Hi,   I wasn't sure which subforum to ask this, but I've wondered if the increased treble response of the HD800 would compensate for my diminished hearing towards the upper frequencies? A frequent criticism of the HD800 is that its treble can be relatively overly bright, but considering that...

Hi,   I have had the Cambridge Soundworks Microworks computer speakers for nearly 8 years now. It's a 2.1 system that was decent back during its day, but now, no sound comes out of the right channel. I have swapped the satellite speakers and the cables around to isolate the problem, and the...

I've been using a computer as my transport for several years, and all of my music was ripped into 1 FLAC file + CUE sheet for each CD album. I've been thinking about the Squeezebox Touch, but I have heard conflicting reports as to whether Squeezeboxes in general support CUE formats. Has...

Background: Pentium 200MMX with 64MB RAM, Win2000 with nothing else but Foobar installed and basically all unnecessary services disabled, Kernel streaming to S/PDIF of SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold, no resampling, no problems with CDDA playback, pretty default Foobar setup with no DSPs. Playing...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had any experience converting the TTL signals of a CD-ROM's digital output to SPDIF. I had read that the signal format was the same except that the TTL voltages were 5V peak-to-peak instead of 1Vpp of a SPDIF stream. I saw the following schematic at...

I've searched the forum, and the closest thread I found was a request for a closed pair of cans sounding like the ER-4. Can anyone recommend full-sized headphones with a sound signature similar to the ER-4Ps? I don't have any price limit in mind or closed/open preference. My other pair of...

My father recently had his hearing checked, and he told me that the audiologist told him he could no longer hear sounds above 10kHz. I'm not a musician of any sort, so I have no point of reference as to what not being able to hear above 10kHz exactly means. What would he miss in terms of...

I have been using my humble Toshiba SD2200 DVD player's analog out for some time and want to consider purchasing an external DAC. I believe I had read something about older Toshiba DVD players having poor digital output because the signal was modified or something. Can anyone confirm if this is...

Today, while placing my washed silicon tips back on my ER-4Ps, I noticed a small crack in the left transducer tube. The sound does not seem to have been affected by it, and it can only be seen under certain lighting conditions. Nonetheless, it's there, and I don't know how it got there. I don't...

I saw these being sold at Partsexpress for $29.85. Can anyone provide any comments about these cables or any suitable alternatives in the < $40/3ft price range? Thanks.

I have an old internal NEC CDR-512 CD-ROM drive. It contains a digital line-out connector that I would like to take advantage of, and I've also heard a lot of praises of the early NEC transports for CD-ROM drives. I imagine that I can rig a 5/12V power supply for it from a wall wart, but since...

Got these at a neighborhood garage sale for 50 cents. Can anyone provide the vintage of this headphones? I was told that the original owner purchased them in Hong Kong circa 1980. I want to know if it would be worth it to solder a new plug on the cable. The text found on the phones are...

I was recently thinking about the viability of using a PC's power supply as the power source for an amp. It's not uncommon to see various computer retailers selling 300 W power supply units for $20 or less. I understand that such a power supply already has some inherent filtering/switching...

I'm looking to get a good pair of headphones, but I'm limited on cash. I'm really interested in the isolation, portability, and low impedance offered by the ER-4P. I'm trying to kill many birds with one stone here with the ER-4P, but given the $270 USD price tag, would it be better go go for...

I believe both can be obtained for no more than $65. I would like to hear your opinions on these two cans relative to each other. Also, I understand that the HD497 will be more easily driven off a PCDP compared to the HD535; exactly how great a loss in sound quality will result from using the...