Quote: Have you thought about the AKG 450's? Amazon has them for $75 through a Amazon Marketplace retailer vs. the AKG 430's for $69. That is if you live in the US.  

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I will wait for them to be on WOOT or CowBoom for $19.99!   Quote:

I have had very few problems with refurbished equipment over the years. They are examined/repaired before they are resold. If they are still or go bad it is usually soon after you start using them and under a limited warranty. Buy from some one with a reputation if you can, ie. Newegg.com is...

  Quote:  http://www.mediamonkey.com/download/  will do it.

That is one busy, and I don't ean traffic busy. Looks interesting but they need to calm the website down a lot. 

Quote: This is how I did/do it. I ripped everything to WAV fornat and have it stored on a hard drive. I then can play with different encodings as I chose without having to rerip everything each time. As for the best encoding that is really up to your ears.   Library size about...

I thought given your user name you where outside the U.S. but figured I would post the link just in case.   Quote:

You mentioned earlier the AKG K 450's try - http://www.soundearphones.com/deal-of-the-day at the bottom of the page. Also using site15 adds a additional 15% discount.

Juan Cuardos - Busker in Washington DC - Peruvian Guiarist. Nice sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aYOTpLLPOc A Mel Torme album if it ever arrives A Diana Krall album A couple of Michael Buble albums.

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Vic Damone "The Best of Vic Damone" - Tzene, Tzene, Tzene    Frank Sinatra - The Complete Capital Singles - 05 Two Hearts, Two Kisses (Make One Love) 

Have the SANSA Fuze and S4's. Can't say anything about metal music but the device and IEM's work well together and for Jazz/Classical/Country/Bug Band sound good together.

  Quote: If you don't mind refurb Amazon.com has a refurb J3 for $266. No tax at least in Upstate New York.

http://www.cowboom.com/deal-of-the-day.cfm   If anyone is interested and can make use of the deal.   Perhaps the wrong forum but thought I would pass this on as a good price for what looks like a good entry level set of headphones,   Now back to lurking.