I recently decided to redo my setup  and start over again with my MS-2's. I  love the MS-2's sound signature and its details, but it wasn't until I matched it up to a tube amp that I really fell in love with the MS-2's. I recently sold my amp and dac to a friend so I'm looking into new amps and...

I have an assortment of posters of varying values and I'm looking for a cheap way to mount them on my wall without hurting the posters and without hurting my wallet. I'm thinking about buying some of those sliding bar report covers that people often use for reports, putting one on the top and...

Saw the movie a few days ago, absolutely loved it, but what really stole my attention was the soundtrack. Created by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis this is already one of my favorite soundtracks, highly recommend this to anyone and everyone. The scene towards the beginning of the film with the train...

I'm not necessarily looking for movies that have great picture quality/definition (though you can certainly include them), but rather movies with great visual styles and elements. Basically movies that make your eyes smile. Some of my personal favorites A Scanner Darkly - it's not just the...

I heard Danielson is releasing an anthology of sorts, so I decided to pull the record out off the shelves and give it a listen and I must say I am sorry I overlooked this gem, awesome music. Undoubtedly not for everyone, but when I listen to a song like "Did I Step on Your Trumpet?" I feel a...

I finished one off today! I have five remaining: two on Monday, two on Tuesday and one for Wednesday. Who else is enjoying the subtle science and exact art of finals preparation. I for one can't get enough of it!

I was recently visiting my grandparents and stumbled upon their record collection and found these gems. My grandfather bought the series of LP's after hearing them at his favorite record store in the 70's and next to his Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong records these records are...

My friend and I have been doing some film/photography work as a collaboration with a third member (200 miles away), and we need to send some massive sized files to him, but of course the files are too large for an attachment. What is the best way to send them to my far away friend?

I'm looking for a Y adapter that is female on both ends, I have a mini cable and interconnects that need to be mated but I haven't been able to find an adapter/cable that suits my needs. Right now I want a dirt cheap solution. Either I'm missing something thats preventing me from finding one, or...

The disc drive in my Xbox360 is giving me constant problems so I am looking into replacing it. If I buy another Samsung disc drive, that's the same model as the drive currently in my 360, can I simply swap the two and be up and running? My guess is there will be more work involved, if that's the...

Just read on CNN that Norman Mailer passed away this morning. I just started re-reading "The Naked and the Dead" after finishing "The Executioner's Song". Vonnegut earlier this year, and now Mailer, tough year for literature. RIP http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/book...ef=mpstoryview

So I just got a steal of a deal for an Xbox 360 core and now I'm looking to get Xbox Live, which as I understand means I'll need a non-wireless internet connection as well as a hard drive or a memory card and Live subscription. If I hook up a cheap little modem to the ethernet jack next to my tv...

I want to burn a cd some of the songs are mp3's but others are ogg rips, my current burning software can't burn ogg, and since I am no longer at home with my cd's on hand I can't rip the specific songs. I am hoping someone can show me software capable of burning the ogg files to my blank disk...

I bought a pair of RS-2s new from TTVJ, and received them last Monday, all of a sudden today I place them on my bed and the right driver/housing pops right off of the metal rod! I look and find that both channels have a chip where the rod meets plastic ring that supports the housing. I tried...

So I went on vacation and upon returning home I plug my newly purchased RS-2's into my setup, turn my cd player on and listen, and what do i hear? Silence, painful disconcerting silence. Turns out my Channel Islands DAC wont power on, the power supply has been plugged in and all my sources are...

So I own a Channel Islands VDA-1 Dac, and I really enjoy the way it sounds so I have been looking for a way to use it for USB as well as coax and spdif and after reading through these forums I am not sure if the behringer or cryoparts usb to spdif would be a better fit for my dac, or if a...

I have the option of buying a Thorens TD125 MkII Turntable with an SME 3009 Tonearm for three hundred bucks, the turntable is being sold by an audiophile (speakers not headphones) so everything is in good condition. I've heard pretty good things about the two though I have found limited...

Last night I was listening to a CD with my Alessandro's and when I stood up to grab my CD wallet my arm rubbed on the volume dial on my X-Can turning the dial near the max. As soon as this happened one of the phones clearly blew out and now I have one channel of sound. As if this wasn't tragic...

So I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of a modded X-cans V3 and the amp arrived today (the amp by the way is quite the performer). What was surprising is that it arrived as quickly as it did, what surprised me more was that I received an Onyko HDMI dvd player. What is crazy is that I had no...

I currently own a Channel Islands VDA-1 dac (24 bit d/a) and I am thinking of buying the Turtle Beach USB soundcard thing (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829118107) But I am wondering if I can really run an optical cable from the Turtle's optical out into my dac and then to my...

It's easter weekend and unlike everyone else on campus I decided to stay for the weekend which leaves me alone with my newly configured headphone setup (not a bad companion really). I recently received a new Channel Islands DAC and Alessandro MS2's and saw the night as a golden opportunity to...

I have a Cambridge Audio D300 CD player which I currently run straight into my Gilmore Lite, and I am wondering what sort of a DAC I should be looking for if I want to hear an improvement in sound over the onboard DAC in the CD player. I was wondering about a Lite DAC AH, Diyeden Great March I...

Over the weekend I started noticing a real sore throat, and after getting almost no sleep the last two nights I went to see a doctor this morning. I told the doctor of my sore throat and how there was only one other instance when I had experienced a sore throat such as this. I told him that I...

So I've always been interested in photography but never really thrown the money in for a camera. Walking around campus and anytime I am on vacation I start framing the environment and I'm sick of dreaming of what it would like and want to take action. Now is a terrible time to add another...

So I bought a Little Dot micro to use with my Sennheiser hd 595's and was suprised by the sound quality and robust sound the micro provided. Then I plugged my 650's into the LDM to see what the little demon was capable of, and I was pleasantly surprised. The Micro honestly holds the 650's heavy...