of these numbers.   Everything that...

Looking for the best USB DAC under $300. Would prefer if it had a preamp too but that's not 100% necessary. Would also prefer if was self powered, but again not 100% required.   I started off looking at the Nuforce HD (above my price range, but it has an amp) but than decided I would...