Nobody paid "zealously" for anything, I did however pay for a product that was not yet complete, not manufactured, and certainly not shipped, under the agreement that when it was manufactured, I would get one shipped to me.  That's how pre-order works, there is no "right" to receive updates...

  In a thread extremely optimistic and naively titled "apple will revolutionize" and then explaining how the company that sells $700 smartphones bundled with absolutely garbage earphones to protect their precious ~30% margins is out to revolutionize audio quality for a small subset of users, I...

Can someone please explain what the alsa app is actually good for, other than showing off the power of the V10?    I see pages and pages of complaining that you can't manually modify the gain unless rooted, but I haven't seen any examples of anyone plugging in a set of headphones and the V10...

Good luck!  I think the popular thing for bloggers to write was that they lacked detail and over emphasized bass, but they are Sony so I think they could have written that before actually listening to them.  Like most IEM's the fit is the biggest factor to sound, I'm right between the medium and...

I found some triple flanges on ebay that fit, haven't had a chance to swim with them yet, maybe this weekend.   I honestly don't give a crap about the sound quality, so you'll want to post that in a different thread.  Anyone who is giving serious thought to the soundstage in the middle of a 12...

I realize that these aren't typical head-fi territory. (I own Grado's, Senns, Shures, and Ety's, but bear with me) I enjoy these for working out because I hate wires, and these are waterproof. The problem is they advertise them for swimming but the tips themselves are absolute garbage. I would...

  Quote: HF3's for $99 or HF2's?    

Quote: You can't buy it, it's a Beach Camera link, and they're actually sold out.  The $99 white ones might, but that's excessive for what used to be a $60 pair.  They're discontinued, any link on Google Products for less than $80 doesn't let you check out.   I did find this...

I loved my Etymotic's for long bike trips, wind noise is just killer on my CBR.  Unfortunately I'm an idiot and left them at a rest stop a few months ago.   I've looked, and the new Ety's look a lot longer, I can't see that working out for a full face helmet.  What other canalphones are...

Quote: Originally Posted by jhoff80 It scrolls through the high channels back to 1 for me. As for going back to the old taskbar, right click it, click properties, and switch from "Always Combine" to "Never Combine". must be nice, I'm stuck at 78 and then scrolling back down...

Been using it, honestly I don't see what all the fuss is about. UAC is easily disabled in Vista and once you do that it's not a bad OS, gets way more flack than it deserves. Feels like Vista SP2 to me, some parts of WMC are better but some are worse (not scrolling through from high channels...

Quote: Originally Posted by Headphile808 If you're planning on going SLI/Crossfire, I think you should've went w/a little more power IMO (850W-1000W+). Although you'll probably be able to do it, just puts much more of a load on the PSU (Heat). Aloha Headphile808 First off 750...

Another option should be to turn off the onboard sound in the BIOS if you're comfortable with PC's which hopefully you are running Windows 7 Usually it's just tap the delete key on boot up and in the bios find what is usually referred to as "integrated devices" or something like that and just...

Quote: Originally Posted by obobskivich Windows 7 is a public beta, you cannot seriously expect that all 3rd party hardware, especially old hardware, will work out of the box with no issues, nor can you seriously expect that theres a "sticky for audio problems with windows 7", its not...

Just things to keep in mind, it's only PCI which is a pain on some mobo's these days, and drivers while available do take a little more work than modern supported cards. Also it makes my windows 7 install blue screen, that's probably covered in some sticky or something but FYI

Quote: Originally Posted by pata2001 Heck, you can always dig the hidden folder in the iPod via explorer and copy the MP3s yourself. That is completely irrelevent to the discussion of the Apple "experience". Sure you can hack it a million ways, but one can hardly commend Apple...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot It's perfectly possible to enjoy the iPod and utilize iTunes without DRM. I do it every day. Oh really? Then why in the world does Apple sell the worlds biggest portable hard drive that doesn't act like a mass storage device? You brag about...

Quote: Originally Posted by liquidfireboy Apple went all out to ensure that the average Joe's user experience was perfect in every aspect. The packaging, the cd ripping, transferring songs to DAP, integration with car/hifi etc etc. Do not confuse user experience with technical...

"exactly what I paid for" isn't really what I look for as a buyer either. I can understand a sellers thought process, they're like new, as good as new, etc but if it's the same price, I usually go somewhere with a return policy! I could never say that in the FS forums, so woohoo for wrong...

Please explain how compressed air is going to hurt the driver to the point of them refusing to fix it? I can see your logic if the suggested solution was "throw the Grado's at sharp rocks", but I'd really like to see some examples of headphones that Grado refuses to fix under warranty, I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by KenW Man, my suggestion is be patient and send 'em back. If you mess things up, you'll be up a creek. Don't risk them. Just send 'em back and wait it out. Mess them up? They don't work. People get rattle/buzzes in grado's all the time, I did, it's often...

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I used canned air, used gently, a vacuum cleaner would probably work too.

Quote: Originally Posted by LedZeppelin 2)EP 630 gets way more bass, yes, I am sure. (Surprise me too.) Please keep us updated after burn in, I'm kinda weary of "way more bass" than already bassy cx300's!

Quote: Originally Posted by Peyotero similiar housing doesn't necessarily mean similar sound. i trust sennheiser to have the skill not to copycat lesser brands to make a decent headphone. makes sense? Can you please provide some examples of headphones that use the exact same...