Happy Birthday, to a local LA headfier. Have a great one, dude!

hey all. I will be moving my 36" Wega to my living room and want to replace it with something. I am thinking a smaller screen would be ok, but don't want to go below 27" (although cost might require me to). The small form factor and weight of a plasma/LCD would be great, but honestly I'm...

I am considering upgrading my preamp from a Melos Maestro to a Cary. We all know how sexy the SLI-80 and 300-SEI are, and how well they perform with headphones; however, they don't have pre-outs, and I want to use my current poweramp to drive my Dyns. As far as I can tell, the SLP-2002 and...

I'll keep this short, since I feel stupid and don't need to go on and on, but I lost my wallet this week. I thought I merely misplaced it somewhere at home. I had it on Weds night when I paid for groceries at the market. When I looked for it on Thursday morning, it was nowhere to be found at...

I'd like to start grinding my own coffee, but don't have much to spend (especially since I will be back in school again in the fall). So I am looking for a grinder in the sub $100 range, and if it is available via amazon, all the better b/c i have gift certificates there. I make my coffee a...

I have been debating getting a preamp for a while (vs other fun expenses), and finally decided last night to give my Melos Maestro a whirl as a pre. It was previously just collecting dust, so I switched out my Marantz integrated (which I was using as my Pre) and switched in the Melos. My...

Happy Birthday! Your name always cracked me up, and who doesnt love mints, the GG, or both!! Have a great one.

FYI, for those needing some filtering: "Buy.com has the Monster Cable MP-HTS1000 8 Outlet PowerCenter w/ Stage 2 Filtering for a low $45.99. $9 shipping. Tax in CA, MA, MD, TN." http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...361&adid=17662 I bought the PC1000 from buy.com a year or 2 ago and it...

First, we have to pretend that I have money with which to upgrade my work rig. In reality, that's not going to happen until January (or more likely, much later). But I want to start collecting ideas now so that I know what I am getting myself into. What I Have: My current rig sounds great...

In a pre-"new years resolution" resolution, I'm trying to get my life organized, and just picked up a Palm Z22 with some store credit I had. (I wanted something small, bare-bones, and cheap, and I found it!) I baby my stuff, and want to protect my new toy. I have a screen protector on the...

http://www.nin.com/access/collected/index.asp "Fill out the form below and you will receive a NIN "Collected" DVD in the mail (while supplies last). " Just spotted that on another forum, hopefully other NIN fans can enjoy it too.

My 4th gen 40 gig iPod has had problem after problem. I've sent it in at least 3 or 4 times, and have had it replaced with a new 40gig (at least once?). The current issue is that my iPod will sometimes, and at random, jump from the current song to the next track without my prompting. It is...

right now it is just a submission, but I saw this and thought "oh, how emblematic of headfi." not the best ever (I still think "My Pet Human" takes the cake), but 24/7 headphones just seems right. http://www.threadless.com/submission.../24-7_(squared)

Free speech is great and everything, gotta love the Internet and the 1st Amendment, but is it really necessary to waste server space/bandwidth/etc with posts by members congratulating themselves for reaching various benchmarks in post counts? You want a cookie for typing words on a forum...

**I am sure this has been addressed before, so please link me up if this is a blatant repost** I am sick, and just want to listen to some tunes at work to make the day go by more quickly. However, I am getting lots of distortion from my Supermacro V3. Yes, the batteries may be drained...

So how do you folks in earthquake-prone areas secure your racks/gear to the wall or keep them from crashing down? After a trip to OSH, I picked up a few things and plan to do the following for my racks and aquariums: For Aquariums: I am going to use 1 set of these (in black) on the top...

My Shuffle has been a headache from the very start. It was a gift, so I felt that I couldn't return it, but I wish I had. At first I couldn't load any songs onto it, but that issue has been solved. Now that songs are on it (via ephPod), it won't play. I was at the Apple store when it...

So I just put together a new computer rig, and for the past 24 hrs I've been dealing with "new computer" problems. I'm using all brand-new components: Antec P180 case (black, SPCR version) AMD 3500+ Venice Core DFI LanParty UT nF4 UltraD mobo Leadtek GeForce PX6800TDH (256mb) - PCIe...

I've really been loving my new poweramp (SimAudio Moon W-3) in recent months because it unleashed bass and other goodness my system had never known before. However, last night I finally got around to plugging all of my components into a recently acquired Powervar 1200 power conditioner. It is...

Hey all, A friend of mine needs to buy a new cell phone since her's broke (LG 4650), but doesn't have insurance on it. She has Verizon, and went to the Verizon store, and got charged a hell of a lot for a replacement and they made her extend her plan for 2 years (which I think cost her $70 in...

greeeeeeeeeeeat, greedy double dipping execs decided that we needed to have another DVD release of the original Star Wars trilogy. That is not to say that I don't want to own the original films as they once were, but some of us (most of us?) bought the DVD set that came out a few months back...

This past weekend I picked up Beethoven's 6, 7, & 8th symphonies, but am not thrilled with the recordings. This sounds a bit obtuse, but what are the "best" recordings (i know performances can vary by conductor,etc, and seems more subjective?) of the 6th through 8th, if not all 9? (I should also...

So, I need to finally get some decent kitchen knives to replace the handmedowns I currently have. Everyone who comes over and cooks at my place complains... So, I was thinking of picking up one of the $100-150 Henkels sets at amazon or the like, but really know very little about knives. I...

Similar to other headfiers inquiries about CD storage, I too need to find a solution for storing my CDs in their jewel cases. My current rack is 1) unstable, 2) has run out of space, 3) isn't too attractive. Old thread by others: http://www5.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64390...

What's a guy to do: I have too many components and not enough outlets. I have two new amps that arrived (or will be arriving) so my current setup is now defunct and needs to be changed. Basically, I need a power conditioner with more than 4 outlets at very least to complement my current setup...