but Mediabridge does not seem to produce usb 3.0    http://www.amazon.com/Mediabridge-USB-2-0-Extension-Gold-Plated/dp/B002KNI796/ref=sr_1_cc_5?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1459773113&sr=1-5-catcorr&keywords=MediaBridge+usb+3.0

yes you are right, the 2-channel audio includes the missing bass when the disc has the LPCM option,  but when it has only the DTS or Dolby 5.1 then the AV receiver does not bother to merge the LFE channel into stereo . I ve read an article saying that most of AV Amplifiers below $1000 have...

Now  that i configured the Foobar2k , there are no more disconnections ! thanks guys !

yes, this was the case 

Yes, you are right. i hadn t  configured Foobar2k correctly. Now, the ifi LED lit as it should !  Thanks for your help guys !   Now back to the sound evaluation...   For instance,  a track from a CD sounds a bit better on ifi micro iDSD (using its DAC through USB connection) than just its...

I compared the ifi micro idsd against the Cayin C5 ($200 head amp)  and against the Lehmann linear ($1200 head amp which Sennheiser used to demonstate their heads before they developed their own head amp HDAV 600 and HDVD 800   For me, the ifi micro has the same sound quality as the Cayin C5 ...

well, as i said with interruptions. So, the answer is no 

playing DSD512 on USB AUDIO PRO on my mobile but the ifi LED is yellow when it is supposed to be Magenta !   then i close the usb audio pro application , playing nothing on the mobile and the ifi LED goes Magenta ! Weird !   see pics below    

perhaps, i am doing something wrong ? see my post below. thanks

i used for max 30 hrs. I would understand to hear some 5% -10% improvement after 200 hrs but i would expect to hear some of the massive improvement (as reviewers describe) right now But right now , i get no improvement at all, compared to the amplifier section alone !   I rechecked and found...

I ve been checkng out the ifi micro idsd for 5 days now. ​ ​ Well, the main thing is that both me and my wife do not notice the slightest improvement in sound quality of this ifi micro idsd as a DAC over the internal DAC of my samsung laptop np550 which has a realtek hd audio or over the...

Wow Mike !  You are definitely an audiophile. I dont consider myself as an audiophile... perhaps a bit of a videophile ... perhaps the reason being that i was never proud of my listening abilities  Yes, I ve read about Cavalli amp before ..how good it is. I contacted a youtube reviewer who...

The Lehmann has multiple gain stages and thus, probably uses a lot of negative feedback to deal with the distortion created in high energy areas of the signal, but the feedback itself creates low-energy, complex distortion artifacts down near the noise floor that destroy the micro details the...

Mike, knowning my current  gear, how much of the performance do you think i have reached so far ? in percentage please 

i want to experiment until i get the 80-90% of the performance .... i dont want to become a control freak (sorry for the expression) trying to reach the 100% lol :)

i thought that lehman and Nuforce HA-200 are both class A amps and i assumed that both have low /zero feedback. So, you are saying that HA-200 is different to lehmann...

By the way, just to clarify that i am not only the basshead guy. I love both worlds. I will use only the HD800 to listen to every song that there is a human voice in it, because i am really impressed with its  natural/clear sound. And i will use only the JVCs to listen to all electronic/bass/etc...

thanks Mike !!   I remember you saying that you own both oppo ha-1 and ha-2  but you prefer using of the ha-2 as a dac. Both ha-1 and ha-2 use ESS 9018 which left me confused for some time, but you just clarified that it is its USB input that is superior to ha-1.   I ordered the ifi micro...

one more thing, The HA-200 officially has a 3.2 x gain but some reviewers said in practice is more like 2 x  which in fact is 6dB. But  even if we say that 10dB is the correct gain for the HA-200.is still much less than the Lehmann which goes up to 20 dB.

Yes, being disappointed initially with the SZ2000, i was surprised to see such a performance with the HD800 ! Looking for DACs now... i think i should go for a stand alone unit with RCA out.... but i have no clue as to how much i should spend to get a 80-90% of the performance. Should i bother...

Ah ! i forgot to thank you Mike for all your  support and guidance :-) PS It is not going to be a museum but an active powerhouse instead :-)

  Today i received the HD800 and i tested them with the Lehman Linear Head Amp and compared them to the Cayin C5 portable Head Amp and the Cambridge Audio 540R V2 AV Amp.   AMAZING ! The results are quite different !  I AM FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE PAIRING OF  Lehmann + HD800 !   I guess, it...

      I ve just got the desktop Lehmann Audio Linear Head Amp(selling at $1000) and compared it today with the portable Cayin C5 ( selling at $200). I used various sources from CDs to Spotify and my JVS SZ2000 cans.   I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ! THE CAYIN C5 IS SUPERIOR .Bass is better ...

All has been shipped, I will have all the new gear by the 24rth. I am excited ! Never listened to such an expensive head fi before ! Having kind of high expectations from HD800s regarding the soundstage (never experienced an open back headphones either)    I took this further step to buy the...

Come on Mike ! You want me to bankrupt ! lol :-)