Today which happens to be my birthday I made my girlfriend breakfast in bed, the usual plus an already opened egg covered by a napkin. When she complained that she'd already told me she didn't feel very well this morning, I told her that she probably wanted to try this egg. When she lifted her...

A silly question, perhaps, but since there's a $1000 price difference, I'd like to know what the extra cash buys in terms of both hardware and sound improvements.

I'm using music as my way to escape a busy world, so I need to be able to sit down and close my eyes and disappear into the world of music (or dance around, depending on the music). I'm researching for a home rig, so I've decided to ask the gurus here for some recommendations and guidance for...

I'm in the process of ordering a Sennheiser replacement cable. I'm going to use it (among other things) connected to the rest of my "portable" rig (see my sig) while walking around in the park / forest. Since I'm burning a lot of cash on this cable, I'd like to keep the resell value high, so...

Hi head-fiers, first post I'm going to use a portable setup like this: iRiver H140 (optical out)->MicroDAC (some IC)->MicroAmp/SR-71/AE-1/Hornet->HD650 (Blue Dragon v2) I chose to go with the Blue Dragon v2 for the headphones because I like the HD650 sonic signature . However, I've...