Liked and share, nice headphone, hope to try it soon!

Yep. Asus Xonar Essence ST or STX depending on your computer. If you don't have any plan to use portable devices for traveling, PC sound card is a good choice with your budget. Moreover, you can use it for gaming, movie, not only music.

For laptop, I love the ThinkPad design (original from IBM, Lenovo modified a bit but still fine). For desktop, lots of choices, using Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013 Stealth now but thinking of looking for new name.

If you don't use USB input or don't care much about it, I think the Emotiva XDA-1 is a good choice. It has lots of input and output including the balance. A weak point of this product is the bad sample rate that USB can reach (only 16bit/44.1Khz). The optical and coaxial input can reach...

It depends on your taste, are you a tube or a solid state lover (in terms of nature of sound and convenience). In my case, I used Burson HA-160 for amp to pair with HD650. You can find an used HA-160 for under $500. However, Schiit Asgard 2 is also a nice choice. If you can purchase the Lyr, it...

Quote: You made me feel so confused! I've just got the HA-160 to pair with HD650. Generally, it totally fits my expectation. However, I don't have any chance to try the Creek OBH 11. Maybe I must manage to test it. Nice suggestion!

Hi, I'm very happy to hear that you both love my home country! Honestly, it is a bit difficult to get a job in these days in VN because we are suffering a similar to crisis in economy. I think that you can see the unemployment rate is increasing, at least till end of 2013, I guess. In your...

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In general, AMD/ATI often has better price/performance solutions than that of nVidia. However, in case of AMD/ATI, you have to live in together with drivers' bug/fixes of Catalyst than with nVidia Forceware. Moreover, recently, AMD/ATI 7xxx series show a better ability of overclocking and less...

- Isolate all other source of audio except the one you want to listen. - Try to clean the audio output jack (on mainboard). If you have a front audio connect, you can switch to use it for testing. - Try to reinstalling the operating system and all drivers/software (Cleaning software after a...

Yeah, put more detailed information about hardware (computer, portable devices) and your taste... With $300 budget, I believe that you will have a large number of choices of headphone and/or DAC/Amp.

Quote: Latest driver of Z-series (Dated March 4th, 2013) support ASIO. Good news from Creative, finally they don't deny ASIO. I'm listening to my favorites songs with Creative ASIO. With budget of $100-150, if you are a fan of Creative, Soundblaster Z is a good choice (Zx share the same...

Quote: I suggest to move to a DAC device rather than purchasing the ZxR board. You can use DAC device with USB input (and other input sources) with multiple sources in your life (laptop, desktop, DAP...) while you have to limit the use of ZxR in your desktop with PCI-E slot. And I bet...

I think FLAC is one of the most popular lossless standard today. If you really want to hear hi-end audio while traveling, I suggested to upgrade new DAP which support lossless (FLAC). In my own opinions, MP3s at 192kbps+ are best for portable player. During traveling, you are affected by lots of...

Wow, you are a lucky guy. I'm so interested in your review. This could be one of the largest good IEM collection I've ever known.

Quote: Yeah, I agree with your opinion. The new HD650 itself cost over $400, if the cable cost $300+, total price will be more than $700. At this price, we can invest a new better/higher pair of headphones like used LCD2. Or you can get a good headamp/DAC or whatever you want to do...