Recent content by shaokim

Hey, I'm in Europe (Belgium), which limits my options because shipping costs from Amazon US are huge. Thanks for any help

Thanks for the reply. I posted this question on reddit too, and searching for a good fit, I stumbled upon these: the Microlab Solo 6c. http://www.microlab.com/?r=Stereosystemen&st=full&id=223 Does anyone have any experience with these? Apparently, bass is good on this 2.0 speaker-set, so I...

Hello, I've been on the lookout for a 2.1 speaker system for my PC. I would mainly use it for listening to music like electronic music and classical music. I would probably need a 2.1 system to get significant bass, however, I also read that these 2.1 systems sacrifice a lot of sound quality...

Ordered the microstreamer, thanks for the reply.

Hi I made a topic in the headphones forums, because my new AKG550 gets static from my onboard RealTek soundcard. People there advised me to buy a DAC, which should also increase sound quality by a lot. I've been looking for a good DAC for these headphones, and there's a few recurring names...

Thanks for the advice. So, if I were to buy a HRT microstreamer, it would completely solve my static issues, and significantly improve sound quality with my AKG550s?

Thanks for the replies. So, these DACs, do they function as a kind of USB soundcard? Apparently its output impedance is 12 ohms, so the problem of impedance mismatch with my headphones wouldn't be solved by buying a Dacmagic XS, if I understand correctly?

Hi, I've recently bought the AKG550 headphones for PC use, and I'm very satisfied with them (seem to have improved a lot, even), but unfortunately, there's constant, pretty loud static throughout, which actually gets worse when there's movement on screen (anything from moving mouse cursor to...