[cel4145]

And yes, I like it a lot with the HD650s, but there's tons of sibilance withthe HE-400s. This might go away with time, right?

The NFB-11 does not add sibilance. Rather it's very neutral and accurate, and, as such, can be revealing of sibilance in recordings.So if you have headphones that are prone to sibilance with recordings that have it, you certainly could hear it more, but the amp is not the issue.

Well I guess it's time to sell them or dabble with EQ.

And that makes sense. Since the HE-400 treble spike is likely the bigger culprit, eliminate the spike instead of rejecting the NFB-11 for a less neutral/accurate amp.

 

[Botudi]

really can't understand how people see this dac as harsh.....
 
wondering how does it compare with the nfb 1....would that model keep this grade of neutrality or would refine it even more ?
 
maybe it's a long shot, but there might someone who has/had both 

 

[GiantAssPanda]

Well damn. It's been 2-3 hours without any issues now since I changed the USB cable. And before that it was constant issues. Spotify stopped playing music like 10 minutes apart and games had audio stutter. But now it's been.. Perfect.
 
I hope it was just a crap cable. Because I'm in love with the DAC.
 

 
Perfect combo <3

 

[cel4145]

Well damn. It's been 2-3 hours without any issues now since I changed the USB cable. And before that it was constant issues. Spotify stopped playing music like 10 minutes apart and games had audio stutter. But now it's been.. Perfect.

That's good news. Always good when a problem is solved by switching out a bad cable

 

[Botudi]

  Because I'm in love with the DAC.
 
 

lol @ darth vader
 
​hope that love is not too great to make you pull mental triggers as your wallet might have a problem
we are already on not speaking terms )

 

[GiantAssPanda]

One question. Is it normal that when you crank the volume up past 2 o'clock in the NFB-11, there starts to be some level of background noise? Not exactly an issue since I'm not even close to maxing out the volume on my HD 650s. (stays mostly around 8-10)
 
Is it USB noise or noise from the amp? 

 

[willowbrook]

  One question. Is it normal that when you crank the volume up past 2 o'clock in the NFB-11, there starts to be some level of background noise? Not exactly an issue since I'm not even close to maxing out the volume on my HD 650s. (stays mostly around 8-10)
 
Is it USB noise or noise from the amp? 

Have you tried exclusive mode like wasapi or asio? 

 

[GiantAssPanda]

  Have you tried exclusive mode like wasapi or asio? 

From foobar? Yup. Currently using the ASIO: Via DirectKS ASIO setting from the output menu.
 
EDIT: removed the USB cable and and it still has the same hissing. So it's the amp right?

 

[Botudi]

if I understand what you're saying correctly it should be fine, if what you hear is constant and plain and only over 70% volume
if it's a sound that varies then it should be some sort of interference .... "hissing" in my book is not the same thing as "background noise" and also different than "noise"
 
if it's dead silent until 70% volume you have a good unit....I don't think we should expect more from an entry level like this considering he can also drive many headphones
 
try on high gain and see if what you are hearing appears sooner. 

 

[GiantAssPanda]

  if I understand what you're saying correctly it should be fine, if what you hear is constant and plain and only over 70% volume
if it's a sound that varies then it should be some sort of interference .... "hissing" in my book is not the same thing as "background noise" and also different than "noise"
 
if it's dead silent until 70% volume you have a good unit....I don't think we should expect more from an entry level like this considering he can also drive many headphones
 
try on high gain and see if what you are hearing appears sooner. 

Yup, figured as much. And like I said, it's not really a problem since I can only pick it up if it's dead silent (not listening anything) and I don't have any cans that require so much power to go over that threshold anyway.

 

[Botudi]

^^ Have you tried with high gain to see where the silence threshold is ?

 

[Teddy Kartio]

Is it possible to connect an external DAC with the NFB-11 and just using the headphones Amp of the NFB-11 ?
 
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[willowbrook]

  Is it possible to connect an external DAC with the NFB-11 and just using the headphones Amp of the NFB-11 ?
 
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I don't think so...you can bypass the amp completely or use it as a pre-amp, but I don't think you can bypass DAC. 

 

[Botudi]

  I don't think so...you can bypass the amp completely or use it as a pre-amp, but I don't think you can bypass DAC. 

 
+1
I think this is the rule for every aio dac/amp

 

[i019791]

You can bypass the Dac in higher Audio-Gd aio units (from Nfb-29 to Master 11)