What would you say is the best standalone DAC that measures extremely well under $200? It must include: RCA Output, USB in and Optical in, No sound coloration. And the best standalone Amp that measures extremely well under $200? Must include: Decent amount of power, Pre-Amp output, Gain switch...

Got the stock pads and they are absolutely fine but want to know if there are any pads available that will increase the bass and impact of the K712 Pro without affecting the rest of the headphone too much. Any suggestions?

Looking for a closed back (has to be closed back) planar magnetic headphone under £300/$300 that has good thumpy bass with a wide soundstage. I'm currently locked onto the M1060C as the best one that falls into this price category, there is the Argon Mk3 as well but those have a waiting time of...

Looking for the best powered monitors (Stereo 2.0) under $500. Prefer something Neutral but don't mind some colouring as long as nothing is overly emphasised or recessed. Also would like them to have a nice big accurate soundstage with great stereo imaging. Shall I just go LSR305s and forget...

There's this strange thing happening with the sample rates on my DAC. The specs for my DAC state that it supports 16-bit: 44.1 to 192 and 24-bit: 44.1 to 96. I clicked test on all of the sample rates on the image above and they work. The issue is that sometimes 176.4 doesn't work so I close...

I know, it's probably been asked a million times. But which one do you guys think would be a better buy? they're both practically the same price and do the same things aside from one being DS and the other being R2R and that's what makes it difficult to choose. Which one do you guys think just...

Had my bit depth and sample rate at 16-bit/44.1 and then switched to 24-bit/44.1 and got this very loud hissing/white noise type sound whenever any sound played on my PC. Only seems to happen at 24-bit and doesn't happen all the time. Does anyone know why it's happening and can it be fixed?

Okay so I know plenty when it comes to headphones and headphone DAC/Amps and etc but I've never used proper speakers and I want to, I'm currently rocking some cheap Logitech speakers and I want to upgrade to something that is audiophile grade. I'm very inexperienced when it comes to speakers...

Has anybody ever op-amp rolled with this DAC/Amp, if so what op-amps have you tried and have you tried it with an OPA627?

So I sold my original DAC/Amp (O2+ODAC) to a friend and now I need another one. I'd like to get something new and different for under $500. I don't mind if it's either an all-in-one combo unit or a separate DAC and Amp like a Schiit Stack. However if you recommend a separate DAC and Amp then...

To any of you who use audiophile headphones for gaming I'm curious to know, do you use Windows Sonic or Dolby Atmos for headphones?

I have a Sony Xperia Z3 which is a phone from 2014 and it is High-Res Audio certified (don't know if that means much). Using low power 16 Ohm in-ear headphones it sounds very nice and clean. However I want to run my AKG K712 Pro's off of my phone and at max volume on the phone it's just way...

Ok so these headphones are already comfortable as hell, the velour memory foam earpads are wonderful. It's just the leather headband starts to dig into the top of my head after a couple hours of use. They're like 99% of the way to being fully comfortable, it's just the headband. Does anyone...

As the title says, would you say that this thing is an endgame in terms of a DAC/Amp combo that can run pretty much any high end headphones you ever think of buying from all the big companies like Sennheiser, AKG, Audio-Technica, Beyerdynamic, Fostex, Audeze, Hifiman and etc?

It must have USB and Optical (TOSLINK) inputs and be wall powered. I need something that isn't going to colour the sound and keeps the sound signature of the K712 Pro the same as much as it possibly can. No changing the sound signature and I just need it to improve the headphones in every way...

Which one do you think is better out of these 2? The Micca Origen+ or the FX Audio Dac-X6 with the high gain jumpers mod and opamp rolled with the LME49860?

So I've got my PC and my PS4 connected to a DAC/AMP (FX Audio Dac-X6) which is outputting to a K712 Pro. It goes like this:- PC----->USB in on DAC/AMP----->K712 Pro PS4----->Optical in on DAC/AMP----->K712 Pro Because of the nature of this DAC/AMP it is incredibly easy and great to change...

These 3 are all very similarly priced where I live. Which one is best in terms of soundstage/imaging for gaming and general use for music/movies?

There's so many in the HD 500 series that it makes it difficult to choose. Which headphone in the HD 500 series is the absolute best for music/movies and has the best soundstage and imaging? Please don't recommend other headphones, only those within the HD 500 series. Thanks.

So as we all know the PS4 controller operates wirelessly to communicate with the console over Bluetooth. It also has a 3.5mm headphone jack into which you plug any headphone and you get all + chat audio. Sooooo I'm guessing it's a stupid idea to plug a hard to drive headphone like the HD 650...

Got HD 598's plugged in via 3.5mm jack on PC, what should I set the bit depth, sample rate and speaker setup to in Windows sound settings for youtube/movies/music/gaming? 16-bit/24-bit? 44.1kHz/48kHz/192kHz? Stereo/5.1/7.1? Your help is much appreciated.

I currently have both of these but want to give one away to a family member and keep one for myself and I've barely used either of them. The HD 598's are very popular and very well regarded and respected. The SHP9500's are very well received and regarded as amazing cans for their price and are...

Hello everyone, new member here and I need all the help I can get in buying a headphone. I need a great headphone for music/movies and casual/competitive gaming on PC/PS4 with most of the emphasis being on gaming without penalising music and movies too much. I have narrowed my headphone list...