Posts by jnorris

I can't really speak to battery life as I've never really tested it - or stressed it for that matter.  I use a combination of 128K, 160K and 392K MP3's as well as high bit rate FLACs, with some game playing and web...

Up until last month I would have laughed at your comparison of the Clip+ to an FM radio or a keyhole.  Having just purchased a Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2, however, and having done some extensive comparisons between the Clip+, the...

RockBox solves all this stuff.  Music plays within a few seconds of turning the player on - no refreshing.

The default firmware on the Clip+ wants to refresh the database every time you turn it on.  If you've got a large SD card in it you will have to wait a while before you can play music.  If that's what you mean by slowing down...

Am I missing something?  Shouldn't $2000 cables sound amazingly clean and open at first listen and to all listeners?  Do you really have to work this hard to hear a difference after spending that much money?

Like Inks said, there's something about them.  Usually I like bright phones and I'm quick to return something if it doesn't meet my demands (like the Klipsch S4, SOL Amps, Philips 3580, Ultimate Ears and a bunch of others - I've...

The ER6i were my first "expensive" in-ears and hold a special place in my heart.  But there is no denying the fact that they are bass-shy.  Yes, the highs and mids are clean and extended, but a large part of the music is...

The Parasound P/HP-850 preamp has an excellent headphone amp built-in, and the output of the Sumo Athena preamp is strong enough to drive many headphones directly without an amp.

There is a very simple divider circuit that you can build that will match headphones to speaker outputs.  You can find the circuit here:   http://sound.westhost.com/project100.htm

It’s been a long-standing dream of mine to own a pair of Martin Logan speakers, and to have a listening room that would do them justice. Sadly, that may never happen, so when I saw that they were selling in-ears at a reasonable price I...