Recent content by mumstead

Audiophiles like the aggravation. It is part of the hobby. It is kind of like a PC enthusiast. It would be much less aggravation to go to Best Buy and buy a PC off the shelf but what would be fun about that? :)

You are absolutely right about that. My CAPS server and DAC cost about a third of what my turntable, tonearm, cartridge, phono amp, and record cleaning machine cost. Convenience is another thing digital has going for it. A dedicated pc build (CAPS Server) with Jriver and an iPad with Jremote to...

In some cases digital sounds great and better than vinyl Trust me, I'm a big digital audio guy. I have built a CAPS server and own and use an "audiophile" DAC. I have spent far too much money on 24bit FLAC files from HDTracks. The truth is when vinyl is done right it just sounds better.

Dekoth-E, You obviously know nothing about vinyl and very little about audio in general. Your post makes you sound foolish. People do not listen to vinyl to hear clicks and pops nor is it just for nostalgia. A well mastered and cut vinyl record played on a good turntable just flat out sounds...

I got 2 of these for SLI. The cards were completely unstable in most games. Any game that pushed the GPU utilization would crash after a few minutes. After testing for a few hours last night I determined that one of the cards can't run at its stock boost speed which is 1230. if I downclock it...

I work in the medical profession and I am under a physicians care for this. I've had physical therapy, anti inflammatory therapy, steroid therapy, etc. pretty much everything short of surgery. I work in surgery so I am extremely reluctant to go that route. Over the years I have used split...

I have a terrible RSI in my mouse arm from almost 20 years of using a mouse at work, I can only stand the agony of using a mouse while I am at work. When I am home I have to use alternative input methods. If a game does not support the gamepad I can't play it. Even with this limitation I still...

I sold mine on eBay last year for more than what I paid for them new. They were in perfect condition in the box though. I would say that $90 is very reasonable if they work.

If you really want an external DAC I would recommend a FiiO E7 + E9 combo. I had a udac and it drove my Denon 5000's just fine and sounds WAY better than onboard sound but the FiiO combo sounds better to me. I use this combo on my Mac. On my PC I use a Xonar STX and plug my phones straight in to...

Hmm... I guess mine are broken because they don't hiss at all. I guess there may be some tweeter hiss that I cant hear over the ambient noise in my basement. But there is absolutely no hiss from the headphone out. None. Nada. Zip. Honestly it is completely silent at max volume.

Wow you must have a broken set of mm-1s. I got a set about a week ago and they smoke my Audioengine P4 and Nuforce Icon amp. I bought them expecting them to sound far worse but they really surprised me. To my ears they sound superior in every way. I have no background hiss that I can hear and...

Wow, nobody here uses WinCDEmu? It is Open Source, works great, and takes no resources when not in use. It does not launch until you use the context menu to mount the iso then it unloads when you eject the iso.

The Soundblaster X-fi HD (USB) is intriguing. It sounds like it may be a pretty good option at only $99. I really like external audio because it gets the audio subsystem out of the chassis. I want to read up a bit more on it but I might just pick one up. They carry them at my local Best Buy so...

I have tried the Forte and the Bravura. I think that they are both very good sound cards and for many would be just fine. I preferred the sound of the bravura for my headphone listening over the forte but the essence is still my favorite. If you are using standard computer speakers, like...

I'm amazed that in this day and age there are still people that will put up with subpar bloated Creative drivers and mediocre sound for the small benefit of audio acceleration. I am primarily a headphone gamer (Denon AH-D7000) and let me tell you the sound quality difference between my Xonar...