"The State of USB Audio" - Alan Taffel, The Absolute Sound, 08/2009 Did anyone get a chance to read this article yet? Taffel pretty much poo-poo'd USB in it's current iteration for audiophile listening. He heralded coax S/PDIF in a desktop system as markedly superior to USB. Lacking coax...

I was reading in another thread about refurbished replacements for defective "new" electronics. Within the vast realm of my experience with warrantees, I've never had to return a unit that was a refurbushed replacement, nor have I ever had a problem with a purchased refurb. Conversely, I HAVE...

Well, There were several people that asked about RMAA test for the Headroom MicroDAC. The only problem is, is that this is my first attempt at RMAA testing. I have no idea if I did it correctly or not. Is it possible to examine the following setup and results and determine my accuracy? Is the...

I recently started learning Illustrator CS2. Just for kicks, I thought I take a stab at creating a Head-Fi wallpaper. It's not what I would consider a great job, but the results were encouraging atleast. Hope someone out there likes it. Edit: Turns out I had to redo the whole dead-gum thing...

I recently suffered some hurricane damage to my home, (Hurricane Rita). Aside from the hole in my roof, the mildew that soon followed damaged several items including some Beyers that I had left behind by accident, (it was a very rushed evacuation). They still functioned perfectly, but the cloth...

I read an interesting article by Scott Wilkinson of Electronic Musician about a new process being developed for saving those old unusable shellac disk and wax cylinder recordings. A couple of physicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are developing an optical scanning procedure for...

I've been recently enjoying the "Sherlock Holmes" DVDs. (the one's with Jeremy Brett) I noticed after watching about 10 or so episodes that there seems to be quite a few male characters with the name "Percy". Was this a pretty common name in the UK back in the 19th Century or so? Is it...

Has this card been discussed here yet? http://www.creative.com/products/pro...ct=10769&nav=4

I just perused Robert Jordan's website and discovered a new book in "The Wheel of Time" saga. It's a prequel with 2 more promised. In the interview he explained that he's trying to write the main story ending in 2 more books, but might end up writing 3. So the final total is 12-13 main story...

Well, I've been listening to NM for a couple of years now. She grew on me. I would rank her up there quite well now with my top 20 performers. Question: I feel as if I only partially know Natalie. Can anyone recommend a couple of the 10,000 Maniacs albums? All suggestions would be appreciated.

I'd feel a whole lot better about myself if I know that there are other folks out there that did what I caught myself doing the other day. It was only for about 10 seconds or so, but it happened. I'm so ashamed...

Bill Ward recommended the Shaw/Atlanta CD version awhile back. Love it! I haven't heard Spano yet, but for the price, I think I'll check i out. (release 8/24) http://www.telarc.com/Classical/titl...S191B7KHBNCSAA

Well, I've been using them for a couple of weeks now. I think the burn-in really helped the bass and detail alot on these cans. Word to the uninformed - buy a decent amp. These headphones are so pathetically weak without one. I tried using them with my Echo Indigo and it just doesn't cut it...

Well, I thought I was going to have to bite the bullet and buy a dedicated PC for my Aardvark card. Anybody that has messed with the drivers for these cards knows they're flaky at best in Windows XP. The system in general seems fine with the Aardvark as a primary sound card, but I always had...

Anyone got a favorite recording of this? I was shopping around and there seems to be quite a few conductors that have tackled this piece.

The commercial using a Q-tip with some kinda liquid to repair lens scratches. Anybody give this product a try? Does it actually work?

OMG, I just had to write and say thanks to all the folks out here in the Headfi world. I'm listening on SR225s through an Echo Indigo outta my lappy. I switched from MP3s to FLAC via kernel streaming in Foobar2000. I've been pulling out all the old favorite CDs and reripping and haven't...

Well, I bit the bullet about 3 weeks ago and picked up an Echo Indigo and some Grado SR225s for my laptop. The combo works really great, but now I'm wondering if it's working a little "too" great. I've found on several recordings some annoying "hiss". When I discover a particularly bad passage...

I can't remember if I ever saw all three, but someone asked so here it is. http://home.gt.rr.com/budpage007/Grado%20Earpads.jpg (It's about half a meg in size, so dialup beware)

Howdy folks, I work for a chemical refining company. As part of an ongoing health/wellness monitoring program, I have to submit to an audiogram every year. (for those that don't know, it's a hearing test that basically sends measured signals to both left and right ears at variable frequency...