Most likely excessive gain for low impedance cans, however always a possibility it's oscillation (especially if using a socketed opamp).

You can toe them in up to ~15 degrees. Otherwise you'll never hear them on axis.

Soylent Green. A fav classic. New Sci-Fi can't hold up. I won't spoil the ending...

Christmas Gifts, but telling you would spoil the surprise!

Boxed mac & cheese (~barf), a salad, and soon yogurt with some kind of fruit or honey.

whatever has been left on the set...

Build your own! A small plastic box, a couple resistors, input terminals and a headphone jack. Definitely doable for less than $10 (if you already own a soldering iron). Here's a page to get you started... ---> Headphone Adaptor for Power Amplifiers Lots more schematics floating around...

For attenuation, a 10k pot is a good standard for most situations. A little better all-around compromise (nicer to the DAC) would be 20 or 25K, but then you really have to make sure you use good short cables (3' to no ill effect). 50K would push it for any passive. With a 25k pot as a passive...

never credit, gotta save up and buy qwerty or devorak?

Just stood 10' behind someone today waiting for a bus. He had ipod-ish earbuds, and could CLEARLY hear the music he was playing. That's too loud.

You don't need distortion to blow the driver. Even a clean signal with enough power can fry a driver. Can also happen through time with fatigue. Or you can induce distortion by hyper extending the diaphragm, making it's alignment go wonky. This can also happen if you blow heavily on the driver...

Deus Ex was a fantastic game. Now playing Reversi and Mahjong.

Wow, good deal for a first meter. Nothing to regret. After a while when you know you'll be getting into more serious electronics, you can then easily upgrade to something lots fancier, like a Fluke.

If in Canada, Canuck audio mart...

3!

...or cause a DoS overload for Head-Fi

Just starting Complicity; Iain Banks.

You'd think a high-end equipment manufacturer wouldn't consider any of these factors when including a power cord. Without an actual repeatable standardized measurement, how can you accurately judge something? Any variation is just a matter of opinion without it. All in all, there is a...

It can develop after a serious illness, or even might be hereditary/genetic. Most of the time, what you mostly hear is that is occurs after long-term exposure to loud music/audio. Strange thing, is that many doctors/neurologists/audiologists still don't have a clear bead on what is really...

soon to update with something different~

Also mute/disable the MIDI synth. On some older chips/cards (Creative) this feature can add a lot of hiss.

Tinnitus is a permanent condition. If it fixed itself up, may just have been ringing based on pressure (air, blood, or fluid), or inner ear cold/nerve related.

Yamaha RH5Ma!

If they could last forever (not built too strongly), Yamaha RH5Ma! Don't need to be amped, and perform well with all types of music.

Let us all know if the leads are lacquered or just conventionally insulated. I'm curious.