My HD 598 SEs arrived today.  Authenticity check passed without issue, and so far they sound pretty good (tested mostly from a WA7d and an iPhone 5S).  The cable situation is annoying though - it's great that it comes with a shorter 3.5mm termination cable, but the plug is too thick to fit into...

Damn, that sucks. I truly love my PlexWriter Premium for DAE and audio burning, and have kept it through 3 or 4 rounds of DVD burner upgrades. What am I gonna do when it, or the IDE standard, finally dies... =(

My solution to the gaming vs sound quality issue was to get two computers, put an Audigy in one and an E-MU in the other.

R-10s and SA-5000s... *drool* Man, this is making it more tempting by the moment. I'd be up for an Austinite carpool down there if we can get one together. I won't be on this weekend, unfortunately, but I'm pretty flexible in terms of timing, so almost anything will be fine with me. Just post...

I'd really like to go (and I may make it yet), but it's gonna be a 2.5 hour drive to get to Houston, not to mention the time in traffic inside Houston... then I'll have to drive back (or beg a friend for a place to stay)... If only it were on a weekend. But that's the way it goes, I guess...

Quote: Originally Posted by sleepkyng unlocked ericsson t68i simple, intuitive, lightweight, good batterlife and good reception You know having owned a T68i for over 2 years, "good reception" isn't something that I'd ever consider one of its strengths. I still liked the...

I have custom MP3 ringtones on my phone (didn't pay for any of them, of course), but most of the time my phone is on silent... ~KS

Quote: Originally Posted by gsferrari Off-Topic but the traffic here in Austin is the worst I have every seen in USA (barring NYC/NJ/Washington) Which part of Austin? I-35 is bad at times, yes, but worst in USA? I can't even say it's worst in Texas (635 in Dallas, every other...

Looks pretty nice... but nothing for the Mini... The Vaja case is still the best I've seen, though (well, judged solely from pictures on the internet, anyhow). ~KS

Quote: Originally Posted by JB. BTW, am I crazy or is the HD600 slightly reminiscent of the KSC-35? Like, if the HD600 were a fully mature T-Rex performing opera, the KSC35's might be a newly-hatched T-Rex singing scales are arpeggios? Judged solely by that post, I'd say...

Quote: Originally Posted by DMOS Dual core/cpu at the moment does nothing for games. The software side of things is way behind. Music and DVD playback require next to nothing for hardware requirements, any reasonably modern system can handle this. Even using directshow filters to clean...

Quote: Originally Posted by saturnine Cant wait till someone hacks it. That would make one hell of a linux box... I want to run MacOS X on it (It is PPC, after all) - hopefully PearPC Project will be in an advanced enough stage by that point. ~KS

Too bad it forces you to use WMP. I've downloaded HEARO and installed it on my other computer, and though I haven't tried it in-depth with music, it does some weird things with some of the video files I've tried. And the chance of me using WMP for music is somewhere near the vicinity of a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nandro Have they removed it for some reson? I see the pre beta 5 as the latest on the website still. Just checked again... it's there... but here are the download links: Without CDRDAO package: ftp://fx1.hrz.uni-dortmund.de/sw_dat...C/eac095b1.zip...

I've been using 0.95 Prebeta 3 all this time, and haven't had any problems at all... as far as I'm concerned, it might as well be a "final" version already. *upgrades anyway* ~KS

Quote: Originally Posted by bundee1 blowing on cartridges. pfoooo pfoooo Haha, those were the days indeed. *Ponders hooking up the NES again* ~KS

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Xenogears, Super Mario Bros. 3, StarCraft, Civilization 2, Radiant Silvergun, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy Tactics... just to name a few. ~KS

Maybe give the Audio-Technica ATH-CM7/Ti a try? I've owned th E888s before, and judging from memory, I thought the CM7s were similar, but somewhat better in sound quality. As for build quality, not really a contest at all. ~KS

The main reason I switched was because of the Unicode support, but I understand it's not a major issue to most people. I also like the included masstagging and conversion tools. I actually like the asthetics of Winamp, but not enough to make me choose it over fb2k's features. I do use...

I really liked the blue first-generation iPod Mini. (I own a 2G green one, since the new blue is more of a turqoise color that I don't care for). Toshiba's Gigabeat also looks pretty nice, if a bit big. ~KS

Quote: Originally Posted by Cyclone By 133sd i assume you mean PC133 184-pin DDR SDRAM. PC133 is SDR. Intel never released a chipset for the PIII that supported DDR (only RDRAM or SDR SDRAM), and unless my memory is getting shot at a rate more rapid than I imagined, Dell only uses...

Don't think I've used it here, but on another forum, I've always used it as a response whenever someone says something so unintelligible that I don't even know where to start in correcting them... kinda like a "you're kidding me, right?" response. It compliments the rolling-eyes emoticon quite...

I bought it for a friend today, and from watching her play it for about an hour, I've managed to deduce that the game is more aesthetically pleasing than WoW, and that the in-game UI customization is nice... I dunno, I'll probably pick it up when I've got the money to spare. ~KS

Thought about picking it up, but still play WoW for the time being. Might give it a try later. ~KS

Quote: Originally Posted by audiophile_ltu Thank You for Your ideas about this topic, and I'm sorry for my bad English. Your English is excellent... believe me when I say that there are many native speakers who couldn't articulate/type nearly as well. As for the topic... I...