Finally got my zero [the upgraded version with opa627], only 5 days to Seattle . Still in burning-in period but I'm loving the sound! Currently I hooked it with optical straight from motherboard built-in realtek soundcard to zero. Got few questions : 1.when playing flac song from foobar...

thanks for answering my questions! Quote: Originally Posted by CSMR What you are saying is this: you want to plug headphones into the soundcard but if you are not satisfied (with the internal headphone amp of the soundcard) you may buy an external headphone amp. that is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hookem This guy just bought a Fubar III. http://http://www.head-fi.org/forums...ne-amp-335079/ He certainly seem's impressed. So what kind of cooling do you have on your E8400 (just a guess) 3 to 3.8 is a nice clock if that is what you have...

hmm do u know the difference in sound quality between fubar 3 and ta-10 ? the price difference is quite a lot 90$ and 220$. Well I guess if the sound quality is the same maybe I'll buy ta-10 although there's the connectivity issue. Yes i'm looking forward to hearing my music in grado with...

ok i'm reading about the ta-10 now

thanks for all the information !! very very helpful and informative well it seems that we have a similar path in the entrance to the hifi world haha, I was in the klipsch promedia logitech creative etc world and I hate their sound, but I did not know anything about the audiophile world. And...

yes the product fits all my need perfectly! I read that Fubar III already has an Headphone Amp, how is the quality of the amp? Is separate DAC and Amp better? My original plan was to buy 100-200$ DAC and then if I am not satisfied with the sound I will buy another 100-200$ Amplifier...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nocturnal310 EMU 0404 USB is for professionals or people who carry a laptop. if u are using a desktop then get PCI. PCI is little better also for performance. So in term of quality output both of them is the same? isn't external is better in...

Hi guys! newbie here, before asking some question, this is my listening habit: 1. Music playback is my highest priority. [game and movie aren't that important]. 2. I always listened in FLAC with my computer [not laptop] 3. Right now my soundcard is a realtek 7.1 build-in to the motherboard...