deepak

Sony is good for absolutely nothing Alternatively he's leaning by his monitors because his Sony's have too much treble and too little bass

Laugh it up. That's Dr Dre endorsing them

So you're telling me I should cancel my order

Oh my god :drool:

It's compounded by the fact that nearly every audiophile forum (including speakers) is so over moderated that people don't post about gear that sounds bad, give it undue praise for no reason or feel some need to believe that manufacturers are their best friends and don't want to say anything bad about their products. diyaudio is definitely a haven for good info, and I'm trying to wrap my head around it all.

Yet they too might be using shitty and cost cutting designs.

The E-MU0404usb can act as an external DAC; it has digital inputs. The built in headphone amp is not so good though. As for needledrops they never sound like the original vinyl whenever I do them with this box :'( Reks mentioned the Apogee Mini-Me (IIRC since discontinued) for needle drops a while back. I don't think the Mini-DAC can do them.

Ah yes. Fortunately the American microbrews (I would usually buy) aren't too expensive.

Beer, and me wallet thanks me.

Qualia 010- 5-120000 Hz

Headfi doesn't have rickmonster any more

I give him medical advice, he sells me gears

My North Star uses the Cirrus CS4396. I like the DAC (as a whole unit) a lot

Isn't the forum more of a joke where PinkFloyd can stroke his own ego...

Dude didn't you just buy a Grado phono-stage? Gear-itis in full swing in 2008 as well

I doubt there was anything wrong with the setup. I described it in the other thread. If I had a tube pre I would have loved to have swapped it in. But alas I did not.

What makes you say the HD650 membrane is underdamped? And how do you know it's to a lesser extent of the HD600? Sorry doesn't make any sense to me.

Wildcard Saturday Redskins v Seahawks Jags v Steelers right now

There is without a doubt some mental burn in that takes place when people say "unlistenable out of the box" whether they like to admit it or not (whether this has to do with ego, buyers remorse, etc who knows). I experienced it a few days ago hearing Thiel speakers. Super bright when I first heard them, eventually adjusted to the sound...went back and played the tracks that I thought were super bright and they remained only "bright" and my brain had adjusted. Line level was digitally controlled so the volume was exactly the same. There is a lot of psychoacoustics that some people flat out refuse to believe exists.

$500 million

God damn... HD-DVD

I disagree. You have a guy hiding and playing the cowbell behind your speakers. Bring in a friend and play one of his albums. Instant "oh my god I've never heard that on my CD before!" Win.

This sort of makes sense. I mean there is USB transfer taking place from the line-out right (when you dock and transfer music)? Wadia would just have to decode that USB data to a digital signal...

http://gizmodo.com/340518/itransport-is-worlds-first-purely-digital-ipod-dock

I really would have liked to have seen a new top dynamic as well (or an electrostat) just to spice up a stale market.