Amazon now has new colors of Powerbeats for sale. I am not tempted.

I bought them from amazon. I have to say they did look new.

My Powerbeats Pro came today. I think I will return them, for several reasons. But first the positive: when paired with my iPad the Powerbeats Pro gave decent sound quality with no dropouts. The ear hook was not unpleasant nor uncomfortable. Now for the not so good: most serious, the...

The Powerbeats Pro price dropped $50 on amazon, so I ordered. I would not be surprised if a new model was about to come out. I wanted these mainly for outdoor activities. I'm a little concerned because I've never had an IEM before and I'm not sure how well my ears will tolerate them.

To each their own. I prefer how the V200 looks. I may yet get one, considering the Niimbus is so much more expensive.

For better or worse Lake People just lost the sale of a V200. Niimbus, even if misspelled, is way above my budget but now I must see what develops. And I have to say unlike the V281/V220 the Niimbus looks really nice,,,not to mention what it might sound like. I am minded of Goethe's poem The...

Somewhere, I believe, in this impossibly long thread I inquired about Bluetooth phones. Perhaps around two years ago. What I finally purchased was a Jabra Evolve 75 UC headset. Setup was a little rough but they exceed my expectations. Primary purpose was communication but I chose them also...

As an update for the past five years or so I've been driving my headphones from the output of a Crown D-75A, which even has a 1/4 inch headphone jack in parallel with the speaker wire screws.   No more preamp output for me!

I have a Duet.  I think its strength is more as an A to D than as a DAC.  For a DAC I use and can recommend a NAD M51, which is within your price range.   Edit:  oops, I just noticed how old this thread is.

  I'm using the driver AMD released two days ago...not that the previous drivers worked any better or worse.

Success, sort of.   I had been having the dropouts using audio over HDMI (AMD Radeon Nano).  Today in desperation I decided to try audio over USB (in both cases to a NAD M51).  USB is not quite as convenient for me as HDMI, but the audio works perfectly over USB -- no dropouts at all that I...

Thanks for the suggestion of LatencyMon.  LatencyMon reports "Your system appears to be suitable for handling real-time audio and other tasks without dropouts."  Meanwhile dropouts are horrible.   I disabled 13 services, including Windows Search, and ran with and without a pagefile.  I tried...

Update:  Microsoft's Groove Music player has the same dropouts, so it is unlikely to be a problem with foobar configuration.

I'm experiencing severe dropouts using WASAPI (or not using WASAPI) with foobar2000 v1.3.9 and Windows 10 Pro.  At first I thought it was a network problem but now I know it is the same with music files on the local MVMe drive.   No such dropout problems on old, three core AMD Phenom running...

  Unlike the higher end Apogee products I believe the Quartet has same specs per channel as the Duet.

I received my Duet night before last.  So far I have not tried recording, but the Duet DAC is wonderful.  The built in headphone amp is OK, but no substitute for a real amp, at least driving Denon D7000.  I'm using my Crown D-75A as an amp and I can't go to bed.  Can't stop tapping my toes.  ...

  The models mentioned in the High End Bluetooth Headphones thread.

  Many a fine audio transducer has been made of paper.     A reason I am considering the Solo 2 Wireless is that I want a Bluetooth headphone I am not afraid to use outside.  The Solo 2 Wireless is made largely of plastic I understand.  I also want compatibility with my iPad.  Sound quality...

I have not actually listened to any Beats but the solo 2 wireless are interesting to me.  I'd like to get some good Bluetooth headphones.  I have not heard of anything new that sounds better on paper.

I now have the iPad.  Am still thinking about which Bluetooth headphones, if any.

I am planning to purchase an iPad, and if so to get a pair of Bluetooth headphones to work with it.  Sound quality is not my primary concern for this application, although it would of course be nice.  I am more interested in comfort, convenience, and compatibility.  I would want on-ear or...

In the early 1960's I built an enclosure (singular, as in mono) using a 12 inch Electro Voice driver and an Electro Voice horn tweeter.  Can't recall the model numbers.  Thought it sounded pretty good at the time, but then I didn't know much better.  Powered it with a Scott Kit amplifier.

For a vintage bookshelf consider AR 3a's.

Quote: I used a standard BrownDog adapter and two Central Semiconductor 1N5314 CRD's to bias a pair of OPA627's into class A with good results.  There is space to mount the 1N5314 diodes between the DIP socket pins if you're careful.  

Quote: I considered the MicroLux but ordered a Proxxon drill instead.  I wanted to be able to drill larger holes in panels than the MicroLux would handle.  If you get the MicroLux I would love to know what you think of it.