is every tube name unique? like 6n3p. is there any other beside the russian tube Skylab talking about in the yarland p100 thread? and when do i know i need a better/different tube? and where can i get some?

i'm asking for a friend and i'm completely new at this. if you have about 150 dollars for a device. do you get a usb dac or audio out soundcard? he perfer a dac because he doesn't have to open the pc. he'll be getting an amp later. thanks

i'm thinking getting a beyer(770, 600ohm) but does anybody know what's the difference between the velour, the leatherette(+15) and the leather(+25)? which is more comfortable?

i've been thinking getting a tube amp for a while now. after some search here. at first, i thought about the little dot one then i read the dark voice sound better. of course there's always something better. i read about cayin ha-1a. this is a very powerful amp although right now i only have a...

first, i'm a cd user. i can't see say myself a cd lover but i just don't like using data file(mp3/lossless) somehow but anyway, i've been looking for a cd player upgrade and while i'm looking what i can for my budget and i'm thinking when will people stop using cd, like cassette or lp. i know...

any suggestion? i don't have a price but i want to keep it as low as i can, or keep it within 1000 and still can hear a difference. arcan? creek?(i think those two brands only have one cd player, right?) i don't really know. i'm using a headfive and k601 and dt990 pro. thinking of getting a...

did i miss the "news" or we don't talk about them here too much? first djx-1 http://www.beyerdynamic.com/cms/Spec...ctdatabase_pi1[showUid][showUID]=283&tx_sbproductdatabase_pi1[showUid][backPID]=1551&cHash=9758a9d64d any idea? and this too. 2007 edition...

i just got this little player yesterday. all i can say is wow. sorry wow!!! very good player. great sound quality. this beat my 1st gen ipod nano easy. almost as good as my 4th gen ipod with a pa2v2. one thing though, i'm using 500kbps ogg files instead of 256 aac.

i try to rip my music with foobar, which i had ever use before. so stupid here, when i try to rip my cd, it ask me to "please specify the directory containing "oggenc.exe". that does that mean and what do i do? thanks

i don't know which forum suit this but i'm using an ipod to test the files so i'll put it here. mod, feel free do move it to other forum ok, i used to use 256 aac vbr with my ipod. the ipod harddisk died so i got a replacement from apple. anyway since i got my ipod, i've been using 320 aac...

anybody know how's the quality of this double cd? for a non hendrix fan. does it worth keeping? i got this as a present, early christmas present i guess. or if not, what should i exchange for?

hi, i got a problem with the screen lock. everytime i have to hold the top of the wheel(or around the menu area) to get the ipod unlock. did i do anything wrong? i tried to reset it but still got the problem.

is there a close version of Koss KSC75? a guy from work tried my ksc75 and love it but he ask if there's any headphones like ksc75 with good isolation. i was thinking the k81 and let him try them and he like the koss better.

is this a strange question? i'm thinking yes but i'm feeling the one i'm using, the bling bling dock. i feel like it can break sometime. i'm not saying it is breaking or it was made poorly. i'm just saying, this does not like the cotton dock or the new one silver v2. are those two cables better...

first, i heard both. what do you guys like about the sf5 pro? i didn't a/b them but i remember i like the sf5 a little more. what is it about them? more bass? maybe. there's something i like but i can't really tell. can you guys help me with this before getting the sf5.

anyone has a tara labs cable? i got a tara labs rca cable. i don't have the model number right now because i'm at work but i'm sure it's the cheapest one. a big different from those cheap cable i got from my vcr. this is my first real audio cable. i'm pretty happy with it.

i've been to tokyo for a few days. wow i see lots of different headphones there. of course lots of japanese headphones, can't really tell except some ath-fc7 and fc5, or es5 too. some sonys. shure e2 and e3 are common(i think i saw at least ten each ). some er6i and one um1. lots of px100 and...

yea or um2 almost as good as dt990 pro? a friend of mine tried my nad e521 with a tara labs cable to headfive to dt990 pro setup and think his i-audio u3to um2 with mp3 320 bitrate better. is it possible? i tried his and not agree a bit. anybody?

does anybody know if no phical demage. how long can a pair headphones last? or will you demage your drivers by only playing music too long(30, 50 years?)?

does anybody know which is better? or are they different? i know both have some bass, good bass(not huge) and good mids and highs. i'm thinking of getting something good but different than my k601. are those the right cans for me? this cans are for everything. k601 is very very good jazz cans...

is there a way to make your headphone with more refine mids or highs or bass? i read about the burn-in sticky and there are a few methods there. will they have all the same result? i always use radio for burn-in. does that make my cans bassy? or something else? anyone have any experiense or...

oops wrong forum.... mod please delete this, thanks

they've been discontinued right? so if you have the money and can find them new and can only get one. which one?

anybody heard of this brand name before? it's a chinese brand and this one look very much like a cm7. http://www.dunu.net/en/product4.asp i wonder how it sound

i meant the one from meier-audio. anyone know how's this cable? http://www.meier-audio.homepage.t-online.de/ or better, i suppose, the RCA-to-RCA interconnects anybody has any experience with either or both cables?