I am trying to find a way to replace my desk-fi music source from laptop+ Foobar 2000 to my portable DAP. However, A&K SP1000 has no volume normalize function in it which makes it impossible to use it as a player because the output volume differences are so big even at the maximum volume...

I am running Adam Audio A77X through Sennheiser Headphone Amp/DAC HDV820 together with HD800S. I don't use network streaming. Headphone amplifier function is not essential as I am willing to keep HDV820 if necessary even if I get another DAC. Reviews of dCS Bartok sound very much interesting...

Hello to fellow audiophiles out there. After upgrading my headphone from T5P 2nd to Sennheiser HD800S, I've changed my headphone amp/dac to HDV 820 from the good old Marantz HD DAC1. Lately, I've added Adam Audio A77X monitor speakers pairing them with HDV 820 as DAC. So far, I am utterly...

Sorry if this is OOT for this forum but I am considering an expansion of my No.1 pastime's environment by adding a high end bookshelf speaker with an integrated amplifier to my current HD800S and an active speaker set. Both speakers I am drooling over at the moment are slightly above my budget...

I've been sitting on he fence between changing my HD800S with Audeze LCD-4z and adding instead a bookshelf speaker. Lately I am leaning toward pairing McIntosh MHA 150 headphone amp (50W, 8 ohms speaker impedance) with Dynaudio Special Forty keeping my HD800S. I am wondering if anyone out there...

Hi. This may sound stupid but I have a novice question. I am thinking of expanding my head-fi environment to a humble PC-fi by adding a passive bookshelf speaker (B&W 606, for example) with an integrated amplifier. Currently listening through Foobar 2000 + Sennheiser HDV 820 with HD 800S...