Yup, played at normal speed. Sit back and listen to the album again, or set a timer and leave the room.

There were some challenges getting the setup correct the first time (audio playthru, bit rates matching). After that, it was a breeze. And the resulting rips sound amazing. Still playing with it though, only ripped one album so far. Many more planned. I found myself ripping the same track...

1) 160,230 2) 165,333 3) 169,999

I run my HD650's with the Schitt Valhalla2 and it sounds wonderful. I just upgraded from the Modi2 Uber to the Bifrost Multibit to handle DAC tasks. To my ear, it sounds excellent. For what it's worth, I run the HD650's balanced on my Pono player, it is amazing the extra depth to the music. I...

Quite the eye opener, thank you very much. I think I just keep buying my Schiit directly.

I love my 650's, but I use them exclusively from my PC for music and gaming (yes I actually do play my MMO's with the in-game music/ambient sound turned on). Currently using an ASUS Essence STX sound card through a brandy spanking new Schiit Valhalla 2. Silly? Perhaps, but when was the last...