I have this issue in one of my rooms due to using powerline network adapters.  Are you using those?  If so, disconnect and try playing music again.  

  I demanded they pay shipping back/forth.  My LCD-3s were/are in warranty, but they were willing to pay shipping.  You just have to ask/demand.

  So why are you here?  The tweaks DBT-free forum is 20 pixels above this from the forum homepage.  Go there if you want to make unsubstantiated claims.  I don't care what you think, what you used to think, what your "audiophile friend" thinks, what he was surprised about, or your emotions...

Software engineer here.   You're gonna have to detail, and I mean detail, what "dedicated file copier software means."  If I use Windows standard copy within Explorer, a Python script that copies the file over directly, or a C++ program that copies the bits over directly via its own (let's...

No, I haven't called sales because I don't have time to go bouncing department to department trying to figure out if Audeze has repaired my headphones, where they are, etc.  They're not responding to me through their support system.  That's utterly unacceptable.  There's no two ways about that...

FYI all, I have e-mailed Consumerist with my concerns and issues I've been dealing with and seeing.  I've pasted the e-mail I've sent them below (personal information redacted):   Consumerist folks, I purchased a pair of headphones made by an American headphone manufacturer known for...

So, you need a way of amplifying the passive output signal that comes from a guitar.     My suggestion would be to use an iOS device + a guitar adapter.  That way, you can output to speakers or your headphone amp (or PA if you ever gig, lots of people do this).  And, you get a lot of different...

Whelp, crap.  3rd failure in 2 years.  The first happened 6mo in, the second another 6mo after that.  I thought I was in the clear, but now 11 months after the 2nd replacement, I have a failed left driver.  Again.  Always the left.  Not sure what is going on here.  Request sent to Audeze.  Very...

I have been unable to convince the UA202 to pass DD/DTS bitstreams through SPDIF without decoding it and just passing 2 channel PCM.  Maybe it'll be better on Windows 10, but I'm skeptical.  Have you had success?

That's correct, for DD/DTS sources.  If it's 2 channel 44.1khz/16-bit audio, I'd like the device to support outputting that format bit-perfect.  Like I said, the M-Audio transit does both of these, but the drivers are incredibly picky and causing maintenance problems in my home (wife can't use...

Thanks, PurpleAngel.   A couple comments:   1)  USB is a requirement, hence the title.  No PCI cards, otherwise, this would be much easier.   2)  That DAC you listed on ebay never doesn't mention capabilities.  I already have 2 USB devices that have optical/coax outputs, but do not support...

  Yeah, it's a Windows Kodi machine (Win10 if it matters).  You're assuming the machine has an optical port at all.  It doesn't.  

I guess I'm not being as clear as I intended.  I apologize for that.     I don't care about DDL or DTS-Connect.  I'd prefer to just not alter the signal or package it in anyway.  I'd love my workflow to look like the following: Music:  44.1khz/16-bit MP3/AAC/FLAC -> USB Device -> Outputs...

I'm just looking for a simple digital transport that supports 44.1khz output and DD/DTS passthrough via optical or coax output.  I don't want to send audio TO a Kodi machine (poor wording on my part), but the device will CONNECT to the Kodi machine, outputting to an outboard DAC via coax or...

I'm looking for a very simple USB 2.0 device that satisfies 3 simple requirements: 1)  Very basic (preferably generic) drivers 2)  Outputs 44.1khz natively (no resampling of native music files) 3)  Supports SPDIF passthrough of Dolby Digital/DTS audio   Basically, it's going to a Kodi...

I'm curious to hear what folks are using as their EQ settings.     I felt the headphones were a bit bass (<80hz) anemic and Tyll's graphs confirm.  I like a little extra myself, so I bumped it up by about 7dB at 60hz (Q-width 1.0) and also upped around 5khz by about 4dB (Q-width 3.0)...

Looks like you're on Windows.  What happens if you remove ReClock/KCP (whatever that is)/Oppo's software from the loop and only use Foobar2000 w/ WSAPI (no plugins), and your sound card set to 44.1khz 16-bit in the control panel?  You shouldn't need any of those things to get bit perfect output...

Maybe I'm wrong, but my understanding is that you should just set output to exactly what your music is and just forget about the rest.  So, it's probably just 16-bit + 44.1khz.  Upsampling doesn't add any information that doesn't exist and just burns CPU cycles.

Right, but that's precisely my point!  I'm not that engineer.  I have my own tastes.  I made a change that I like.  I don't really care what the engineers intended at all, and that's my profession.  I care that they built a robust product that functions like I want and expect.  The K701 didn't...

I see your point and where you're going with this.  In general, I agree with you.  However, I did the AKG K701 bass mod.  The process is to open up the side of each earphone and remove a small sticker that is blocking airflow to a bass port.  I'm sure it's there for a reason.  I know that it...

You can very easily tell which is a fazor vs. not by just rubbing your finger along the inside of the earcup.  If it feels very metallic with harsh edges, they're Fazored.  If you have to ask yourself if you feel it or not, then you don't, and they're "classic."     Ultimately, they'll be very...

Berus,   There is a very cheap O2 amplifier on Massdrop right now that will enable you to save cash for something "more" in the future.  I'm of the camp that a proper amplifier makes the sound louder and doesn't change the output from the DAC (which, in turn, doesn't change the sound from the...

Whelp, mine are back from Audeze and sound great.  I'm going to baby these things so hard.  Hopefully this is the last time I have to comment on this thread or any like it...

My LCD-3Fs have returned from Audeze after their second left driver failure in a year.  Audeze CS was polite and easy to work with as always.  After they shipped back, I probed a bit and asked if there was anything I could do to prevent this from happening in the future.  I was told the...

You're probably correct.  No harm in trying.  If nothing else, Audeze can see that we, as a community, are aware of the issue, it's affecting their bottom line, and hopefully make some internal changes.  This poll might only be a stepping stone to narrowing it down.  Fazor vs. non-fazor would be...