I've had my alien DAC for a while, but now my ears are hungry. Then I remembered, the output levels for my DAC are really low: I have to turn up the volume to like 80% in windows whereas for any soundcard I've used a similar output can be had at ~15%.   Is this normal? It sounds alright, but...

Quick question for anybody who wants to help. I'm currently using tangent's opamp power supply to power an AD827-based preamp, the opamp controlling the virtual ground is an opa2111. This is hooked up to 2 9v batteries. The circuit is the first image attached. I don't want to keep...

All I can remember is VPI scoutmaster, some kind of Benz MC high output, room was covered in all kinds of sound dampening devices. Some kind of conrad-johnson tube power amp. Revel performa F-52 speakers (I think, something in their performa line). I forget the phono pre-amp. The...

1saleaday.com has free buds + $4 shipping I think I've seen a few friends using these, can't say anything about them but... dealnews compares them to ER-4 Noise Isolating Headphones for free - dealnews.com "a similar product" pretty outrageous imo

So, being a total noob, I already messed up a pin, however, I think it may be unused. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's unused, I pointed an arrow to it on the schematic and pcb drawing.

Hi, does anyone want to do me the favor of uploading scans of the part of the Chaintech AV-710 manual where it describes jumper function? Or just post how they should be set? Because I originally had the card using the 4.73b (I think) drivers with the tweak that let one use the wolfson DAC...

I just ordered this (note the notes) shirt.woot.com $10 shipped awesome way to show your love for headphones imo, get 'em while they last EDIt: woops, just noticed, someone else already posted this, err, sorry, don't know how to delete post

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826153010 I don't know if this has been posted yet (forgive me if it has) but **** I think I found another sennheiser CX-300/Creative EP 630/Sharp MD33 clone! Also, I just bought a pair of EP 630's, but I recently tried a pair owned by a friend...

I've been hearing some good things about vintage receivers, and it just so happened my local hobby shop dealer was into vintage audio. Any of these worth my money? (pioneer SX-400 and yamaha DSP-E300) He also had a larger (and older looking o.o, encased in wood and had analog meters...

I went to Anime Expo 07 and now I wonder, how do you pronounce Grado? I met a guy with a pair of SR80's around his neck, and I said "nice cans" and he goes, they're "Grah-dos". What? I thought he was a tard, until I realized I could be wrong, I've been saying "Gray-do", what's the proper...

I'm planning to recable my headphones with 26 gauge SPC from navships using four wires, but I don't know what size tech flex to order. Suggestions? I tried a search but it looked like I'd have to sift and scour through threads. I really wanna order ASAP because I'll be so sad w/ the wire but no...

Guys, I think my ears are unbalanced D: Not in terms of loudness, they hear the same in that respect, but I swear I can hear more soundstage and depth in my left ear than the right. I thought it was mismatched drivers in my headphones at first, but then I turned them around and both sounded the...

Pardon my ignorance (or noobishness) but do you have to actually join a team or are people just putting that they belong to them in their sigs? By teams I mean those like "Team College-Fi" "Team Tinnitus" "Team Bankrupt" (and if the latter is true then I'm in all three )

I just bought the above album from an impulse brought on by www.pandora.com (though I wanted Tiger Beat more, but this was the last Bangs CD Rasputin's had!). Anyone else heard it and noticed grotesque sound quality or is it just my equipment? It's not distortion like in Sleater-Kinney's The...

While working on some computer science homework this morning, I realized it was time for a break. I looked at my bookmarks, and read this thread again http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=229350 I've been wanting an X-Fi for a while, so I could play Battlefield 2142 with better sound...

I'm leaving my dorm for home in a few hours, and I'll be gone for a week (spring break! yay!). Question is, should I leave music playing through my relatively new (~30 hours) K81DJs the whole time? Or should I just jump straight into pink noise? I heard a good burn-in is around 100 to 200 hours...

I'm interested in buying a set of K81DJ's but the only places I can think of getting them are ebay and amazon . This must sound like a n00b question (it is, plus, the veterans here MUST have tons of headphone buying experience since a lot say that this site is hard on their wallets). Where...

I know this will probably sound pretty... n00bish, but, I recently attempted to replace the jack on my Sennheiser PMX200's with a Ratshack (I was desperate) jack for fear of loss of quality/volume because the joint between wire and jack had some frayed wire sticking out of it (my fault, too...