Sometimes I need a break for my cans, so I've got a pair of Polk Audio T15 powered by a Yamaha R-S201 that's fed by my USB AlienDAC. It sounds fine, but I have to crank up the volume to near max on the Yamaha to get what I want out of the Polks. As a stop gap, I put my XPamp in front of the...

Right speaker died on my ATH AD700, the cans that I've enjoyed as a companion to my MS-100s for 7-8 years now. I understand there's a new model of A/D's out, but I haven't heard good things about them. Should I go straight to old model AD900s? Is there an alternative that's better priced, more...

Engadget reports: http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/27/a...kuphddvd-tool/ What are the implications of this? How will this impact the big Studios willingness to put out HD content on consumer discs? How long before we see HD-DVD2 players with an even "more uncrackable" DRM? As per forum...

From my reading I understand that these are good all-around cans for the price and being sealed, but that the mids are recessed. Is it possible to make up for this with some EQing?

Please help me pick my next cans! For the last couple of months, I'd been searching for the suitable companion to my first and only hi-fi can, the SR-60. I wanted a taste of the exotic world outside of Grado (which after a year of listening had become anything but exotic to my ears). Having...

Howdy folks, I'm looking for fast, aggressive, peppy classical music from people like Vivaldi, Brahams, Mendelson, Mozart, Bach, etc. I'm looking for the stuff that has lots of "catches" and quick phrasing. Mahler is too slow and deep for my tastes. Please recommend symphonies, sonatas, and...

Howdy folks, I've come to think that there is some kind of problem with my right ear. For the past several weeks, whenever I listen to music it feels as if the right channel has been louder, and puts more pressure on my ear drum. Swaping stereo channels at my source doesn't seem to help, and...

Howdy folks. I'm considering upgrading from a Mint to an XP amp and am curious what kind of differences I can expect?

Hey folks, Does anyone out there notice a lot of static/reverberation like sound coming off the vocals throughout most of "Wolf Like Me," but mostly around the 1 minute mark? It's driving me crazy and I've become paranoid that it might be the result of my equipment.

Hey folks. Either my 0404 has bit the dust or my new motherboard has faulty PCI slots. Either way, I cannot get the sound card to work in Windows without BSODing. What I'm looking for as a soultion is a USB DAC that is comparable in price and sound quality, eg $100 and E-MU 0404 SQ levels...

Howdy folks. Been listening to Massive Attack's Mezzanine for a couple of months now on my Grados and I love it. Is there anything else similary dark and bassy from the same artist, or maybe different artists?

So I got my 0404 from Sweetwater today. I talked to a guy on the phone and asked him what kind of adapter I'd need to go from the seperated channel stereo on the back to a minijack, so he told me a Hosna RCA to 1/8" would work... Big mistake. The 0404 actually has the 1/8" big phono jacks...

I consider myself myself a Classical fan. Vivaldi is probably my favorite composer, with The Four Seasons, and there quite a few Bach and Mozart tunes I enjoy (although I cannot name them). So, coming to the Head-Fi forums, I find that Mahler is highly recommended, so I get myself a 1-5 set...

Been loving my SR60s, until last week I noticed a foriegn, unmusical rattling noise I hadn't noticed before in my left phone. It seems to only happen in certain songs at certain points, where it didn't happen before. I tried to just ignore it and not play those songs, but as I'm currently...

Hey guys, some months ago, someone linked to a windows program which puts in a context menu which allows you to make playlists based on folders really easily. I had to reformat my PC and now I have no idea what its called or where to find it. Please help me out! Thanks.

I notice I've been listening to music with my amp set higher then what I stared out with a week ago. I've also noticed that the music I used to enjoy is starting to sound dull with reduced detail and accuracy that I'm acustomed to getting from my Grados. Does subjecting your ears to loud music...

Howdy folks. Been throughly enjoying Muse's Absolution and Origin of Symmetry. I'm looking for more similar stuff. I've tried The Mars Volta and found most of their stuff less acessible then Muse. Any suggestions?

So I'm new to the audio scene. I got my AV-710 in hi-fi mode. I got Grado SR60's on the way, along with a CMoy amp. Now I hear that if I don't get good interconnects, I will get crappy sound out of my phones? First off, why can't I use this ol' generic interconnect that came with my TV Tuner...

Anyone pick up Afrocelt's latest alblum yet?

Yes, I am considering spending more money that I really aught to on aural augmentations to my gaming rig. I purchased an AV710 last summer, unaware that it was THE sound card for entry level audiophiles, so it looks like I’m part-way there. After lurking around the site for awhile, it seems that...