Quote: Originally posted by aeberbach I've just been messing around with a water cooled PC using silicon tubing. I can see how it would make a good case, being slightly shock absorbent, translucent and tough - but silicon is slightly sticky and difficult to wipe clean. The iPod...

Quote: Originally posted by sapphiremodena I'm not willing to buy an Apple computer just to get an iPod...is there any way around this? No need to buy an Apple computer, use the money to buy the top 10 headphones instead. Software running on windows that bridge the iPod and PC with...

Quote: Originally posted by eric343 Well, the HR iPod case isn't out yet... Get a Super Dooper by WaterField Designs instead, very functional, and allows heat to escape from the iPod.

Quote: Originally posted by Badtz can it mess up your equipment? it mess up your ears first, then make you worry about your equipment. Quote: do you happen to know if the ipod has a true line-out or an emulated line-out? ;-) Only a headphone out for the iPod, though...

I am using a Denon RCD 100, it is a CD player with a build in receiver. Comes with a remote which is what I like. Just add speakers and you have good audio coming out of it. Drives my HD600 very well too. This could be what you are after, was under $400.

Quote: Originally posted by Mr.PD I have used EAC and LAME r3mix. This was a major pain in the butt. I now use Musicmatch Jukebox set to VBR 86%. The Lame's settings can be set within EAC, all you have to do after is just point and click, easier than Musicmatch. When you become...

Just added an extra pair of earpads to it, sounds great.

Quote: Originally posted by Oliver I go with joelongwood, an amp helps the iPod a lot with harder to drive cans. It would drive my Senn HD520II, and the ER-4S, but neither to a decent volume nor with much detail in reproduction, as if there was a glassdoor in between. Having the power of...

Quote: Originally posted by taoster mp3 rock! Its mp3 at 48kbps that really sucks!!!

Quote: Originally posted by joelongwood I have heard this combo, Lizard.........and to my ears, the sound is pretty thin. The volume has to be past 3/4 on the bar to provide any decent volume. I ripped my mp3 at vbr 192 kbps, which on most passages hit 320 kbps. And at 93 db, they...

Quote: Originally posted by Matthew-Spaltro I just want to make sure that I have got the concept. Expensive high end headphones should make bad recordings sound even worse? Am I correct? Not only that, it turns bad CDs into frizbees...

It sure sounds good doesn't it. Wait till you hear the iPod with the HD600, no amp required.

Quote: Originally posted by DeanA Which is why I would never recommend the HD600 to someone without a good headphone amp. I suggest a Thinkpad instead, with mp3 and not CDs with HD600 cups covered with stockings.

Quote: Originally posted by DeanA Which is why I would never recommend the HD600 to someone without a good headphone amp. I suugest a Thinkpad instead, with mp3 and not CDs.

Quote: Originally posted by Dusty Chalk They don't calibrate every unit.They don't.I have to admit, I haven't seen that, but I have seen people say "I thought they were more 'up-front' before, but now they seemed a little laid back. Is there any way that I can reverse the burn-in process...