Hi guys. After searching for my own perfect cheap basic source for FLAC/WAV files to feed into my Schiit DAC/AMP stack, I’ve come to the conclusion that maybe I should look into laptops or tablets that have digital usb audio output or optical. Not really interested in streaming services, just...

There are threads about computer hardware with some very nice pictures of how people have them set up, video game screenshots and the like, but it's the Operating System that makes that tower or laptop more than a lovingly assembled box 'o electronics. Whether it be Windows, Linux, BSD, etc. it...

Hey,so I am wondering if I play my cd on my laptop and decide I want to hear a certain song that's not the first is it better for the cd to skip from windows media player with the button that skips tracks or should I go manually into the cd using file explorer and play the song I want by double...

Hi!So I was wondering if when I plug in my fiio q1 mkII DAC to my laptop it will be different than when I plug it in to my iPad. I mean if it's the same DAC will the sound be exactly the same? Or will it be better when it's plugged in to the laptop? I am using USB for the laptop and lightning...

Choice sound card for laptop Hello. I have new headphone SuperLux HD681F. I have listened them in the Store with FiiO X3, and it was amazing sound! I use them at work with worker laptop, and it's absolutely another sound expirience! The headphone doesn't have scene depth, bass and a lot of...

Hello. I bought Superlux HD-681F yesterday. I am delighted from these headphones! They are amazing, especially for their price! This is my first headphones after Ritmix RH-508 Now I see, that PC/Laptop and smartphone are not the best option for these headphones. I was listening them on Fiio X5...

Hello everyone, thank you for opening my topic. Now my situation is quite confusing to me and I would love to hear some words of advice. About a week ago I had purchased a new laptop ( model in the title ), as I plan to not use my desktop anymore. It has a combo audio jack. I had bought...

My desktop's gotten old and I've decided to upgrade to a laptop for mobility purposes, meaning I can no longer use my internal sound-card, an Asus Xonar DX. I've always enjoyed the Dolby Headphone effect, and I would prefer to keep it. But I can't seem to find any USB substitutes for this card...

Not sure if posting in the right place so mods feel free to move if necessary. Is anybody on here using this amp mostly (or even exclusively) as a headphone amp? If so, what are your opinions of it? It has had favourable reviews in this regard from the hi-fi press but interested to know if any...

Hi guys, Not sure if this is the right forum to ask my questions; sorry for my English as well as this is not my primary language (might not use all those technical words). Anyway, since a couple of weeks, I'm thinking about acquiring a new turntable, a proper amp and some nice quality...

OK, this isn't another 'The CD is dead !' rant, but I cant help noticing that even the pricier laptops available now often come minus an optical drive - seems like some odd penny pinching IMO but I guess if they can save a few bucks it all adds up. It also leaves laptops with a slimmer. lighter...

My laptop is an HP 635 A1E29EA. As far as I could fathom, there is onboard audio only, no dedicated sound card. I recently bought the Sony MDR-V6, and am very happy with them - however, when they're plugged in there is a slight background hissing noise both when there is no audio playing and...

I have a Powerbook G4 (12yrs old? Old.) running OSX 10.5, a Lyr and Hifiman HE 400i, which produces really good music but I'd like to see if I can improve the sound, so I tried to connect a Bistfrost, connecting it to a USB port (there is no optical sound port). But the laptop wouldn't see it at...

Comparing the Q1 here as i plan to build a desktop soon, so the DAC might help later. Right now using a monitor laptop setup, the Dell S2415H has a cool feature that's a headphone out, and the sound output is decent but not loud enough, and anyway once connected to laptop via HDMI the...

Hi, I will buy a heaphone in the near futire either a Beyerdynamic 770pro 32 or a Marshall monitor but because sound quality is really important to me I have seen multiple comments and people advising audiophiles to consider buying and Amp-DAC combination. But since I am not sure I would need...