Hello all, A friend of mine had her iPod earbuds break, and wanted to find some replacements. She wants something cheap ("not too expensive, i just want a replacement"), which I assume means less than $30 shipped. I did some searching around these forums, but could only find relatively...

I got my A900s about 2 weeks ago. The box was a little crushed, but the headphones were fine, except for this small nick on the right aluminum housing. I've been burning them in since, and although they sound nice, I honestly can't tell that much of a difference between these and the Sony...

Why does foobar's site say this? Does foobar2000 sound better than other players? No. Most of "sound quality differences" people "hear" are placebo effect (at least with real music), as actual differences in produced sound data are below their noise floor (1 or 2 last bits in 16bit samples)...

First off, let me state that I am not an audiophile. I do not have vast collections of Ogg's, 320kbps mp3's, etc. BUT, what's important is that 1) I game occasionally- can't wait for HL2 2) I never use speakers. I will be staying in the dorms for a year, and I like to listen (with...