also, any good recomendations for diy amps or some relatively cheap used amps for my needs (about 200)

I am interested in building a DIY amp; but not sure on what I need (specifications of the amp to build): I have 4 bookshelves and a powered subwoofer (10") what is the watt rec.? If I build a sweet amp but then route take the signal to a powered sub...then to the speakers would that...

So are you guys saying for the most part "3-way" isnt the way to go, and I would be better off going with 2 more bookshelves and a sub? (I willl end up spending more than 100 obviously) is 2 bookshelves and sub the way to go no matter how much I want to spend?

allright I wont get those i suppose, the reason I am looking into 3-ways is currently I am rocking some DYI dayton BR-1's (pretty good reviews for bookshelves), and I am looking for a little more bass and some more power, So a pair of 3-ways would do the trick, maybe ill look for a dedicated sub...

thinking of buying a pair off craigs, they are 3-way 200watt, the specific model is: Technics SB-LX70, i couldnt find much online about them, im looking for quality pair, not just loudness (clear full sound, as close to hifi as I can get with a pair of 3-ways for around 100 used, any suggestions...

one more thing, if I was to play a song with another program it will not be bit perfect because it doesnt have the plugin correct? or will nothing play because it cannot communicate with the asio format? if I disable the asio4all will the other program then work, thanks again

got it to work, so since foobar played the dts file great it is safe to assume that my music will be bit perfect playing through foobar? thanks for your help, im pretty pumped about this

also if it helps I have a P4 2.0ghz with 512 of ram, this is a little low so do I need to mess with all the buffers (there are several places on asio4all and foobar to do this, what should I set them to?) thanks again

After endless research with the search function I still cannot figure this out... I have a USB Dac (Silverstone EB01) (no driver, xp pics it up automatically) and I am trying to get asio to work, I did the whole walkthrough from this site and everything seemed to go fine (it showed up on...

I turned the volume down completely and still get this, I have a silverstone EB01 usb dac, how would I still get this if it is external, should I dissable onboard sound anyway? Is this a sign that when I am playing music the sound quality is no better than what it was when I was using on board?

also is it a waste of time running asio with say 192mb quality sound files? or is the resampling have its effect no matter what?

I have spent so much time and energy on my comp as source setup dealing with asio etc. It would be very appreciated if someone could enlighten me on a couple things: I have a silverstone eb01 usb dac, and use about 192/256 size music files (mp3 and aac). I have heard things about how usb dacs...

and can get bit perfect etc

would this setup be better than just getting an edirol 1ex?

if I were to use a computer as my source into a usb dedicated DAC like the ones on this list (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=162717) then use a 1/4" to RCA adaptor for headphone use would this be allright (as well as the rca out to my amp). Or is there something wrong with this...

I have 1 HDD, 1 cd drive, onboard video, no pci additions, stock fans; dont forsee a problem there but let me know if you think there might be a prob

Hey I have a dell gx260 with a pentium 4 2.0 ghz and 512 of ram. I am considering a bunch of usb dacs/sound cards. will I have any issues with my comp not being a powerhouse? thanks in advance

the ua25 has the sex appeal but what are the true differences, would it essentially be a waste of money over the 1ex? my setup is I will be simply using the rca out (upgrade later maybe) into a denon amp to my senn hd280's or dayton bookshelves. thanks in advance

looking to buy one of these for a laptop/desktop to my amp (using analog out) or directly to my headphones when using the laptop on the go, ive looked on ebay etc and this site but have not found many used, is it not easy to get these used? if it is then where, what is the best site to buy them new?

Basically im looking for the best setup for around 75 or under. im interested in the usb's because I am getting a laptop soon. I have also heard of the M-audio transit, this looks good as well, what do you guys think? best budget usb sound card

Hey I looked at the pclink from diykits.com. would I need to buy a DAC seperately? right now I have the red/white coming from the amp (denon dra-365R) into the green from the onboard. This is talking about optical etc. what would I need to do to make this happen? thanks in advance

ya this is for 100% foobar music action, connected to my oldish denon amp and dayton BR1's or HD280 pros

buying a new sound card, heard of these, why should you have them and why not? better than standard pci in what ways? worse in what ways? thanks in advance

not to jack your post but I am wondering the same thing except in the 25-50$ catagory. Something to maybe bit match with my dayton bookshelfs. I sold my old comp that had xfi to save some cash now im rockin a dell and the onboard sound is making my ears bleed

It is now detected but I cant find a driver that will work, always get the message "does not detect a live device, make sure it is properly..." the model number is CT 4830