Yyong
New Head-Fier
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I recently just picked up a Sennheiser HD 650 and a NFB-12 Audio GD amplifier to go with it. I received the products this afternoon and I would just like to know if I am getting the most out of my setup.
Here are a few questions that I was hoping could be answered,
1. Should I have the amplifier turned up to 100% volume and control my volume via my computer volume mixer or should I just adjust my amplifier volume to control my volume? Does it make a significant difference as to which way you control the volume? Is it damaging to the headphones or amplifier/DAC to be using 100% volume on the NFB-12?
2. Are there any recommended configuration settings for the amplifier (default playback device) on Windows 7? As in setting the default output format to a much higher quality? Such as 2 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz vs 2 channel 24 bit, 96000 Hz? Is there a significant difference?
3. I use Foobar as my audio player, are there possibly any recommended equalizer settings/configurations that are meant to be used to get the most out of these headphones?
4. Would you suggest high or low gain on the NFB-12 amplifier for my Sennheiser HD 650?
5. Finally, is there a significant sound quality difference between using a USB cord to relay your sound vs a coax cable?
Thanks in advance!
Here are a few questions that I was hoping could be answered,
1. Should I have the amplifier turned up to 100% volume and control my volume via my computer volume mixer or should I just adjust my amplifier volume to control my volume? Does it make a significant difference as to which way you control the volume? Is it damaging to the headphones or amplifier/DAC to be using 100% volume on the NFB-12?
2. Are there any recommended configuration settings for the amplifier (default playback device) on Windows 7? As in setting the default output format to a much higher quality? Such as 2 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz vs 2 channel 24 bit, 96000 Hz? Is there a significant difference?
3. I use Foobar as my audio player, are there possibly any recommended equalizer settings/configurations that are meant to be used to get the most out of these headphones?
4. Would you suggest high or low gain on the NFB-12 amplifier for my Sennheiser HD 650?
5. Finally, is there a significant sound quality difference between using a USB cord to relay your sound vs a coax cable?
Thanks in advance!