maladjustdeath
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Hello,
For quite some time, my late night movie listening setup is as follows: Freevo running on ubuntu, executing mplayer-> nforce 2 onboard abit nf7-s v2 mobo stereo output (I don't use the center/lfe and surround outputs) -> iBasso P1 amp -> DT770/80.
While I don't necessarily emphasize sound quality for movies (based on HD212 experience: If a movie would sound boomy and not so accurate it would still be acceptable as long as action scenes would blow me away), I am aware of some buzzing coming out of the nforce2 and that the output is not a clean as I'd like to:
I frequently disconnect the {iBasso P1 -> DT770/80} from the PC and connect them to Squeezebox line-out, so I know what a nicer sound quality for music sounds like.
I'm also not sure that I want surround processing - while binaural demos impress me, the dolby headphone demos didn't. Also the VLC heaphone plugin didn't work very well for me. If the dolby headphone is what the JVC DH-1 can do, I'm not sure it's worth it - there aren't many other surround processors, and I think the JVC is battery-operated only.
I think that as a first step, my options are either the JVC( +rechargable batteries?) or I'll be just looking for upto $150 soundcard/DAC that will be well supported under linux.
The nforce2 has an optical out but I'm not sure how good it is (bitperfect?) and don't know if I'll encounter trouble getting it working under linux, thus USB might be preferred.
As I already want to eventually separate my music listening equipment from movie listening equipment for comfort/sound considerations, having another amp is an extra bonus that will allow me to keep the iBasso connected to the squeezebox.
Any suggestions/insights? I've never heard the total bithead but in this price point and linux support it is the first one that jumps to mind.
For quite some time, my late night movie listening setup is as follows: Freevo running on ubuntu, executing mplayer-> nforce 2 onboard abit nf7-s v2 mobo stereo output (I don't use the center/lfe and surround outputs) -> iBasso P1 amp -> DT770/80.
While I don't necessarily emphasize sound quality for movies (based on HD212 experience: If a movie would sound boomy and not so accurate it would still be acceptable as long as action scenes would blow me away), I am aware of some buzzing coming out of the nforce2 and that the output is not a clean as I'd like to:
I frequently disconnect the {iBasso P1 -> DT770/80} from the PC and connect them to Squeezebox line-out, so I know what a nicer sound quality for music sounds like.
I'm also not sure that I want surround processing - while binaural demos impress me, the dolby headphone demos didn't. Also the VLC heaphone plugin didn't work very well for me. If the dolby headphone is what the JVC DH-1 can do, I'm not sure it's worth it - there aren't many other surround processors, and I think the JVC is battery-operated only.
I think that as a first step, my options are either the JVC( +rechargable batteries?) or I'll be just looking for upto $150 soundcard/DAC that will be well supported under linux.
The nforce2 has an optical out but I'm not sure how good it is (bitperfect?) and don't know if I'll encounter trouble getting it working under linux, thus USB might be preferred.
As I already want to eventually separate my music listening equipment from movie listening equipment for comfort/sound considerations, having another amp is an extra bonus that will allow me to keep the iBasso connected to the squeezebox.
Any suggestions/insights? I've never heard the total bithead but in this price point and linux support it is the first one that jumps to mind.