Hi. Haven't been very active here lately.   In a month or two I'm getting a new cell phone / smart phone. And while audio use is only one of the aspects to consider, it's something to take into notice too. The possible phones to consider are probably iPhone 4/4S, Samsung Galaxy S II, Nokia...

As most OS X users here already know, the drivers supplied by Creative are 32-bit only. And since Lion seems to have dropped the default 32-bit support, the audio interface does not work. Having googled the net I found that when one switches the OS back to 32-bit mode, the driver works and the...

I have some problems with my M-Audio Audiophile USB soundcard and the retailer is letting me replace it with another. The new one should be around the same price or if it is a bit more expensive, I could pay the difference. I'll be using it on a MacBook Pro (early 2008). The main use is...

All the software I found seem to work on Wintel only. Any suggestions? (OS X 10.5.3)

The manual for A816 specifically says the player will only work with XP and Vista. What's the situation in practice? Does the drag & drop feature work with Windows 2000? How about OS X (Leopard) or Linux (newest kernel)? Thanks.

I've had my 1GB Creative for 2 or 3 years now and it's starting to act up. So I figure it's the time to get a new one. Which would you recommend with the following properties? - Must have built-in USB and must work on W2k and XP without any drivers or software - Must work with rechargable AA...

Hi. As my kids have started to use a few websites, I want to find a suitable filter software for them. There seem to be different products, some based on detecting bad IPs, some analyzing content and so on. What I am looking for is a software that blocks ALL websites except the ones defined as...

I've now had the Audiophile card for a few days and it is feeding my active desktop monitors (Genelec 8020A) from the analog RCA outs. My PC's running Win 2k and I have the latest drivers (win 2k) provided by M-Audio - that are from 2003! A couple of times the analog output has been defective...

As I'm looking for a way to upgrade my desktop PC audio for both speaker and headphone use, one of the many different options is a Tivoli radio. They seem to be fairly highly regarded as radios. What is their phone output quality like? I think I might be especially interested in the Model Two.

I'd like to upgrade my desktop PC's audio. After thinking about it I just realized what would be the perfect solution. An amp like the Meier Aria (with USB connection, decent DAC, headphone amp) and power amps to drive a pair of small desktop speakers. Small size is important naturally. Any...

I wonder how many NY Head-Fiers are going to reduce posting. http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6038534.html EDIT: could a mod please make the obvious correction in the subject...

I know the Google ads sniff your IP or something and the topics on the page when showing ads. It's just that I don't understand how come am I (from northern Europe) now getting ads in hebrew - if that's what it is?

There's another thread about new headphone related stuff at CES. This made me wonder, what are the new or near-future technological advancements in headphones? Are all the new phone models just evolutionary and not revolutionary? What realistic changes have we got to wait for in the coming 5...

I'm close to getting an IEM pair in the $100 to 200 price range. What's stopping me is the several posts about $300 IEMs breaking in six months or less. Now what I'd really like to find is an Ety ER6i pair with Koss warranty. Which brands offer great (international) warranties?

I just realized there's a hook-like structure at one end of the headband and a matching hole-like structure at the other end. The phones seem to be meant to stay "hooked" like that when they're folded. Does anyone actually keep them like that?

The death of minidisc has been predicted for ages. Now it seems it is becoming more and more likely. Minidisc forum admins and other people with connections inside Sony are posting about Sony now getting out of MD and Hi-MD. Sources talk about 15 Sony branches/technologies/product groups being...

Hi. I'll be going on a work-related trip for a few days to Greece in November. As I come from the colder and much more expensive end of the continent, I wonder if any (small) AV related piece of equipment is particularily cheap in Greece compared to prices in other EU countries. Greek...

Hi. My audio equipment will be soon facing a reorganizing of some sort due to getting a new house. I might end up using my Prehead's preamp and a new (preferably used) poweramp to run my B&W Nautilus 805 speakers (low freq boost by my Velodyne SPL-1200 subwoofer). Any recommendations which...

As the number of forum threads and posts seems to increase all the time and is already now almost impossible to keep up with, could there be a "watch option" which would email you when posts including certain keywords are posted? Does the forum software have such a feature? Would it be possible...

I haven't been very fond of the streaming free web radios until now. I've had the Radio Free Colorado in my bookmarks for a while but only recently started listening to it. And... it's great! Mostly classic rock from 60s to 80s with no advertisements or any useless host gibberish. Just a...

For many people on this forum, the constant change in their equipment seems to be part of the fun. That's absolutely fine, just not my cup of tea. When I buy something, I usually plan to keep it. Now I'm thinking about getting a separate DAC. The problem is, many of the popular ones don't...

There are several threads about the Mac mini and audio. However, most the Mac threads seem to be from the time it was released. Time has passed now since then. What are the users' current views on it? Please also post your configuration. Thanks.

I've been trying to find small IEMs/earbuds that have a headband. Sennheiser PX10 was suggested as an option but unfortunately I haven't been able to locate a pair locally. Today I noticed a pair of phones of a somewhat similar concept at Audio Cubes: Audio-Technica ATH-UC3 I couldn't...

Hi. I'm using the M-Audio Transit USB external audio card and Foobar2000 software to play MP3s on my HD. I've tried to use the ASIO output but that only works part of the time. The playback could work fine for a while, until I can't get any sound out of the Transit and fb2k gives me the error...

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