Hi,   So it has been years since I've been here. Like 6? I am still loving my shure SE500 IEMs (or whatever they are called, like I said, it has been awhile).   Anyway, I haven't used my D2 viper in about 5 years. If I remember correctly it gave me some issues and then the LOD broke and I...

Mine broke today. Merry Christmas! So I found four I'd be willing to purchase. this one - Ultra Copper LOD this one - Elite Pure Silver Cryo LOD this one - Qables Silvercab and this one - Qables | High Quality Custom Made Qables Which one would you choose keeping...

Hey, I have been using Foobar2000 for awhile now. I extract the files, then I convert them to .wav form. then apple lossless form and put them in my itunes library. I have a lot of boxed sets like this and I'm realizing that Foobar2000 does not keep the track tags or the artists tags. Just he...

Hey, Is this common or correct or fixable? My D2 Viper won't work with my MacBook through the usb DAC. For whatever reason, I don't know. Is this supposed to happen and it is only compatible with Windows? Or do I need to do something within my computer? It's the brand new Aluminum MacBook...

Hi, My iBasso D2 Viper is not turning on, for whatever reason. It worked all day yesterday and when I went to use it it no longer is turning on (the blue light stays off and no sound is coming through it.) When I plug it in it says it is charging and when I plug the USB in that light lights...

So, I take the time to re-rip, re-download, and convert all of my 18,000 songs into apple lossless format, buy se530 earbuds, by a LOD, a ibasso d2 Viper amp, and the opamps to go along with it. Burn it in for over 300 hours. And I still get static caused by the ipod! What the heck am I...

Hey, Well I figured out, as others have, that when the amp is charging and you are using the USB port to use the DAC through your computer you get static as you turn the volume up all the way. I read the mod (about scraping paint off) and I will do that to take care of this but my problem...

Hey, So I let my viper burn for 300 hours and am now listening to some lossless music through my ipod and into my se530s. Well an acoustic guitar comes in and it starts crackling! I have no idea what is going on. It doesn't crackle when I just play it without the amp but for some reason I am...

Hey, I recently bought an iBasso D2 Viper. And I love it. It's been burning in for over 200 hours and it's great. My only pet peeve is that when I don't have any music playing and I turn the volume knob, once I get to a certain point it starts to get staticy BUT only when I'm turning the...

Hey, As the title states, you guys have any interesting and tried and true ways to keep it as together as possible? I'm thinking a rubber band or one of those LiveStrong type bands. What about you guys? Pictures would be awesome!

Hey, I just got my D2 Viper today and it is awesome. I've only been fooling around with it for like 20 minutes but I already have a quick question. When I have it plugged in via USB and I'm playing music through the USB, through the amp, through my desktop speakers, it's great. But when I...

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Hi, Someone recommended this item when I asked about reducing the hiss of my iPod without deteriorating the SQ - ETYMOTIC ER4P TO ER4S RESISTOR ADAPTOR - eBay (item 290251814652 end time Aug-14-08 18:18:57 PDT) my question for you guys is, first off, will this do the trick? I'm pretty...

Hey, I have some bootlegged shows of various bands and most of fine but I just got one that has constant hiss throughout and it's pretty loud. Is there a program that can help me tone it down or something? I have foobar200, will that do anything? Does such a program exist? for free? Thank you

Hi, I know what VBR is but when I have a choice between a file that is encoded at 320kbps or say 217kbps VBR which one is better? Is VBR always better or is 193kbps VBR not as good as 320kbps but 217kbps VBR is better than 320kbps. It isn't as clear cut for me as 320kbps vs. 256kbps is...

Hi, Just got my se530s and they are amazing. My only question/complaint is that with my ipod there is a hissing. with my computer it's even worse but I don't need to use them with my computer. but with my iPod is there anyway to get rid of the hiss. it's there when I don't have anything...

Hey, I recently have acquired some albums that are in flac format with a .cue file as well. the flac file is the cd while the .cue file I'm pretty sure (and i'm sure you already know) extract the titles. I can't figure out how to extract the titles using the .cue file. I just end up with...

Hey, I just downloaded this and used it to convert a few albums that I have in flac to apple lossless. It's awesome. Just one thing. I have as of now 18 gbs of flac music I want to convert all organized in separate folders. I would have to go folder by folder and convert like 15 songs at a...

Hi, I was just wondering if there is a certain volume my iPod should be at to get the best sound quality with the SE530s. Given that I believe the se530s have a volume control thingy included with them (with one of the various cable extensions). Should the lower the iPod volume equal better...

Hi, If I copy a cd I bought to a blank cd does the audio quality of the tracks remain the same or do I lose some of the quality?

Hey, So far, whenever I have files that are in FLAC I use an audio converter I have to convert it to an mp3 at 320kbps since iTunes doesn't read FLAC. Now as far as I know that is the best audio quality I can get from a file that I have to convert into iTunes. The only better stuff I have is...

Hi, I've just been wondering after reading a few reviews and remarks from people, how much does the actual mp3 player effect the quality of the mp3? If I play a song encoded at 320kbps on my iPod won't the song sound the same and keep all of the same characteristics if I were to use a zune...

Hi, I'm going to be buying the Shure SE530's from a place on Amazon.com called Sarjo Distributors. My question comes in Shure's return policy. If I buy these earbuds from this place, do you know if Shure would be able to repair anything that might happen to them if something were to happen...

Hi, I'm a music major in college and am thinking about purchasing the Shure SE530s for 305 dollars. I went from looking at the SE310-k's to the SE420's to seeing that for 60 more dollars I could get the best so I started thinking about it. A recent big paycheck is helping me make this...

Hi, I pretty new to all of this high quality earbud stuff. I totally agree with it, I'm a music major and do nothing but listen to music, so I'm trying to find a set of earbuds I'll be happy with. and I have. So please no recommendations, I've finally found the ones I want to buy, or so I...