They're are available drivers, they just fail to install. I moved the sound card to another PC having the same issue (windows XP) I think I'm going to reflash it, couldn't find a floppy disc anywhere. I really only use this soundcard for optical out, use a external DAC to some Mackie Studio Monitors

Hi,   I recently installed Windows 7 64bit on my PC. I'm having issues getting my soundcard to work at all, It's been awhile but I remember flashing it to some type of Prodigy driver and using optical out only. I downloaded the drivers for this card (...

Quote:   I tried it in several places around my house. The buzzing was not quiet   something wasn't right, I called Mackie and the guy on the phone said to bring it into a repair center.   plus at the time the other one was dead quiet, while the other one would buzz.

I bought some used Mackie MR-8's off craigslist, good deal couldn't pass up.   I'm not going to lie, they've replaced my headphone setup...   I've been going from my AV-710 ( Prodigy 7.1 ) optical out to my Benchmark DAC1 Balanced XLR out Mackie MR-8's   one day one of the...

I just spent $87 on XLR cables, and it was worth it :-P   both speakers are working and sound fantastic, I'm not sure how motivated I am to fix my headphones ( uh oh )

Quote:   I went from the headphone jack on my dac1 to my mr8, it has a 1/4 jack on the back says TRS (Balanced) http://www.mackie.com/home/showimage.html?u=/products/mrseries/photos/MR8_BacK.jpg   I'm confused on the cables, here is the back of my dac1 too  

I recently had some issues with my driver for my HD580's so I decided to buy some speakers till it was fixed.   I found some Mackie MR-8's locally used for a good price :-D   the guy gave me XLR to 1/4 cables   I have a Benchmark DAC1 with balanced XLR in the rear and two headphone...

I am interested in what amp people will recommend to complete the "synergy"

I am posting just to say I don't recommend Grados for your music choices because others recommended them they will NOT sound good playing rap, hip-hop and techno/trance IMO they don't even sound for rock, although there is a group of people that will say otherwise

Things that I do with my headphones -watch ripped movies check -listen to mp3s at home ... what kind of music do you listen to? -play games check

own: HD580 want: HD580 Jubilee ( really do want ) HD650 ( maybe... ) Ultrasone ED9's ( never gonna get ) that's it :P i know weak

Quote: Originally Posted by acegazda to be honest, I would avoid riding with music playing. Unless, you are on the bunny slopes all day, listening to music could become dangerous. I get agitated when I see boarders bombing down cruisers with their headphones on because they seem to be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cry Havoc Some of us get bored waiting for the newbs to kill each other off at the end of a round. And there are a few pubs out there that are highly competitive and rather skilled, too. trust me, the "highly competitive and rather skilled" players in...

IEM would isolate outside sound so you wouldn't have to listen to them all that loud but if your main concern is loudness... this forum isn't for you I wouldn't be surprised if your hearing was severely damaged

Quote: Originally Posted by wanderman do you play in any leagues. Top10 in servers doesn't tell me much. A new graphics card and a crt monitor at 100hz will give you a bigger boost then new headphones. just by the statement, you can tell he's bad he checks his rank in public...

Grados have no soundstage and ear-bleeding highs if that's something you're into :P

HD555's opened my eyes and made me get into headphones

Grado headphones in general

I prefer HD580/HD600's over HD650's too

I've owned both HD555 is built better IMO HD580 has plastic grills, a thin headphone cable, and a crappy headband. fix: HD600/HD650 grills to replace the plastic ones HD650 cable much thicker and it's inexpensive headband... shoelaces? like mine currently

looks the same to me

most people on head-fi listen to music through high end cd players, therefore no need for an external dac so they concentrate on headphones and amps.. DAC's are very important and can change the sound more than amps

Quote: Originally Posted by Brewmaster I think you are falling into the same trap I did last time I setup a 710. I set one up on my media center and everything worked fine. I set another up on my main PC and kept getting static from DTS files... The problem was I did not have the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Brewmaster When I did it, all I did was run eeprwa. After that I could install the Prodigy drivers. I never ran eeprw. May be true even after all this I still have yet to get bit perfect I tried to play a dts file and all I got was static any...

Quote: Originally Posted by jilgiljongiljing yayayayay post count +1 that aside, thats an extremely simple looking setup you have for foobar. Please don't take any offense but is that cos you want to keep it simple or you havent tried any further configurations? It's on...