Hi Everybody, Over the weekend, I helped a friend setup his new Pioneer Elite 50 reciever and his old JBL 5.1 speakers.  I found the setup a little harsh and lacking in upper bass and mid.  Since then he has plans of buying a pair of speakers to swap out the main pair, for maybe around $400. ...

Hi Guys, My office lately has been very noisy and have started using ear plugs to help me focus. I would like to get myself a Headset (mic included) for my iPhone. Here are the requirements: iPhone compatible headset (not just a headphone, also has a mic) Budget is between 100-150 but I...

Hi Guys, I work in a typical cube farm. At times it gets noisy. I have a Beyer Dynamic 250-80 at work, good music can sometimes be distracting, specially when I need to focus. I am sure many of you face similar situations. What do you do? Listen to some CDs with those non-distracting...

Hi Guys, Sometime back I bought a Transit from somebody here on Head-fi. It did not come with the optical - 1/8 mini adapter. It did not matter so far, but now I want to take the S/PDIF output from the cable box and pull it into my laptop for further processing. I bought an Toslink Mini...

Hi Everybody, I am a linux newbie, trying to get my M-Audio Transit to work under Ubuntu. All I could find googling was this The instructions are not exactly clear. Please point me in the right direction. TIA, Dinesh

Hi Guys, I just ordered a Zhaolu DAC and need a cheap USB->SPDIF or USB->Coaxial convertor. Please suggest what I should buy. I know I can spend a lot and get added benefits of jitter reduction, for now, I will be happy not spending too much. I do not have a desktop anymore and will be...

Damn! I have been assimilated! Fallen into audiophile trap. I never thought I could hear a difference between TREAD and STEPS. Must go out and buy that $2000 Monster power cable... Seriously, plugging in my new TREAD into the PPA immediately felt that it lacked the punch I was used...

After undoing a couple goofups and taking care of the grounding my PPA is singing. Boy am I enjoying this or what. Thank you very much * Tangent for STEPS and PPA design and the shop, * PPL, Morsel for the design. * Glassman, bg4533 for the Diamond buffers, * thrice for the ELNA...

Is the dealer is going out of business? Clearance sale. http://www.nutshellhifi.com/dact.html

Hi Folks, I live in Metro DC and want to try out a Beyer Dynamic 250-80. Any suggestions on who sells these locally? I went to beyerdynamic site and found that the distributor for this area is actually in NJ Thanks, Dinesh