Hello, I'm just starting out in my journey to improve my audio setup. Please go easy on me if I've made silly choices in terms of equipment / approach! I have recently purchased an upgraded Audio gd Sparrow to drive my AKG 702's. I have connected it to the SPDIF port on my MoBo (Asus TUF...

Introduction   I was fortunate enough to be sent a pair of Lindy IEMs for review and here's the outcome. The Lindy Cromo IEM-75, to give them their full title, are a dual driver design with an RRP of 70GBP. I should say that I don't regard myself as a typical IEM user. I rarely listen to...

Has anybody compare these two versions and what were your thoughts?   I'm wanting to grab this to go with a pair of Ultrasones, mainly used with EDM (electronic dance music).  So what I'm looking for is the one that is more aggressive, lively, engaging sounding

I have an audio-gd compass i use mostly for headphones and it is amazing for them. (DAC + Headphone Amp) I tried using it's dac part with my speaker setup and im unsure if its actually helping sound quality or not. The setup is laptop optical out -> compass dac -> magnavox 9302 tube amp ->...

Ok I have tried to research these but I really don't have the time to trawl through 200 pages of threads to find out.... What I want to know is...   The sound signature of these dacs.... Would they be described as smooth dacs or detailed and harsh? Warm or cold? Harsh or smooth?   I want...

 I am looking between the NFB-17.32; NFB-1.32 and Reference 5.32. It seems that the main difference is the DAC chip but I'm sure there are more differences to mention. Could someone describe what are the main differences are and if there is an obvious rank order? I currently have them ranked...

As the title says, I have an audio-gd Sparrow that I haven't used in almost a year and a half, admittedly, because ear problems from my right ear had kept me from enjoying my music. My W1000X has been left in it's box and is in storage somewhere, but largely I've had only ~100 hours or so on...

So I'm kinda new to the world of hifi, but I'd like to get a really good set up to keep me happy for a while. I listen mostly to unplugged, rock, and jazz with a little bit of rap once in a while. I've decided on two possible rigs, the first is to buy the audeze LCD-2 and use them with my...

I'm currently using an Audio-GD Sparrow but was wondering if I could get a meaningful improvement, at minimal cost to change, by switching to a DAC-only unit. I need an optical input and USB would be nice.   In the past, I have briefly heard the Music Fidelity V-DAC and Cambridge Audio...

I'm going to pull the trigger on an Audio-gd 15.32, and in the email I sent to Audio-gd for a quote I asked if there are any compatibility issues with a late 2012 iMac which only has USB 3 ports.  Kingwa personally replied and requested that I post here and ask for other experiences by users of...

http://www.audioquest.com/usb_digital_analog_converter/dragonfly-dac   Specs on something this small seems almost too good to be true.   Need some listening impressions, especially using the headphone driver.

Hi, I'm curretnly looking into my first desktop set up at the minute and have been doing a fair amount of reading around for what would suit my tastes the best!   (First a little background for you: I've just recently sold my IEMS to fund a pair of headphones and have always been intrigued...

Hello Head-Fi'ers!   I am very new in the audio world and I want very much to learn a lot about it. I eventually want to have my own headphone setup to listen to music to at home and I really need everybody's help. Basically all I know is that I need a good pair of headphones, an amp, and a...

After searching the forums I'm not really seeing that much about this amp. Yes there is the big " Review of the Audio-gd DAC-19 DSP & C2 amp - The ACSS connection" thread, but that seems to mostly focus on the ACSS connection and wonders of the DAC-19 DSP.   So I am hoping some of the C2...

Hi, this is my first post, but i've been here learning for a few months.   Sorry for my English, not my main lang.   Well, my brother is gonna travel to Shanghai the next weeks, and i'm thinking make him buy new headphones.   First assumption: the headphones are way cheaper than here...

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Hi all;     I've been reading on these forums for a while, but here's my first post. I recently took the plunge and bought a pair of Grado sr80i's and am very pleased. People seem to be very split on whether low end Grados benefit much from amping (at least from what I can tell/have read)...

I know this subject has probably already been discussed to death, but I'm considering getting the AKG K701 and I want to find a suitable amp/dac combo first.  Fairly new here and I've been searching through the archives but I'm hoping someone can indulge me with some advice.     The...

Hey guys, I recently purchased the Shure SR840's, and I'm on the lookout for a dedicated headphone amp/DAC, and suffice it to say there's quite a few to choose from, but I've narrowed down my options to the following. I'm trying to keep the price under $300 including shipping and applicable...

Update: Alright, I'm actually deciding between some DAC/Amp combos. I'm looking at the Audio-GD NFB-12. Looks beautiful, at a promo price and gives me everything I need. However, it is a smooth amp, and people say that it tends to roll of higher frequencies (which it is supposed to do). I read...

    Hey Head-Fi,   I'VE DECIDED TO UP MY BUDGET TO $800, AS I'VE BEEN CONSIDERING THE HIFIMAN HE-4+EF5 COMBO     In April I'll get some money due to my 18th birthday, and I really want a good home rig, as I can never hear music on my speakers.  I want a pair of full-size...

i was thinking about some hd555 or hd595 but idk what do you guys think? it will be running through an audio-gd sparrow

Hey everyone, I have an Audio-gd Sparrow.  It's being fed by a coaxial digital signal and is currently driving my Ultrasone Pro 650s.  I noticed with music (and Youtube videos) that the sound will periodically drop down.  It's not a full cut, it's more as if I suddenly turn the volume dial all...

Well, for some reason, there's very few views on this thread that I started, so I'm thinking I put it in the wrong forum, as I know there's an awful lot of interest in these two units. Anyway, please just check it out (or search) in the source component section. SPOILER ALERT: I liked the...

Upon asking for questions about the Xonar it was brought up to me that the audio-gd brand was quite good, after my doubts of the Dac.  I will mainly be using Dac for computer audio.  Watching Movies and TV, as well as listening to lossless music.  I may play a few games, but rarely.  So far its...