I would get a nice budget USB DAC such as the EMU 0404 DAC, great bang for the buck, although I think most DACs above $150 pretty much sound the same lol

Why don't you use the native Creative ASIO?

Doesn't the K701 already have a good copper cable, like 99.99% pure?

Quote: Originally Posted by Benaiir I guess the design just gives it an edge because they seem to be way more comfortable than any I've tried except the Koss QuietPoint or something You have never worn a Beyer headphone before, they feel like pillows on your head .

If you buy a new driver and put it in one side, thus creating a direct, unparalled comparision, and you will notice that every headphone does change with burn in.

I do not own any other pairs of headphones besides the DT880, although I bought some K701's, but they have not arrived yet. I bought mine for $250 new and I thought that was a good deal. $150 is an excellent price though. The DT880 is very accurate, nice detail, powerful bass. They really do...

I can't wait till mine arrive .

Yea, if you pair the DT880 with the right amp, the bass is amazing. My Millet MAX provides great bass slam, its so good you can feel the slam if you listen from the outside of the cups .

Since the DT880 is such a detailed pair of cans, it does show the flaws in poorly recorded/mastered CDs. I do have some insanely loud CDs that sound off with the DT880's, although it is torlerable.

All open headphones are going to let some sound out, it mostly depends on how loud you listen to music. I bought some K701's that should get here sometime this week as well. I have the DT880, which is an open headphone and it does let out a decent amount of noise. I can hear it from a different...

Will a upgraded millet max work well with a AKG K701? I'm thinking it will since the MAX seems like a powerful amp that will drive the 701's well. Does anyone have this combo?

I have an old PS1 laying around and it does sound good for being... a Playstation .

I could pay shipping if its not that expensive... If not, thanks for the offer .

I'm looking to get into vinyl, I only have a few vinyl records so far, so I don't want to go all out on a turntable (yet... ). I'm looking to spend about $100 for everything (or at least start at $100). I don't really know anything about turntable maintenance, cleaning vinyls, or even how to...

What A Shame - Steely Dan

Two Against Nature - Steely Dan

Unfortunately, amazon's images are always grainy, can that program listed above get the images from buy.com automatically? I remember that online thing that could grab artwork from iTunes, but it doesn't work anymore, I wonder if thats been hacked again?

Just curious on where you guys get your album artwork for your CD's, I get mine at buy.com, which is normally 500 x 500 pixels. Anybody know a better place perhaps? I can't really scan mine as my scanner is pretty bad and everything it scans looks grainy.

I was thinking of Close To The Edge by Yes before opening up this thread and I was surprised that Fragile was on the list (came out in '71). Take down Fragile and put up Close To The Edge lol.

Quote: Originally Posted by nightfishing Sorry if this has been discussed to death... I just ordered a DA-131 and my two choices are: Short run of Coaxial (Belden 1694A) and 15ft of Analog RCA cables or 12 ft of Coaxial and short run of RCAs (2 ft). Running the signal...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nuwidol Any other hints at fixes/features added in the new drivers? There are new drivers coming out this week, but it won't fix the ASIO issue, they didn't mention any other features.

Quote: Originally Posted by BIG POPPA I have it maxxed. Plays fine. Sweet thanks , I had it at randoms levels for each before and now it's maxxed and I'm controlling it with the amp. It sounds quite a bit better now .

Quote: Originally Posted by Happy Camper Output from your pc should be maxxed. Control your volume with your amp. Using your volume in the software will loose bit depth. What should I set the volume in my player to? Do you mean everything maxxed from the PC or just the volume panel?

What you guys recommend for volume levels in my media player, windows volume panel and my headphone amp. This is my setup: Auzentech X-Fi Prelude > Digital Optical Cable > Zhaolu D3.0 DAC > Silver RCA interconnects > Custom built Millet MAX headphone amplifier > Beyerdynamic DT880's '05...

I got a reply from Auzentech saying that this was a known issue and it will be fixed in a new driver release coming out a few weeks. I guess I'll have to wait until, my new setup still sounds amazing with Directsound anyways .