This may not be the best forum to go to for this, but it's the only forum I'm registered on besides ubuntuforums. So, my friend just got Rock Band for the Wii plus an extra wireless guitar, making two in total. We couldn't both guitars to sync with the little USB dongle at the same time...

As a university student, the amount of sleep I get each night varies quite a bit, from around 9 hours (rare) to about 4 in some extreme cases. What I've found is that I feel good when I wake up after 8 or more hours. As the amount drops to 7.5 and decreases, I feel horrible when I wake up and...

I recently started job at a local drugstore which has (cleverly) placed its toy aisle so that it's in direct view of the children who come in with their parents. Consequently, I quite often hear cries of "DADDY, DADDY, I WANT IT!", "LOOK AT THIS HELICOPTER, IT'S SO AWESOME!", and so on. I've...

Long story short: I'm recabling my ex-roommate's Triports. (Yeah yeah, "U SHOOD GIVE HIM A PIAR OF KSC-75 OR EVEN BETTER A PUNCH IN THE MOUTH LOL!!!!111 BOTH OF THEM ARE WAAAY BETTUR THEN BOSE!!" Give it a rest.) I've put together the new cable, which is a Mogami which splits, terminated with...

Well, I must not be destined to use Linux. I've tried several distributions on my desktop and not a single one has performed flawlessly at my modest needs. I want the computer to serve as backup storage only, with files to be transferred from my XP laptop via a portable USB hard drive (FAT32...

Before I knew that it was controversial, I followed the controversial device to delete everything in my C:/windows/Prefetch folder in hopes of getting better boot times. I also changed the EnablePrefetcher registry value to 2 for a few boots, just to compare. There wasn't much difference, and...

Bit of a story to tell (make sure you read the whole thing through because I present the facts in the order in which I learned them) . . . My female friend and a bunch of other people (all eighteen) went to one girl's house to drink. I was at home and didn't find out about any of this until...

When I decided to get a laptop to use at college instead of my gaming desktop, I knew that it would help me to play less computer games (that's why I got it in the first place - to help me focus), but I had no idea that the effect would be this profound. I really began playing computer games...

Well, I've had the k340 for several days now, and I've decided that I won't be keeping them - they just don't please me enough to elbow their way into my k501/k271S duo's territory. Money is an issue, too. Read on . . . They arrived in great condition, completely stock. I took a listen out of...

Has anyone ever listened closely to the music from the Maxis PC game The Sims? It's great - especially the "downtown" music from the "Hot Date" expansion, which is a sort of super laid-back big band jazz. There's also meditative piano stuff (build mode), upbeat orchestral pieces (buy mode), and...

How much would I have to drop in order to obtain a DAC that's superior to the one in the Corda Aria? Please take into account that if the DAC doesn't have USB-in then I'll need a separate transport. I'd just like to get an idea where the Aria is on the DAC food chain.

I got a dot matrix printer off eBay for $10 and was dismayed to find that Windows XP isn't natively compatible with dot matrix printers. Anyone know of a way to get it to work? It would really save me a lot of money, since ribbons cost about $1 apiece.

My girlfriend has been using the stock iPod buds with her Nano, but they've gotten dirty over time and she wanted a replacement. We were in the Apple store and she saw these Sennheiser MX 70 Sport buds and fell in love with their greenie looks. The magnets on the back of them are pretty cool and...

First of all, here are my system specs: Antec Aria case/PSU (300W, 18A on the 12v rail) MSI socket478 micro-ATX motherboard Pentium 4 Prescott 3GHz (not overclocked) 2gb (4 x 512mb) Mushkin DDR400 nVIDIA 6800 vanilla (AGP, overclocked) 2 hard drives (74gb WD Raptor, 500gb WD Caviar...

As a tiny number of you may know, my attention was turned toward an old harman/kardon TL8500 CD changer being sold on eBay in this thread. I was able to snatch the thing for $30 shipped - thanks, fewtch! It arrived in very good condition, with a few scratches here and there, but nothing worth...

People often favor low-impedence headphones (<60 ohms) for portable applications because portable players often lack "power." I've been pairing up my Shuffle with the 600-ohm AKG k240M, which has worked out surprisingly well. The Shuffle seems to have plenty of "power," supplying more than...

Is it possible to modify a car from FF to FR? A few quick searches brought up a few pages about DIY 4WD, so I assume it's possible. Does anyone know if/think it'd be costly to have a mechanic do it?

Head over to our myspace (www.myspace.com/theclectics) to sample "What the Funk?" or "Run! (Mega Hombre)" in 96kbps MP3 glory. I'm the drummer in a casual band with a few friends. We call ourselves the Eclectics and we just finished our first album, "Harbinger [EP]." Apparently, harbinger...

I bought my k271S's back from my friend a little while ago (I missed them so!) and the year-old pads were very flat and stiff. I took a good, critical listen and thought to myself, "These seemed like they sounded so good a year ago!" I was extremely disappointed. There was little isolation and...

Please read before voting! What's your status on your Head-Fi journey? Are you happy with your rig (pfft )? Do you have a favorite manufacturer (house sound)? Do you plan on buying more headphones? Whole new rigs? I've capitalized key words for easier scanning. This poll should go...

I give you the latest development in custom Grado pads! The side that touches your head: The driver side: Next to a bowl: How they're worn: Both sides (note that the left one is a bit brown because I tried to melt the hole into it rather than cut and it didn't work out)...

I've noticed that many people here consider what I believe to be haggling "lowballing." What's the difference, and why do some people get upset when they recieve offers lower than their asking prices, or ignore those offers altogether? I guess I may just be used to haggling most person-to-person...

Do you listen to the musical sound of a song more closely, or the lyrics? I, for instance, can hear almost any song in my head, but even for some of my favorite songs, if you asked me what the lyrics are, I wouldn't know some/most of them. It's the music for me. The deeper meaning of 99% of...

Hey all, I'm in a casual band with a singer, guitarist, bassist/saxophonist, and pianist. We just recorded a couple tracks a few weeks ago, and I thought I'd post 'em and see what people think. We don't have a name yet, so bring on the suggestions. These tracks are just me (on drums) and...

Hey all, I recieved an e-mail yesterday from a shop near me called Paradise Audio & Video--it's been mentioned several times on this forum; you can search it --saying that they are moving, so they're having a sale.