If you do a quick search on audiogon, you'll find posts by Steve Nugent claiming that the Tascam runs on an async USB interface. Anyway, how does one confirm that its async? I'm trying SysNucleus USBTrace, and all I see are ISOCH_TRANSFER requests (in fairness, I see the same with the Audigy...

Hi, I'm going to have this amp http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/head3.htm built for me soon-ish and there are a few things about the schematic that me and my builder would like to know, since I know next to nothing about electronics and he's new to tube amplifiers >_> Firstly, what...

Anyway, I'm going to study in Australia and I'll be leaving in a few days - carrying goods whose value far exceeds the AUD1800 limit for duty free concession (coming with someone else), like a laptop worth AUD2000, a Stax Gamma Pro, SR-5, SRD-X amp, HD650, MF X-can V3, 320gb hard drive with...

They look identical as far as features go... what would I lose by going for the Lynx one if I am only to use the card as a digital transport?

As noted on the title, the sound coming from the emu1212m's analog output noticeably breaks up and distorts; however the card's digital output sounds perfectly fine. I only discovered this problem recently as I had been using it only for the digital output for over a month (but I'm pretty sure...

Today I was urm, swinging something around my room and I kinda, accidentally hit my SRD-7SBmk2's front panel. (don't ask) While that didn't leave any permanent damage, the front panel was a little "loose". What in the world should I do to fix that... SURGERY Hmmm nothing wrong here...

You know when singers pronounce "S", it becomes a really sharp "hiss" and it hurts your ears? I was looking for some sort of EQ to help reduce that "essing" effect, but after some googling all I found were some audio processing programs like Waves De-esser. What I need is an EQ setting, or EQ...

Hello, this is my first ever post in the DIY section Anyway, the M-audio super DAC currently uses a 9VAC 1A adaptor for power, and... I don't like it So I have two options: A. Get a torroidal power supply capable of supplying up to 2.78A B. Mod the super DAC to use dc, in other words...

I have an SRD-7 MK2 energizer, and I'm planning to use either the Gainclone or the Charlize from diyparadise to power any stax setup I might own sometime in the future (sometime this year, I hope -__-). Could someone tell me which amp would be more suitable for what I have in mind, or perhaps...

Problematic seller =_= Refusing to ship after I agree to his terms. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5838248119

Are these phones worth bidding on? http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marantz-...QQcmdZViewItem

I did a search about the SR-3 on head-fi and found almost nothing, and, even simply stax didn't have the SR-3 listed on their "discontinued products" page. (I found a chinese site saying that these were the cans released to replace the SR-1s, in 1968 :P) Would anyone mind to contribute a little...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Beyer-Dynamic-el...QQcmdZViewItem This looks pretty interesting. Does anyone own one of these phones?

Right now, I'm lurking at a SRD-6/SR-5 auction (I'd bet that at least couple more head-fiers are doing the same too >_>). In the event that I win the auction... I have a problem. The seller will not ship to _anywhere_ outside the US, including canada >< (I live in malaysia, but I have a contact...

Besides of silence (no-brainer :P) that is. Do list some recommendations too :P *looking for other ways to improve pc sound besides of a soundcard/DAC*