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As green as green can be here. I know nothing. And I mean -anything- I don't know what a DAC is, Amplifier, aren't they for guitars? Pre-Amp? Sub? Please help me I'm stressed beyond belief. I've bought a Revel Performa 3 M106 - No clue if it's any good but heard good things and I'm impulsive...

Hello i want to ask some question about connecting dac amp stack to active speaker. So i have ifi zen air dac connected to a headphones (as im planning to also upgrade to a decent planar headphones in the future) and active speakers the speaker brand is edifier r1280ts via the rca at the back...

I find myself in a bit of a conundrum when it comes to choosing between the Denon AVR-S760H and the Arcam AVR10 for my home theater setup. The Denon is a 7.2 channel receiver, available as a refurbished unit on Amazon, whereas the Arcam is a 7.2.4 channel receiver offered as an open box item...

Dear ASR members, Could anyone advise which speaker arrangement would be more favorable for me in this type of room ? The size is between ~12-16 sq m I don't remember clearly. The proportions are pretty much accurate that I drew in paint. No room treatment nor room correction yet. If needed I...

hello,everyone,recently this headphone is drop to 120$(bargain and in China) ,is it better than he400i2020 Also open to new brand,but wanna good high frequency (some nagging) I use he400se for long time,its high frequency makes me fell excited ,but Hifiman's build quality is sad,now its volume...

Hello, I recently got this subwoofer in a package deal. But I can't seem to get it to come out of standby mode. There is a AUTO/ON switch, but this does not do anything. Tried LFE and Line In but the sub is not turning on from a signal. I have opened it up tried checking for blown caps (not...

Introduction: Hello, I am looking to upgrade my JBL QUANTUM 400 to something better. My preference is headphones that can hear Tarkov's enemies' footsteps really well and are nice to listen to music with. After 2 days of searching, I became overwhelmed and got lost on what to get. I have been...

Perhaps I have a faulty unit but the volume wheel on my Fiio K7 does not change the volume when in line out mode to my Edifier 1280dbs speakers? It works when using my headphones connected from the front but it doesn't respond to change the volume up or down when in line out - any ideas?! I...

I've purchased IER-M9. Blind purchase, and the sound they output is "weird" on any source. Before that I've owned Moondrop Blessing 2, and they sounded much closer to my dynamic headphones. Now I'm wondering if something's wrong with the headphones I got (some form of internal damage), but i...

Hello, I'm looking for some decent noise-cancelling headphones for listening to music and gaming. I value general audio quality and soundstage the most, for reference I previously used the sennheiser hd 599s and those were great (besides comfort factor) so I'm looking for something comparable to...

Hi friends, I'm been on a two month search for the perfect DAC and amp for my new 6xx. I'm so tired, and the fact that I'll have to pay high taxes and quite a few shipping fees for SCHIIT products, make it even more painful. I have 6xx and Drop PC38x for gaming with a built-in microphone...

Is there such thing as decent $100 dac amp or should i just save up? I don't see myself upgrading headphone in the near future (most likely will only side grade) so sundara is all I want to drive. Btw I live in Indonesia, all the schiit/topping/jds stack cost like $350-$400 (same as my sundara)...

Hi, I recently purchased the Kanto YU4P's due to price and mainly the dimensions due to limited space in my setup. I think they sound really good but, i'm looking for a really good pair of speakers in the sub $300 range that have a similar footprint to the YU4P's. Someone suggested PSB Alpha...

I just got my first serious new headphones - 6xx. I am currently connecting them directly to the motherboard - the sound is amazing! But I'm sure an external DAC and amplifier will give me a lot more. I considered purchasing the Schiit Modius + Asgard 3. The final price came out to me at...

Hey speaker folks! I'm relatively unexperienced in setting up systems, however I've decided to upgrade mine last week. I've upgraded to a NAD M33, Kef R11 and have also bought 2 Monolith 15in subwoofers (last still in transit). With the black friday and some bargain hunting I've composed this...

Basically I get this random buzzing, it's 5-7 short 1-3 second buzzes of sound, at a sort of mid pitch (the pitch is the same all the time), and then it stops. It happens randomly, some times it's every 15 minutes, other times it could be an hour between instances. I tried a couple pairs of...

Hello guys, I recently bought a new dell pc (the only way i could get my hands on the new rtx cards) and it has no optical in. Now I do have a topping e30/l30 stack. I would like to run the external amp and dac with optical out from the soundcard. I was wondering if i bought an external...

I’m looking for suggestions on a dac for my powered active studio monitors. I’m mainly looking to record and mix music so accuracy performance is a huge deal. This will be connected through digital outs of my Universal Apollo X6, to my active studio monitors. Here is a list of what I am...

Hi everyone, (Sorry mistakes edited) After reading many forum threads online and with the help of calculators etc, calculations made but think I have some errors. I apologise for the long post, I will do my best to keep it concise. Objective: With the limited specifications available, I would...

Hi folks, I have a new Topping E30 that is connected via coax to my Node 2i and via Toslink to my TV. I have the E30 set to auto power on & off. The auto power on and off works fine with the TV but will not work when playing through the Node 2i - the Topping does not wake from standby from the...