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    Review by 'Audiosanity' on item 'Sennheiser HD 497'

    Get a pair of koss porta pros instead (dirt cheap) or maybe HF5's (on sale a lot), these are junk in every way and uncomfortable to boot. Had a pair ~12 years ago when I was starting out.   Even among their higher end products I feel Senn is a pretty poor value (at msrp/new prices) compared...
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    Oppo PM-3 : The Portable Planar - Impressions

    Picked up a pair of these for $288. Damn they're good.   Less harsh than my Energy speakers, more bass extension, loads of detail, low distortion.   Warmer and more bass extension than my HF5's (which are basically the best price:performance ratio on the market, sounding hundreds of dollars...
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    New Asus strix sound cards. Anyone try them yet?

    No balanced outputs on such an expensive card? Garbage, lol. Besides that, ASUS/Cmedia almost never updates their drivers even when bugs are present.   I've sworn off ASUS as an electronics brand for sooo many reasons, just adding more fuel to the fire.
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    Audiophile Soundcard/Audio Interface recommendation

    First off: do you really NEED a sound card? https://www.gearslutz.com/board/5087736-post17.html and check Ethan Winer's audio myths workshop. Onboard audio has made tremendous advances, though a lot of boards do have an audible noise issue still.     I had to buy a USB interface with bal...
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    Best Sound Card for PC

    Best 'sound card' = Yamaha AG03 Cheapest balanced audio = Yamaha AG03 (and if you need a balanced amp, Crown XLS 1002 is the cheapest you'll find probably). 105db snr is transparent and clearly good enough for pros - besides that most audio is 16bit/44k anyway and 16bit is 96db.   Runners...
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