Hello all, My first post here.

I have been a "good music" listener all my life. Swapping and changing equipment for as long as I can remember. Nothing to me beats a nice "kick to the chest" than a bass drum kick that sets you back !

You know, you are just as a bad as DUP and in my opinion you should have been flushed down the toilet the same as him. You don't shit ice cream.

Hello all! Happy Holidays! I own a pair of Sennheiser HD-580 headphones. I listen to them through my NAD T 743 A/V Receiver. Main listening source is my NAD C 542 CD player. Do I REALLY need a headphone amp? Any and all replies will be most appreciated! Thank You!

Wow, I just accomplished the single most impressive step forward in my system after 40+years of audiophilia. I had my speakers set using the system developed my Sumiko so that its dealers can optimize the set up of speakers they sell.

Those that remember me please forgive me for repeating my background, but on a forum like this there are always newbies that don

Hi-

I've long assumed a good quality usb sound card would deliver better sound than an internal PC sound card, even of the audiophile variety. Why? Because of the inherent noisiness of PC's.

See then this quote from Tracer Technologies, who market both kinds of cards:

I want to build a PC music server setup. I will only be using the source unit to feed the digital out to my TACT 2.2 XP preamp, which has it's own internal DAC.

Questions:

1. Is there any reason (purely in terms of sound and not convenience) in using an SB3 or Transporter as an interface in such a setup? Will there be a difference in sound quality between the SB3 and the Transporter in such a setup?

I have a pair of Epos ELS-3s and am looking to upgrade to the 5.1 system (4 ELS-3, ELS-3C & ELS Sub). The problem is, these speakers have an impedance of 4 ohms (nominal). I am having trouble finding a receiver that is rated at 4 ohms that isn't twice the price of the whole Epos 5.1 setup, which MSRPs at ~$1500.

Any suggestions? Should I look to power via separate pre-amp/amp rather than using a receiver? Specific product names/models would be most helpful!