voxel

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Finally I can post my humble setup here

SOUND CARD SOLD

ALL SOLD. THANKS!

The pc i plan to build will be placed 2 meters away, and mainly used for listening. So, with my headphone on, the hdd noise or cpu-fan noise will not bother me. I wil try to find a good PSU at SLS, thank u all ablaze, I'm not sure whether L22 is different from Lynx2-B only on the four analogue outputs, since there is a USD250 difference on price-_- I have read some comments about lynx2 on avs forum before, however, there is no direct comparison between its analogue output and any low-price hifi cdps, such as arcam, rotel or nad. How is ur RME? (ana-out or digi-dac?)

wooo, so many suggestions:-) lekguan, what if i buy an Antec casing? I guess it will come with an Antec PSU... ablaze, that commercial water cooling block is really expensive Since the sound card may cost a lot, i cannot spent too much on other parts. BTW, anyone here has experience on those expensive sound cards, like CardDeluxe, RME Digi96/8 or LynxTwo? I have been thinking about this for a whole month. CardDeluxe has no WDM drivers; RME does better in Digital than analogue out; LynxTwo has similar price as Arcam CD72/82 player... ... ... It's really hard to determine. There is no direct comparison between the Lynx and a standalone cd player on the web, and most of my friends and members in a China headphone forum said I should buy a good CDP instead of any sound cards. What do you think? Sincerely thanks voxel

Thanks huangyong:-) Water cooling is toooo complicated for me... I choose celeron to avoid the CPU fan noise, and the PC is more than 2 meters away, so in fact, the only noise is from the PSU fan. The real problem is the temperature Maybe i've to find a room with air-con...

Anyone has experience building a HTPC in a room without air-con? I'm afraid that a Celeron 1G without fan, a 200G HDD in normal use or a PSU with silent fan will be damaged soon in such a condition... Regards, voxel

for long time wearing and the quality of sound for instru/rock/mood, I think AKG K240S is quite suitable. also it's AKG'S low impedence monitor headphone, semi-open, very good for guitar practice. u may have a try...

cancelled...

CORRECTION : voxel has been selling his K501 for around 140, and now he is listening to his K240DF on the computer Hi mambo, i suggest u give koss or grado a try. For the AKG headphones you listed, 501 is not good for DVD playback, and 240 DF/M cannot be used directly on mini-hifi or computer. 240S is quite different from DF/M. It is 55Ohms & 86dB, also quite hard to drive.

Feel free to do so

Hi Voxel, I did not have a chance to listen to the naim during the meet, how would you define a milky sound? Hi lengcm, what i mean is that the sound of naim is quite soft and relax, but under well control. Very enjoyable

Finally I know what HD600 is in the meeting To be frankly I just took a glance at the RS1, DT880 and CD3K (all much better than my 240DF ), and mainly focused on the 3 HD600s. On LC-KING my favorite can was HD580 with equinox, with enough but clean bass for symphony playback. However, , there were 3 amps controlling the bass of HD600 very well : naim, sugden and the RKV. Dont have time to experience the Gilmore and Corda yet . Comparatively naim gave a milky sound and sugden was more rigid. The RKV constructed a warm and full-bodied atmosphere ... ... ..., but anyway, it is not as tempting as the previous two, since a bit expensive BTW, I prefer to the one with equinox, but in fact, the stock cable is also ok for me.

SOLD My labmate bought it. Sorry for Huang Yong

Hi lengcm, have pm u

I'll bring my favourite 240DF and the amp for it BTW, how about the software? What kind of CDs do we have now

I think there will be too many 501s in the meeting

me voxel my email is ys_liu@msn.com I only have a K501 and a 240DF, and don't know which one to take... Hope there are someone else who will bring one of them

well, I don't have an expensive headphone pc : M-AUDIO Revo + DIY amp + 240DF bedroom : CD6000LE + K501 pillow : PHILIPS DCC130 + MX500 240 is my favorite........

hi ablaze, how did u connect your revolution and the headphone amplifier? revo does not have RCA out.

but ASIO is totally different things from KS some people think KS comes more natural on a normal pc, and ASIO for special apps

Not yet. I have ordered one, still on the way All that I know about dither, bit depth and sampling rate etc are only from hydrogen (not by practical usage) BTW, have you done some search for revolution or dither on it?

I just guess, since if a device does not support 24bit input, the signal must be dithered somewhere first, or there should be no sound out. You may check this link for more details: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?act...=ST&f=24&t=6716