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    Buzzing Noise Created By Soundcard? Will Paypal Someone $10 For A Fix!

    First: update motherboard bios if you haven't. It sounds stupid, but for a while there Asus had funky voltages going to PCI. Have you changed PCI slots? Is the buzz an electrical or mechanical buzz? For example, does the card seem to be vibrating any way, or is it more like the old whining...
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    Looking for subjective impressions on 2.0 bookshelf/monitor options

    Yeah, AV123 is gone. The owner did a lot of bad things, we'll leave it at that though. I'd suggest a used pair of NHT Super Zeros . . . there were a ton of them on ebay after the SZ 2.0's were announced. They're really easy to drive too, so your choice of amplification isn't nearly as...
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    Thinking about this audio upgrade

    In all fairness, most of the people at Head-Fi are paranoid fools that know jack about electrical engineering or physics. You still have the nearly extinct voodoo cable believers there in many instances. AKG states the sensitivity as 105dB/V. As long as you have enough current to accompany...
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    "Entry" audiophile computer setup for music listening?

    Are you looking for accurate signal production or subjective pleasure? I laugh at those that say "x,y, or z is best" and the others that say "there is no best". If you're looking for most accurate none mentioned in this thread are, and if you're looking for subjective enjoyment then, and...
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    External DAC v Internal Soundcard v Reciever

    Nope, I haven't. Even if I did I wouldn't be able to DBT which could change the results. However, I believe it's a waste to spend more for the performance of the Dac Magic (empirically - though audibility questionable) if you're not going to use it. At that point you might as well grab a...
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    External DAC v Internal Soundcard v Reciever

    @malacoda I'd avoid using at least the DacMagic with USB. Over regular spdif or toslink it does fine, but USB tends to produce significant amounts of jitter in measurements. Stereophile's measurements showed this. Otherwise it measures very well and comparable to a Benchmark DAC1...
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    Switch Between Headphone and Speakers?

    this Make sure you have a headphone volume control to properly match them to your speaker volume so you're not constantly adjusting Windows internal volume. NOTE: Make sure you reverse what you're doing with the labels. Normally it's used for three devices to one output. You can hook...
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    Beats by Dre

    Don't be ridiculous . . . his producing skills suck too.
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    Beats by Dre

    You aren't going to get decent sound from earbuds. Cannal phones yes, buds no.
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    Beats by Dre

    I will say the Beats are pretty meh IMO. Then again, it depends if you're wanting accurate music or overzealous bass production.
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    Some money to burn. Looking for some closed headphones.

    Don't know. I have the M40 and think they're alright for a cheap sealed can. Not great on isolation though IMO, but better than nothing.
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    Best X-Fi alternative with Dolby Digital Live?

    ^ I beg to differ, I'd say the quality is at best equivalent to an Auzentech Forte or Bravura. Then again I doubt with the quality of both cards finally getting this close to one another you'd be able to to tell in a volume matched DBT. Touche' Creative, touche'.
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    Best X-Fi alternative with Dolby Digital Live?

    Auzentech is releasing a new non-xfi card with DDL. They also have various X-Fi based with DDL. I won't buy direct Creative, never really happy with their support and build quality of cards.
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    moving up from UE Triple.fi... where to next?

    I'd check in with the custom division and see if their cables will work on the triples, or if there is a way to mod them to. I think someone over at head-fi got them to work or used a different manufacture cable besides null and those others.
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    moving up from UE Triple.fi... where to next?

    I should have said "acquired control of". What, u mad?
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