I see that this product is becoming popular here, but I was wondering if people could explain to me its advantages and disadvantages. As far as I can see, it just removes the computer from the equation and allows you to use only your iPod as a digital transport. Is this correct? If it is, is...

I was wondering if anyone knew of good programs for this. I was hoping to just make a mix CD from AIFF files and burn it so that it would work in regular CD players. It would not seem to be that hard, but it is eluding me. When I just tried to do it through the OS, I would get data cd's with...

I installed a cartridge by myself for the first time, and my lord was it a pain in the ass. I feel like you need three espresso-free hands, all with fingers the size of tweezers. You also need bionic eyes, the patience of Penelope (yes, and Odyssey reference), and an ability to just stop...

I am looking to try out some RS-1's and I have not really found any stores with them available for a test listen (I have not really tried either...). I have some interesting stuff that might be worth a listen...HP-2's with ultra-wide bandwidth cable, Carlo-modded melos SHA-gold (maestrobator)...

Hello everyone. First of all, hello to all the old members. I have not been around for awhile. Sorry, my headphone setup is complete and satisfies me completely. I have been so busy with photography that I have not had much time to deal with the audio. I am having a bit of an issue with my...

I was wondering if anyone had used this website before to order stuff from Japan. I am trying to find a pair of Omega II's and they have a great price. I wrote Eifl, but I never got a response back. Anyway, if anyone had experience with them, I would love to hear it.

Hey guys, I just figured I would post a pic of my new speaker setup. It is still in sub optimal condition while I wait for my non-biwire speaker cables and a more appropriate stand. I am fairly sure I am going to put the premier 140 on the ground...Man, it was a nightmare to get up on top. It is...

Hello all, I am rather bored tonight, so I figured I would post some photos that I have taken in last few weeks. I don't really get a chance to share them that often, so I figure I will just send some out into the ether to see if anyone has any comments or just cares to look at them...

The world has lost one of its greatest artists. He was 95. There is an excellent and moving obituary for him in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/ob...ARTIER.html?hp He will be missed.

I just got back from a trip from Japan, and I am duly impressed by the hospitality and service of the Japanese manufacturers, especially Audio Technica. I have studied Japanese culture and speak Japanese, so it was not totally unexpected, but it was still amazing. Well, Sony first. The Sony...

I was going to post about this and then I saw Donovan Smith also just posted one...ha, must be all the free time on memorial day weekend. In any case, I have started building my website. It is essentially for my photography and some of my academic stuff. My last website was horrendous and made...

A friend sent me some links for the Philips DVP900SA, and while a bit more expensive (about 600USD), it seems pretty interesting. It's 24/192, HDMI, supports SACD but apparently not DVD-audio. Weird, seeing as it is a dvd player. Whatever. As my friend indicated, it looks like the Music Hall...

I take it they are industrial music. A lot of my friends really like them, so I am just curious what the take is on the band. I am going to try to pick up a CD.

A link from a former head-fier that seems pretty interesting: http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/0404/01.dts.html Hopefully this will help improve the sound in the movies. Though lossless digital is sort of an oxymoron anyway though right?

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone had done any field recording. I really like listening to field recordings, whether from the city or countryside. I travel a fair bit, and I think it would be fun to record some of the places I go to...binaural recordings would be especially interesting. I would...

Now go prescribe yourself some good drugs and have a ball! By the way, did anything ever come of the problem with your neighbor? I hope everything turned out alright... Enjoy the day.

I am currently listening to Windy and Carl's Consciousness -- the best CD I have ever heard to study to. it is ambient, and somewhat droning, and pretty enough to be contemplative and not grating. At the same time, you are able to zone out to it, more than just being forced to listen attentively...

I am listening to his new CD -- Hotel Vast Horizon, and it is just awesome. The guy is such a good songwriter and player. Dirt Floor is also incredible...he is really diverse, coming from a sort of rock infused with country to blues, electronic aspects in some stuff...none of it really...

Recently, head-fier Kartik graciously sent me his new Headphile XRS and BlackSilver interconnects and asked me to give my impressions. The Headphile cables are made by Head-Fi member Xanadu777. The BlackSilver interconnects are pretty much the standard affair – silver wire and RCA terminations...

I was reading the liner notes to my copy of Disintegration, and I noticed a funny line. It said: "This album was mixed to be played loud, so turn it up!" I thought this was somewhat funny. It does sound better loud, but doesn't most rock? What in particular do you think they did in the mixing...

Hey guys, I was thinking of getting a PDA, and I was wondering what would be the best bet. Cost no object (well, under 500 dollars, which I think all are...). Are there good ones on the cusp of being released? Does it make sense to get one now, or wait a bit? I would like it to have bluetooth to...

Hey guys. I just figured I would let you know that I heard the Krell SACD standard today -- it rocks. I only listened for a few minutes, but it was with a conrad johnson CAV-50 (not mine, but I have the same amp) and Wilson Audio Sofia loudspeakers (surprisingly the CAV-50 actually can drive...

among other things. It is by Mike Johnston of photo.net. Sometimes I agree with him, and sometimes not, but he has an interesting viewpoint. It's just a short little thing, but I figured some of you might like it. I know that hobbies like photography often complement an interest in hifi, and...

Has anyone seen this movie? It is a japanese movie. Very weird and interesting. It is about a wave of mass suicides among high school students in Tokyo. I guess it won a bunch of awards at international film festivals. It is pretty graphic though, so you might not want to watch it with your...

please beware that for some it is an excercise in obscurantism. For a historiography class I have to write a review of an article entitled: "Capacities and Modes of Thinking: Intellectual Engagements and Subaltern Hegemony in the Early History of Malagasy Christianity". If it sounds like...