What are you guys using for wireless audio??  What I want to do is to stream music over wifi to my stereo.  Must have digital outputs, either spdif or toslink to go into my dacmagic.  The apple airport express seems like nicely packaged, simple solution for the job.  Are there any else I should...

Thanks for the feedback. So it looks like this theoretically works, but the execution is not so flawless. Can anyone else comment on wireless devices with toslink or spdif outputs? I would be very excited to find another low cost solution.

My DacMagic has transformed my computer into a very respectable hifi source. Many people spend a ton more on CD players, the DacMagic is extremely versatile, often I'll connect it to my old cd player and it works wonderfully with spdif or toslink inputs. Heck, even disconnect it from your...

Anyone have any experience using the Apple Airport Express to stream music? I have a Cambridge Audio DacMagic and I would love to not have my computer tethered to it via USB. I haven't looked extensively at other options yet, but this appears to be a fairly inexpensive solution to getting...

If the deoxit doesn't work, try tube rolling. With the stock driver tubes I always had a quiet high pitched sibilance noise that would fade in and our from time to time. Thought the whole time it was dirty contacts, got some mullard driver tubes and it is now dead quiet.

Quote: Originally Posted by mow_the_hawk That's good to hear. I see you have the Little Dot MK III. I am wondering if that works well for all those cans. Little dot Mk III works well with the Senn 580's. If my memory serves me right, most of the little dot line up was designed...

I emailed David, here is his reply: Hello Ryan, Great to hear from you! It looks like you've been doing some great research. Regarding your inquiry, the Little Dots in question run in Class-A and you don't have to worry about manually biasing as all Little Dots are self-biasing. I...

Can anyone comment on the sound of soviet tubes? I found this site: 6J1P-EV / EF95 / 6F32 / 6AK7 Russian pentode tube Prices look pretty good, I haven't tried any tube rolling yet.

I've been reading a bit more about amplifiers and had a few questions relating the to the Little Dot Mk III I've now owned for the past 8 months. 1. I've heard the design of this amp (and the Mk IV) is Single Ended Push Pull. Does that mean that the Driver tubes run in class A and the Power...

UE SF 5 pro's, listed in my first post. Sorry, i've been real lazy about updating my profile. I use them with an 80gb Apple Ipod classic. My home setup is Senn 580's with a stock Little dot mk III. My comparisons however were strictly using the ipod source, alternating between the senn and UE...

So it sounds like another good solution would maybe be a hybrid IEM? Dynamic driver for highs, balanced armature for lows? It just amazes me that people are willing to pay so much for sound that is essentially flawed in a very noticeable way. My IEMs are convenient, block noise and sound good...

Quote: Originally Posted by Singapura You could try the Shure E500 or E5C. They have excellent mids and highs and three drivers. I realise they are indeed quite expensive. Alternatively you might try a silver IC which will lift the treble somewhat. These appear to have a very...

I've been using my SF 5 pro's for a several months now, and while i'm very happy with them and the improvements they make in my everyday life, I spent last night listening to my Sennheiser 580/Little Dot mk III setup last night and was spellbound by the differences between the sound...

Thanks, I sort of answered my own question too, after looking at the triple.fi made in china? thread. I was unaware that there are really only two manufacturers of balanced armatures: sonion and knowles. The sonion site has a nice diagram here: Balanced Armature - Sonion And Knowles has a...

I'm familiar with how dynamic driver units work, but what are armature drivers and how do they work exactly? I was reading a description the other day that said the UE's essentially worked by the vibrations of a small pin bumping against something else I can't remember. Could anyone...

If they're like my sennheiser 580's, the plugs need to be pressed in pretty far to click. I had been getting an intermittent connection too. Otherwise, if you're careful, you can pry the cover off the side and look at the driver itself to see if the springs are fine. The connections in my 580...

You're right, I misspoke. It was this lens' predecessor I was speaking of. The prices I'm seeing are actually showing this lens (new) being more expensive than the 70-200. Personally, I'd still go for the "L" lens.

Quote: Originally Posted by martook My recommendation for you would be a Canon 20D ($400-$500) and a Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 ($250-$300) to start with, and then get the Canon 70-300 IS ($400-$450) when you can afford it. Then you'll have a fast and sharp wide angle for scenery and a really...

Quote: Originally Posted by artizen65 Thank you, Just to clarify none of these pictures were touched with an editor they are as the camera took the picture. systemerror909 not trying to start a fight but for a newbee that has aspirations of also learning photoshop along with...

And remember to always shoot RAW. This image was shot at 3200 iso on my 20d and was underexposed about two stops. Thanks to raw editing, this image looks great as a 12x18.

Quote: Originally Posted by Arainach I mean the $5 film cameras you can get in your camera drug store. The lenses, meters, and other parts that they contain are more technically advanced than anything Ansel used. The point of a good camera is to get out of the photographer's way. Ansel...

Photography is my other main hobby, so I feel pretty confident saying to people to not waste their time with film. I'll probably receive a lot of flak for this, but film is very time consuming, requires a far more complicated setup for making prints and ultimately if you shoot enough is much...

No one got a chance to take a listen? I at least thought a couple people here would find this interesting.

If you have about half an hour to relax in the next day or two, give this a try: Binaural beats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scroll down to example and select sample 2. Listen over headphones, not speakers. Anyone else already use their headphones for this purpose? I've been...

I don't know if this is relevant, or even how sound reproduction actually works, but I'm throwing it out here to see what people say. Nyquist theory applies to all waves, not just sound. Here is an image I'm posting that visually depicts my concerns for the theory. Image hosted with...