Hi guys, It's been a while - I've been listening to a lot of music I guess.... I'm running out of space on my iPod. Everything is Apple lossless on iTunes on my Mac, and transferred directly to my iPod in that format. To fit some more music (I like to have a broad choice on the go) I'm going...

It's not for me. Why would I spend so much money and time putting together a really top-class sound system, and then distort my music by forcing it through a piece of cheap, basic software?

Quote: Originally Posted by reorx i find it outrageously ironic that there are "no retailers in Ireland who cater for serious headphone users" when my HD 650's (and everyone else's I assume) are MADE IN IRELAND. Oh, and going for the d7000, have you considered foing the (in)famous...

Quote: Originally Posted by kjk1281 "Good news everyone!" Indeed. x2 Oooooooohhhhhhhhh yesssssssss!

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis "In my opinion, if you can't tell whether a FLAC file is original or converted MP3 just by listening to it, then you don't need to worry about it in the first place." Not if you paid for true lossless, but got some interim lossy encoded files...

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", weirdness too. If strapping two banana milk-shakes to the side of your head makes the world a better place for you, then you go right ahead and do it - ditto headphones. If other people think big headphones outdoors are weird then too bad for them...

You can get FLAC here. HDTracks offers 96Hz/24bit recordings by audiophile labels like Chesky at $16 a pop, and if you're listening from a computer>DAC>Amp, you will be blown away - the only problem being that "ordinary" cd's will sound limited forever afterwards. As for the original...

U2 & Red Hot Chilli Peppers for stadium rock. Up close and personal, Pierce Turner is in a league of his own.

I've been slowly easing myself into Jazz and Classical for a while now, and I would strongly urge you to try to find a good Jazz club locally and go see a couple of performances. Jazz is a different experience live, there's tremendous fission and interplay between an audience and the...

For me, it's all about the music - but I want to get as close as I can to the real drama of a performer electrified, and that means serious equipment. It's my way of paying respect to the damned hard work musicians put in to their careers. I just love it.

Nokia E71... does everything including making phone calls. Little beauty xx

The Wadia Digital 170i is the best there is, because it bypasses the iPod's cheapo DAC... but the downside is you'll need to buy a decent DAC as well... Here's what Stereophile had to say last year - Stereophile: Wadia Digital 170iTransport digital iPod dock

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik Though one would hope the latter does not induce the former.

Mac>PS Audio Digital Link III>Rudistor NX-03 This is a fabulous amp with the D7000's if your flavour of music is sparingly recorded acoustic anything or electronic, but I felt it was a little laid back or relaxed with more energetic rock or heavily layered recordings, mostly due to a very...

Amadou and Mariam's "Dimanche a Bamako" is an absolute joy to listen to on headphones. It was produced by Manu Chao and is awash with his trademark whistles and thrills bouncing all over your head, and the recording s.q. has a rare, dynamic, sweet, lively, natural joyfulness about it... ah, it...