Any recommendations for some decent sounding ear buds in the $20-25 range? Anything that is better then the Ipods ones are welcome. I listen mostly to accoustical jazz and some light rock. I do like the sound of the Porta-Pros but want "buds". TIA..

This player is my first player and is on sale today only so I need a quick answer... I am thinking about getting the Creative Labs Zen V but its requirements says it only uses Win XP. I have Win 2k. Will this work or not? What do I have to use to make this one particular MP3 player work with...

Newbie here... not knowing too much about all the portable players out there, here is what I am looking for. I would like to take all my CDs, rip and save them into somekind of portable rig then use that as my source for my home audio system. My question is which units would provide the best SQ...

Newbie here.. I'm looking into getting a used iPod (no Shuffles) and was wondering if the older generation ones sound the same vs. the newer versions? Are there any particular model numbers to say away from? Any models that more sensitive to vibration and dropping? Can the older versions have...

I'm looking for a flash player with a strong FM tuner. That means it has to catch most of the stations in "stereo" while provinding high quality sound. The player part also has to have quality audio. Other feature are just bonuses. Any suggestions?

I'd like get a few more sets of phones to try and determine what type of sound I would enjoy the most. Therefore, I am asking which model numbers of each vendor listed would give me a signature sound of the brands they represent. In other words, I would like to know what the Grados are known...

Thinking about picking one of these up soon and was wondering who sells them brand new the cheapest? But, the catch is that they also has to be very reputable and have excellent customer service. Any experiences good or bad? TIA...

I know they must use some pretty expensive equipment but what brand and model numbers do they use? What does it cost? Is there any equivelent models, as far as sound goes, that the average consumer could purchase? Just wondering...

I'm not sure if anyone has tried this yet but here's my take on trying to get these phones to be just right to my ears. I do like the clear highs and somewhat tight bass but sometimes they can get too bright and shrilly. My take on this is that, if you can cut the high frequencies down a bit...

What if I got a +24VDC wall wart going to a two resistor voltage divider (ie. CMoy) with virtual ground then taking each +/- 12VDC voltage to a positive and negative 9VDC regulator going to my Jung multiloop amp. Would this work? Has it been done before? Just wondering....

I was planning on making a small order from Digikey for some other parts and was also concidering upgrading my Meta clone to Class A. Going through Tangents page on Class A, the parts he mentioned, FETs and current limiting diodes, are not available from Digikey. My question is what other parts...

I have Jung multi-looop amp (META wanna-be; AD8620 with BUF634s) and wanted to get a power supply hooked up to it. Looking at all the options, I was wondering what would be the design criteria for a great power supply. I'm guessing but some PS characteristics would be lowest ripple, lowest...

I'm trying to decide if I should rip apart my amp and install the JFETs to run in Class A. My question is do they really add to the sound quality and is it really apparent? In other words, if an A/B comparison was done would the Class A amp win hands down? Or is this just the last 1% gain in...

I'm debating whether to buy a pair of mid to high priced headphones ~$300 without listening to them first. How many of you out there would be willing to shell out that much money on other peoples opinions? I'm really interested in getting the Beyer DT880 or some similar model but I have not...

MD newbie here... I need to get some discs and was wondering if some brands are better then others? Which ones are crap? Can any recorder use and play 80 minutes disc? Know of any deals on the net to get these from? TIA

I'm about to hookup my OPA627s and was wondering what do you do with pins 1 and 5 which are "offset trim"? What are these pins for and can I just forget about them or what? Any ideas?

Has anyone ever tweeked their PortaPros to get rid of some of the bass heavyness? Can I open it up to stick some padding somewhere? I'd hate myself if I ever break this thing...

I just finished building my Jung multiloop amp (inner gain = 166, outer gain = 6) with BUF 634s and started rolling the op-amps. So far I tried the 8620, 823 and 2134s. The 8620 have very good detailed mids and highs but I've seemed to have lost the low end grunt. The 823 seems a bit bright and...

I'm looking for a medium priced MD recorder to record some of my vinyl albums. Are there any good analog in recorders that come to mind? Having MDLP capabilities would also be nice since my CD player has a optical digital out. TIA...

I know of Panasonic and Alps. Anything else we can use that is relatively higher quality then Panasonic but not as expensive and hard to get as Alps. Seems the choice are very limited. Any new discoveries lately?

I'm interested in getting a high quality sounding MD recorder and was researching what available and how everyone rates its quality of sound. It seems as though the older ones sounds the best, ie. R50s, D7s. Is it going to be the same as with the older PCDPs where the vintage models sounds the...

I'd like to learn more about rechargable batteries and was wondering whats out there and are there any that are better then others when it comes to PCDP. Could you also explain pros and cons of each type, who makes them and what model number of the kits they are. All I know are NiCads from the...

Do buffers and op-amps (unity gain) that follows an op-amp with some voltage gain (gain = 10 or so) add sounds of their own? Say that if I use a gain stage op-amp such as an AD-823 followed by a BUF634, would it sound the same as if there were no buffer at all? Or if I used an op-amp as a buffer...

I got the Digikey CP-3535 mini jack and think its too big. The quality is also so-so. Who makes a smaller version and of higher quality then this one? Which ones are everyone using, especially in their Altoids can? TIA...

So, what PCDP that I can buy today, do you think would be tomorrows "legendary" players? I'm in the market to get another PCDP and I want to do this once. I'll probably keep it forever and hopefully will still be happy with it 10 years from now (sort of like the D-555). Suggetions for Sony...