First off, I apologize for the necrobump. I'm so glad I found this thread. I've been going nuts with the mp3 playback issue with many different apps. I always figured it was a software issue vs hardware and I'm grateful for that at least. Poweramp has been a great workaround. Prior to...

@ Rehabitat x2, my fine Australian friend.

Man, I thought you got yours forever ago! Okay, I'll bite. Frankenphones?    Quote:

Yikes. Scary. Thanks for the warning, SoulSyde. *concern*   Quote:

Off-topic: what the heck is up with the BANNED statuses I've seen lately? Two fine, well spoken, and helpful Head-fiers, Bennyboy71 and Anaxilus both show BANNED under their handles. I've never witnesses any behavior that seems ban-worthy. What does one do to get banned on Head-fi? Sheesh!

FWIW - my HD650s are dead silent (until I crank the volume and the thunder ensues  ) on gain III.

@Ripvanlink - Saunas and PMPs: this is such a funny topic to me right now. I think you'll be just fine. My wife suffers the crunchy social atmosphere of the coed sauna at her gym. There's a doode that's been going there for a while. He does his push-ups and crunches IN the sauna with his iPod...

I haven't decided yet. I'm satisfied with my 1G. I did have the bug at first, but now I'm not so sure. So, I'm not on the list... for now. As I like to say, "the sheep's in the water." ;) ("Wool sea" - we'll see)   Quote:

@ dfkt *phew* I almost held a wake.

Lol, yeah. Client focus, focus, focus through the ACOG scope. Sit still, dammit! ;)   Well said, GM, in every area. I've mentioned the *slight* channel imbalance, but only in the spirit of honesty and accuracy. It is a non-issue.   The crackle... people, please. If there's anyone...

I thought you might get around to asking that, Grokit. And, CRAP. I'll amend my sig. 1G, my man. So, yeah - I've got the 10-120-70 ( 0 II I ) impedance switch measurements.   Quote:

Bring back dkft's grumpapuss x1   I miss it already. It reminds me of that Robert Scull story that ran as an animated short on cartoon channels a bunch of years ago called, Grumpy Bug. Sandra Bernhard narrated and it's frickin' hilarious.

I couldn't ask for a better portable to pair with those two vastly different phones. It's really ridiculous how versatile and efficient the Arrow is. A lot of us here pair the Arrow with the HD650 and believe it or not, it works extremely well. Personally, I've been cranking the gain on the...

@ Golden Monkey - x2 and I almost fell into the trap too. (What's up El Cerrito?! -Formerly from Alameda)

@ SoulSyde - Excellent, well-thought and well-written feedback.   I'll make a simple suggestion with regard to the hiss. Keep in mind that YMMV. I have the G1. However, I also have the J3, so here it is. With the UEs, try leaving the impedance at 0, and set the gain to I or II. Dial down the...