Quote: Originally Posted by dpippel I bought two of these "remanufactured" units from Amazon last year and both died from hard drive failure within a week of each other. They were also in less than optimal cosmetic condition, one much worse than the other (screen scratches and major...

I posted this reply in an earlier message: try amazon.com. They were selling a reconditioned unit for about $160 a couple of months ago. I got one. Works great, looks great.

amazon.com was selling a reconditioned rio karma 20g for about $160 recently. Don't know if any are left, but you might check with them.

scrypt-- Thanks for the useful and informative review of the Plextor drive. I've been planning on getting one (I, too, use an older Yamaha SCSI), and would like to upgrade to a faster drive. I had read that the Plextor drives will copy copy-protected disks because of Plextor's...

quote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Originally posted by AdamK Johnny Cash came out with a set of three cds a couple of years ago grouped by theme. They were God, Love and Murder...

Quote: Originally posted by Gluegun Maybe get another set of KSC-35's somewhere? Are they repairable? Koss has lifetime warranty. You just pay for shipping. Check their website.

Quote: Originally posted by Mr.PD This new country that I hear every once in a while sounds more like old rock n roll to me. I've been seriously into country and bluegrass music for most of my somewhat longish life . I totally agree with Mr. PD, but then "new country" has always...

Quote: Originally posted by Alccode ... I will be recording mixes onto MD (portably!), which I would then transfer onto a computer to burn onto CD. You'd better check this out--I do not believe you can upload (transfer) recordings from a NetMD recorder to a computer. You might...

Quote: Originally posted by zzz heh. heh heh. and how exactly do you see a bunch of people who have no clue about engineering involved in designing a headphone coming up with a good design? fyrfytrhoges: to take your idea a bit further: ....find a manufacturer of quality...

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check out Mac software N2MP3. It does a pretty decent job of ripping cd's.

If the record companies put the money they spend trying to develop copy protection schemes toward their bottom line, maybe the could reduce the cost of CD's to what they should be. A decent price would do more than anything else to thwart what they refer to "stealing" music.

mtillman writes: Quote: I'm a pro sound mixer, Do you use the same phones for mixing as you do for listening for pleasure or enjoyment? If no, what do you use for mixing, if you use headphones at all? I agree on the Senn MX500--they are indeed very good.

I have both the EX-70's and the HP-vx100's. Speaking about sound quality, the 70's have way too much bass emphasis, and are lacking in the highs. They almost sound muffled. This is without the mods that are described in detail here on Head-Fi and evidently result in a better overall sound...

SlicSound is selling an earplug that looks very much like the Ety ER20 musician's earplug. They call it the SlicPlug. The exploded view looks exactly like the Etymotic plug. Priced at $11.95, that's a good price. Comes with carrying case and behind-the-neck cord.