[shoenberg3]

I must say I less than thrilled by the Bithead performance when hooked to the computer, bypassing my mediocre computer sound card. When I listen to shure E500 straight out of the iaudiox5 or the computer (using ASIO/foobar) it seems to have better dynamic range. When I plug in the Bithead via USB on the computer, there may be slightly more detail (although even this may be an illusion) but as a whole, sounds "veiled." Most notably, there is less bass. Is this, perhaps, the more "refined" sound?

Help?

 

[MaloS]

Depends on what you mean by less bass and so on...

Bithead is not particularly strong on bass from my experience. Its abilities as a source are better than most on-board cards, but then what is your card/computer? I've been told that Macbook Pro has built-in audio that puts Bithead to shame, but then I would take Bithead over the built-in audio of my laptop (its noisy and harsh).

Also, e500 is an iem, lower impedance and power demand, while Bithead's purpose seems to be to provide a decent source combined with an amp that can be easily taken anywhere and is able to drive quite high-impedance phones, and I am not sure if its useful at all with IEMs. In general it seems that using amplifier with low impedance phones yields marginal results (although many would claim differently).

 

[TheSloth]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaloS /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've been told that Macbook Pro has built-in audio that puts Bithead to shame

Someone with tin ears perhaps

. Yes, I do own a MBP.

Run the bithead off its battery power for a bit of extra clarity and power (higher voltage and cleaner supply). Experiment with the crossfeed as well. If after a few weeks it still doesn't do anything for you, send it back.

 

[MaloS]

kinda wish Bithead would be able to use an external power supply...sometimes it feels like it just does not get enough volts.