I recently just got an Audioengine D1 as my first dac/amp. Occasionally while playing music through foobar or streaming it online I get these really loud static bursts. What should I do to stop it?

  yeah I'm pretty sure I'm just go gonna for the schiit set up and look for a used he-400 on the forums here. Thanks dude you helped alot

  And everything sounded good? I mean, that's good if the e17 can drive the he-400s, but does it sound like it should? Pretty much what I'm asking is does it sound like a $400 dollar headphone with the e17 haha

  Alright thanks you can just pm me whenever you get to listen to it. I've read that it works but its just really harsh or something, so getting that cleared up would be a big help.

Ok so from what I've read hif fi set ups do actually blow minds. Does anyone know if a fiio e17 can drive a hifiman he-400 successfully?

I'm completely new to audiophile stuff and was wondering if buying high end equipment is really worth it for the price. The best I've ever heard is flac audio coming straight out of the 3.5 mm jack in my computer to some Sony mdr-v6's, so not that good in other words. if I bought a stax sr-2170...

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I'm looking to get my first desktop set up but I'm having some difficulty choosing between the Stax srs-2170 with an HRT music streamer II, or a Hifiman EF2A with upgraded tubes and a pair of He-400s. I'm leaning towards the Stax because I'm interested in the whole electrostatic thing, but it is...

I'm interested in buying a starter audiophile set up. I've looked at the Stax srs-2170 and that looks pretty nice but I was wondering if I should get like a filio and some other cans. All the music is going to be coming from my computer so there's that. Can someone reccomend something to me? The...