I want to buy my first desktop tube amp. The thing is, I don't have a dedicated DAC so I'll need to get one of those too. I'd like to spend about $600-700. I was looking at the xDuoo TA-30 Tube AMP/Dac combo for $600. It looks like it might be a great choice, although it's a little obscure. I...

So I was shopping for a pair of headphones, when in the reviews of a certain pair I read "There are variants to the 990 that come as low as 32 ohm and as high as 600 ohm". Now I know only this one company makes the same model in different impedance. But I've never considered impedance as a...

Hey guys, So it's gotta have been at least 4 years now since I've been here regularly. Even much longer since I've made a purchase. I've been really busy, and just enjoying my Grado SR-325's + NuForce uDAC 2 HP dac/amp setup. It's served me really well, but I think it's time for me to get back...

Hello again, Head-fi I've been having a problem with my Audigy 2ZS for a long time now. Whenever my CPU begins to do something resource-intensive I can hear the CPU whirring but everything is fine with my Audigy, but when the CPU slows down and the whirring along with it, my Audigy outputs a...

Whenever I play WMA files while Secret Rabbit Code resampler is on, the song starts skipping a LOT, so much so that the entire song finishes in about 20 seconds. Nothing I try seems to fix this, except for turning it off. If I go to the console while playing a WMA file with SRC on it says "ERROR...

I got a pair of CrossRoads Mylarone XB a while ago, and they're pretty good sound-wise. When it comes to build quality, though, they're absolutely horrible. Parts were always loose/falling out and superglue only worked as a temporary solution. Finally after a couple month of fairly light use...

I need to decide which to get for home use only, but I'm not sure. I'm buying it only for the DAC and Amp because I don't currently have one, so lack of inputs/outputs don't bother me at all. So which route seems the better way? I heard the E-Mu 0404 doesn't have that great of an amplifier but...

Hello Head-Fiers I was thinking about replacing my pretty crappy Audigy 2ZS with something a bit more up to audiophile standards, so with my ~$150 budget I just about narrowed down my choices to three; -Headroom Bithead amp/dac combo -E-MU 0404 USB -ESI Juli@ So I'd like to ask you guy...

Did anyone else recently go to the Go-Vibe website? http://www.go-vibe-headphoneamp.com/Home_Page.html Apparently the v7 version is going to start production soon, but be limited to only 50 made, then all amp production stopped. I wonder how much the v7s will go for? Also, sorry if this was...

Hey there head-fi, I've owned my creative ep-630s for a while now, a bit over a year I think, and they still work perfectly. If anyone reading this is pondering on buying it, I'd definitely recommend them. Anyways, I've managed to lose all but one of the plastic covers and now can't use them...

Hey there Head-Fi, I was hoping some of you could recommend me an amp for my Grado SR225. Currently I have no DAC to plug it in to, but I was thinking about getting a USB DAC at the same time, possibly a Fubar II. So I was wondering, what ~$100 amp would work good with the SR-225?(I was...

Okay, I think I asked this once before, but I got mixed responses and asked it in a different way. But I still don't understand. What exactly does an amp do? Wikipedia says "The essential role of this active element is to magnify an input signal to yield a significantly larger output signal."...

I'm to be getting a new mp3 player, but a lot of my music is in FLAC only, so I decided to convert to 190kbps VBR mp3's, but Foobar doesn't come with lame.exe itself, so where could I get a complied version? From googling, I've heard 'lame3.97b2' from RareWares being recommended a lot, but...

I was wondering if anyone knew of any sub-200$(150-170ish) DAPs that had decent sound quality, were reliable, and 15+ gb of memory, and didn't have totally crappy battery life. I've been leaning towards one of the Zen's(maybe a ZV:M?), seeing as I had a Zen Micro which had been reliable and...

(1)I don't quite understand amps, do I really need one(Will it make my Grados sound better?)? I have a Grado SR-225, and I keep hearing about how they're great, but, I also hear that they're just a step above a SR-80 if not paired with an amp, but I don't get how. So, I made a list of...

Are there any Foobar components to limit the volume before it goes through a equalizer,ect;? In one of my plug-in setups, the sound goes through 5 plug-ins before being outputted, adding major crackling, expecially on my Regina Spektor recordings that are already borderline crackly. Not sure of...

I managed to salvage a hard drive out of an old unusable computer, but realized that I(for now) have enough space on my main drive. I figured I'd try Linux, partly out of boredom, partly out of curiosity. The problem is, don't know much about Linux, other than there are a LOT of...

Whats your opinion on get smart quick schemes such as iMusic Where you just do something simple and stupid for 5 minutes and become somehow smarter? I always wondered whether or not these really made any difference in anything at all, or if their ALL just scams. The only reason I think that...

I use Foobar 2k, is there anyway to make vocals louder? I prefer good vocals over the instruments, but most song I have have really quiet vocals, is there any plug-ins/equalizer setting to make them louder? It seems like there should be, there are things to GET RID OF vocals, it should seems...

Is it just my copy or does most of System of a Down's cd 'Mesmerize' have a lot of crackling? I notice this the most in Radio/Video during the lines Look at me rockin' out, I'm on the radio Does anyone else notice this? Its very noticeable with my SR-225s and IMO ruin the record.

So..as the title says, I'm a total newb to classical, never really listening to any except for a occasional song I find and like, the closest thing to it that I listen to would be Apocalyptica, mostly because I don't know any..um...composers(would that be the classical equivalent of a band?) I...

Hi, Im planning to try and get a Go-Vibe 5, but I see that just the amp itself(with shipping) is $85, and since I have none of the wires/power supply, or a knowledge of them, I need some help in deciding what to get. The products given on thw site seem very expensive, If I got rechargable...

Haha, so I got an SR-225, and figured if it was as good as I heard it would be, that'd be all that I needed...but I was wrong Now im searching for an amp to go along with it, a portable one would be the best, but I'd be using that as a desktop amp a lot too, so I would need one thats durable(I...

So I just got the connectors for my grados(a grado connector too, gaurenteed to not change sonic quality,ect; ) yesterday, and they weren't quite as great as I expected, as a matt of fact I think my ksc-75s(burned in) may have sounded better, so I decided that after a night of burn in(music AND...

So I recently got in to The Dresden Dolls, and they are really amazing, but im beginning to run out of music by them, they only released two cds not counting lps/bootleg/ect, so I ask you, do you know any artists similarly sounding to the Dresden Dolls? Or are they really that unique?