Anyone have the new Panny SA-XR57 Digital Receiver (or the XR55) and want to share some impressions of it?

Anyone have any experience with the Infinity Beta 50 either in a 2-channel or as the front channels of a home theatre system?

Recommend me some Euro-pop in the vein of Aqua and Vengaboys. Don't ask, just recommend

Well, I have an interesting situation on my hands. I literally just received my new AKG K701s, however I still have in my posession Strohmie's old "burned-in" pair which I've been enjoying for the past week. Right out of the box, just "trusting my ears," these new K701s have little sonic...

I'm about to graduate college and have two offers (different business units) from Lockheed Martin as a software engineer. The work seems extremely interesting, but the catch is I also have an offer from a "local" company (also very large) that pays more but the work doesn't seem as interesting...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...83917758574879 The mainstream media has pretty much squashed this, but for those of you who haven't seen it, it's brilliant.

I'm about to graduate college and I've decided I need a new computer. Usage will be a little bit of everything, with no special emphasis on gaming (of which I do fairly little at the moment, but this could change). That being said, here's my current build: Processor Conroe Extreme Edition...

I've used the EMU0404 for around half a year now, and one thing I've always noticed is it is sibilant and fairly harsh. Now whether it is sibilant in itself, or it just lets sibilant recordings show through in all their glory I can't say. Anyone else notice this?

I just received a Little Dot III Tube Amplifier and here are my initial impressions. I'd like to start with the usual "I'm not an audiophile, I just like listening to music," disclaimer. Whew, now that that's been taken care of, moving along... The Little Dot III is a rather cheap tube...

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So right now I'm using Visual Studio.Net 2003 Pro on my home computer, and I just got Visual Studio 2005 Pro but haven't installed it yet. I just noticed there also is a Visual Studio 6 Pro that I can get but good word, what is the difference between the latter two?

Because if it's not, he's probably the greatest man alive.

At the same position on the volume bar is there a difference in loudness between the 4G and 5G?

http://chrono.ocremix.org/ 25 tracks of symphonic remixes for the game Chrono Trigger. I'm downloading as we speak. P.S. Yes it's legal.

http://gopod.free-go.net/ I purchased my 5th Gen iPod at an Apple Store the first day it was available retail here in the US. The GoPod says my iPod is "volume capped," so I uncap it, and there really is no difference in the volume. False positive?

Who do you think is a better violinist in technical ability and pure virtuosity, and why? edit: Please don't vote "Other", I realized such a choice doesn't make any sense given the question.

I just set up a small speaker rig for my computer EMU 0404 -> T-Amp -> Athena AS-B1 and I'm finding them very fatiguing. I can't put my finger on it, but it's almost as if there's some extremely high frequency energy that's causing this. Anyone else notice anything similar?

So looking at these various AC adapters and power supplies, I notice some are listed as class/level 1, 2, and 3. What are the differences between these? Is one better than the rest?

Do most amps with integrated on/off and volume control start at the 6 oclock position, i.e. the 6 oclock position is "off"?

A seemingly simple search yields that the USA uses one of two (or both?) voltages out of wall outlets: 110V and/or 120V. Which one is correct? Also if it is 120V, if I plug in a 110V device (let's say an amp), will it get fried?

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In your experience (or your under your best impression), comparing those who predominantly uses either full-sized headphones or IEMs, which group tends to upgrade/side-grade faster and with more frequency? For those of you who use both with more or less equal frequency, which type do you find...

I'm curious to see how many users of the aforementioned IEMs are satisfied with the "stock" sound, and how many tweak them via EQ. If you do use EQ, what do you do?

Have you guys noticed a general trend toward an "euphonic" sound instead of an "accurate" sound here in the forums? I think this is especially prevalent in the IEM threads. Just my thoughts, anyone else feel this way?

I'm looking for some music that's similar to Nightwish, and to a lesser extent Sonata Arctica (whom I'm not as familiar with). I've sampled some Lacuna Coil, The Gathering, Stratovarius, Within Temptation, etc but at least from what I've listened to, the vocals are there, but there's none of...