I'm thinking about taking a T amp I have laying around (Lepai or Topping) and wiring both channels into an old tower speaker. Should it work so that the speaker would play both channels correctly without causing damage/fire?   If so, I'd like to put this combo somewhere in the house for...

My 4 year-old Cambridge azur 540A has CAP5 protection circuitry that shuts off the amp when it detects high constant voltage.    It kicked in maybe once or twice a year before, but in the past couple months it's been several times a week. I have to unplug the amp from the back every time...

This is a new iPad app which transforms your iPad into a vinyl player by adding the warmth and the pops and hisses so loved of vinyl! I'm a young guy who missed out on vinyl--can this work?     http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vinyllove/id418338216?mt=8

I've fallen in love with a song. It's on the Yo-Yo Ma album Songs of Joy & Peace, called My One and Only Love (track 14).    I suppose I'd call it a type of jazz more than anything else. The liner notes list only the cellist (Yo-Yo) and the tenor saxophonist (Joshua Redman), but it sounds...

I'd like to know how additionally taxing lossless music is on a computer over lossy. I've avoided encoding in lossless up until recently due to having slow, weak computers, but now I have a new Core 2 Duo 27" iMac. I'm fairly ignorant about computer matters, but I've avoided lossless because I...

I thought the AD2000 usually went for $600-$800. I'm not sure if this has been going on long, but it is $499 at Amazon from 2 different sellers: Amazon.com: Used and New: Audio-Technica ATH-AD2000 Open Air Dynamic Headphones Could this be a new price point for it to settle at due to...

I keep reading that the ESW9 is surprisingly small seen in person. Could someone provide a reference picture with the two above (PortaPro, SR60), a Sony V6. or some common household object? I think others would be interested as well to see this. I'd really appreciate this!

How about it? (Specifically the Touch or Clip+ for me, but share them all!) I remember reading that Apple will have 15% off most of their iPods at their stores on Friday, but can they be bought online for the deal?

Hopefully you can help me without knowing specifically about my integrated stereo amp (Cambridge azur 540a). I'm wanting to output 5 stereo sources from the Cambridge to a headphone amp (likely an EF2). When outputting signal via the pre-out, the amp still outputs to the speakers or its...

Space is tight on my desk, so I'm thinking about getting a Marantz cc4001 or cd5003 and putting them under my 21" monitor. It weighs about 15 lbs. Good idea/bad idea? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

I hope this isn't inappropriate to post here. I noticed tonight that Amazon.com uses the same customer reviews for two different Criterion Collection movies (In the Realm of the Senses and Empire of Passion). I had recently bought Empire of Passion based in part on the reviews I'd read there...

Need extension for incoming HF-2. I'm wanting a 6'-10', well-built $15-30 cable. Of the 3 best candidates I found on Amazon, 2 were on the cheap side, and the 3rd on the expensive side. Anyone tried one of them? Amazon.com: 6 Foot 1/4" (6.3mm) Stereo Headphone Extension Cable Free Shipping...

Hey, I just saw this. Classic SR225 and RS1! Studio Headphones | B&H Photo Video

I've been thinking a lot lately about all the places my man hands have been when gripping my headphone jacks. Sure, I could wash them 15 times a day, but the pores would still secrete oil! Anyways, there's a never-ending war going on between cleanliness and our headphone jacks. Skin oils...

Hey, guys, this is a bit embarrassing, but I've been wondering how to pronounce this word ever since I discovered Head-fi 18 months ago. Is it like "soup+raw+oral"? Or "suh+praw+oral"? Or "sue+pruh+owrel"? Or "super+oral"? Or "sew+prá+owel"? If this turns out as well as I...

I just got a Cambridge Azur 540a a week ago, and I'm using it with a Toshiba HD-A30 and HD600. This sounds pretty good to me, but I wonder what you guys thinks about this setup. Have any of you tried it? Also, would there be substantial benefits going to a dedicated CD player? I know pretty...

It seems like there's no middle ground upgrading the cable--either really cheap ($12.55 for HD650 cable) or $200+ for commercial upgrade cables. Absurd, I say! Absurd! So I'd like to spend $30-60. As someone who's never spent more than $30 on a cable, I am disinclined to go much higher. Any...

I just ordered my first serious headphone amp (Headroom Micro), and I'll probably be using it mostly with an iPod or laptop. I'm also thinking of hooking it up on occasion to the audio out (RCA) of my Sony 40v2500. I have a PS3 and a HD DVD player hooked up to it via HDMI, and I have a Wii and a...

I dropped my Touch 8gb a few too many times, and so it has developed a large crack (I had quite the fright!). I paid the fee for Best Buy's replacement program and am wondering if I can get store credit. From what I've gathered of their literature, I should not expect to get any...

Mowing the lawn is an abhorrence. Just awful. But today I tried it with the HD280. The result...Joni Mitchell kept me company the entire time! Thanks, Sennheiser!

May this be a haven for sensible folk given to the soothing sounds of Bose headphones. As for the rest of you: Landlubbers, steer clear.

I've done the beyer pad mod (poorly) to my Sony V6. The foam covers over the drivers are loose and a bit scrunched. The bass has become boomy, offensive. Please, just tell me that having the foam taut will remedy this! Or else, are the covers too thick?--thicker they are than the stock foam...

So why call them cans? This more than anything else on this forum continues to perplex me. Help would be appreciated.

I hate to ask this--it seems like you guys get this asked far, far too often. But, nevertheless, I am ampless (unless you count my Altoids cmoy). Most of you say that the D2000 does pretty well without an amp. Are the D5000 and D7000 about as good without an amp? Straight out of an iPod? I...

I suppose I may as well ask if anyone has a crystal ball to look into, but might there be any indications (past incidents of similar economic conditions, or current trends) whether any major headphone makers are planning to stay competitive in price or if they're likely to respond to rising...