Quote: Originally Posted by intoflatlines super.fi 3 Studio would definitely be my suggestion. They have a decent somewhat balanced sound with nice clear treble. I used to own E3c and I liked them, but felt that they could improve in the bass and treble areas. SF3 has better bass and...

Quote: Originally Posted by ecclesand Keep 'em all! If you need more space, get a bigger house! I love the rack system you have setup. He'd probably have to sell them to afford a bigger house Seriously though, that rivals the Kirby Puckett baseball card collection that...

The Super.fi 3's in black are $65 right now on Amazon. I was just in the same situation and ordered these for my mom. She is never going to upgrade.

Thunderbirds are Now!

Quote: Originally Posted by Cid Future-Proof. This is perhaps the MAIN reason I started using FLAC, in the future there may well come a time when either MP3 is dead or replaced by something superior, in this case you can just decompress your flacs and encode into another format, but...

Yes everybody likes Amon Tobin Boards of Canada....definitely

friends, music, and a car

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Salvation. The last song on BRMC....first noticed it when I put a really sweet system in my car a few years ago....but the bass that underlies the song is fantastic.

apparently they melted faces at the first reunion show

And try starting here: mp3.radified.com/

Try your local library for CDs you just want a couple songs off of. They have a surprising number of hard to find stuff where I am. And yes, lossless is worth it.

Hows the battery life on that touch with your files at 320kb

Welcome to head-fi....spend a lot of time with the HD650's...they will reward you even if you get angry with them sometimes. Every now and then I think about trading them but just can't do it.

As a reference phone, 650's

Thanks for the replies. I think she previosuly owned a cheap Wal-Mart pair or something...I am not sure what she purchased. The Denons seem a little out of the price range. The JBL's look good, I may go with those of the JVC's. Does anyone know anything about the J-Jay's....any...