Recent content by bmcelvan

Thanks for the replies...sounds like either get a good dedicated sound card or a USB DAC for the PC. As for the deal, I was thinking about using it on my phone as well. However wouldn't a USB DAC work better there too or would an AMP there still make a nice difference. Anyone use/have...

That makes sense, I'll definitely look into that as well...in fact my audio card at home might already have that. Specifically what I was asking about though was I'm looking at a deal on amazon for some ATH-m50x that come bundled with a Fiio A3 AMP. This will undoubtedly make my smartphone...

Can I ask a quick question on this thread. Would using a headphone amp on a pc still be better than the audio card alone...I understand a DAC would be best. Either Sony MDR-V6 or ATH-M50x will be the headphones.

Just to be clear...is that gooligan checker webpage safe? I assume since you included it's link?

To JohnCranberry: I hate to be the one to say this but you're confusing the issue of volume with sound quality. Many people, yourself included apparently, feel that louder is better. However that is not an actual description of quality, just quantity. DTSHDMA, WAV, PCM, LPCM, TrueHD & FLAC...