The latest iOS update has generally wrecked Apple's stock podcast app, which has one nice feature: it lets you search for podcast guests. I also use one other podcast app, called Casts. It was highly recommended by several websites, but it doesn't allow searching for guests' names. I'm less...

During my phase of buying every $200-$300 earphone that achieved much acclaim, I found myself keeping a $30 Sennheiser-branded earphone with me for use with streaming video. These had a much warmer and more bass-heavy sound than the triple-armature phones I preferred for music, and I found they...

Most (if not all) of the custom earplugs I read about are intended to reduce noise levels while allowing you to still hear accurately. I'm not interested in that. I'm wondering what will block out sound, and hence distractions, most completely.    I've tried several brands of foam earplugs...

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I need help combatting a memory lapse. This isn't quite about music, but this category seemed to fit better than most.   I'm trying to find a name I came across in the past two weeks. It's the name of a man who makes field recordings, or recordings of nature sounds. I was at the public...

When I first began browsing the Head-Fi equipment discussion forums, I was frequently startled by offhand mentions of notoriously godawful artists--the band Chicago, for example, or the Eagles.  The tone of these references would indicate the loftiest respect, even pride of acquaintaince.  ...

Has anyone who found the SE530 to be a tricky fit--I did, with the main telltale being inconsistent soundstage--found the SE535 to be any better in this respect?  

I have been driven so far up the wall by my latest earphone purchase that I've decided to give up altogether, at least for a while. I want to try a portable headphone. I can't find a good general introduction to these in the way that there seem to be so many "shootout" and similar threads...

I have a current generation iPod Classic that's only about three months old. Yesterday I synced it after ripping the newer, remastered versions of a couple of John Cale albums. Listening to one of them on the Classic later, with a Phonak PFE, I heard a kind of crackling at specific moments...

These two were compared more than once in the recent e-Q7 threads, usually to the detriment of the elder. I'm curious if anyone actually thinks the SE530 is better. I'm about to buy one of the two.

I've found more than a page of old threads about pink noise, but I'd like to see this question specifically addressed. Apologies if it should be in the headphones forum, but it's real science on the matter that I'm interested in. I've never used pink noise for burn-in, and am not certain...

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