Hi,   I think this is my first thread in many many many years.... but I've always remembered you guys to be super knowledgeable about such things so now that I have this situation, I know where to come!   So, I just bought my first TV, I think in nearly 15 years, about the time I stopped...

Hi! I've recently bought an ipod and wanted to rip all my CDs, but the stock internal CD-ROM I got is not cutting it. Even with error correction and all I still get clicks and noise on certain CDs. So, I'm looking for an external CD-ROM (or rewriteable) or DVD-ROM/RW, to be connected via USB...

Hi, I've been looking at Kart Racing to fill in the time between track days. Maybe 3 times a year I might go to the track with my car, but I can't really afford to do it more often. I just went to Adam's Kart Track in Riverside a couple weeks ago. That was pretty fun. Been to Dromo 1 too...

Hi, Anyone know how to save the soundtrack version of a .mov Quicktime file? My friend purchased a $2k set of instruction videos that are saved in a quicktime .mov format. She wants to listen in the car. Anyone know of any free software to do this?

any Everyquest 2 players here? i'm about to do what i never thought i would do--play it. incredible. it is thanksgiving day, and i'm bored out of my mind.... i went to 3 different computer retailers, and all are closed! ........i've convinced myself to play this game... despite my fears of...

well, just got into another hobby. so, let's share. here's the car i just bought 1 1/2 months ago (i'll try to get actual pictures soon...): so, what you guys got!? what have you done to it? dyno results?--track times? PRIZES? let's talk cars.

oh my............ just got back from the scariest experience i've had in so many years! i just bought a new car, with stick. my friend "taught" me on his WRX for about 20min yesterday. then today i practiced for another 1/2 hour before deciding to brave the journey to my friend's place, about...

hi. hope you guys can help on this one... i just received my pioneer dv47ai... and i can only get it to output 44/48khz to my Grace 901. i can't tell if it's cause the grace is not reading the signal, or why the pioneer ain't outputing hi-res, even for my dvd-a's that indicate 88 or 96khz...

in anticipation of the arrival of my Pioneer dv47ai, i bought a couple DVD-A's. playing them on my 963sa right now in dvd mode... dang man, dvd-a's are COOL! i love having music videos on the same disc, and when the pioneer arrives, i even get better than cd quality. man, i dunno what people...

i got this recommendation off of stereophile's recording of the month i think. i'm not even sure what the title means, and the "insert" (more like a book) that's included is all in italian i think. but man!--this stuff is really cool! it's like some kinda of midieval music with gregorian-like...

hi. just got my 963 today. dang good deal. however, the transport mechanism seems to make a clicking sound ever 1 sec or so. i tried different discs, and still same thing. i mean, it's not loud or anything. but if you're sitting close to the player, it gets pretty annoying. you guys...

hey guys. ha ha.... i'm asking love advice from a headphone forum. aw heck. well, i am meeting my GF for the first time this saturday. yeah, really weird relationship. yes, she's my GF, but i've never seen her in person, and only talked to her one single time, by accident, only for 1 min, a...

wow. just got my E5 today. and i first tried them with the foam tips, cause that's what i always use with my ety 4p/4s. and when i plugged them in, they sounded really REALLY REALLY bassy!!! i mean, they actually sounded kinda weird, like the high-frequency driver was blown or something. they...

hi. i wanna get a CD player that meets these requirements: 1. Less than $1000 in the used market 2. Balanced in/out 3. SPDIF coax and/or AESEBU (preferred) 4. CD Text 5. Wordclock a plus but not required < $500 even better, but i have a feeling there isn't such a player that cheap...

hi. i purchased an expensive modded headamp from overseas, in asia, maybe about 4 months ago. at first everything was fun--the guy was very accomodating to my needs, and seemed really polite and nice. well, the amp arrives screwed up. the packaging was adequate though. but when i picked up...

hey there. i just tried out my Grace with the k1000's... and it works pretty darn well! plenty of volume. and everything sounded clear and dynamic. i realize that this amp can only output 1/2 of the k1000's 1watt rating, right? but i get plenty of volume anyway. i'm thinking of dumping my...

the question: "Can cables audibly affect the tonality of your system?" as we all know, our hearing is physically capable of sensing frequencies between 20hz-20khz. as we grow older, this range decreases. there are measurable differences between cables in respect to "tonality" but most of this...

heh he... wanna have some fun with this... well, my original version of Tears for You was extremely noisy. so, since then, I have tried to reduce the noise a little. so, i used a filter that uses a sample of "silence" as a model. then it tries to subtract that sampled model from the whole...

hi. i just spent 2 days typing out one of my songs: http://www.fallingtodreams.com/music...0for%20You.mp3 it took 1.5 days to write it, and 2 days to type it!!! my gosh!!!--took longer to put it on paper than to even frickin write the dang song! so, anyway..... if you guys know...

hi. some of you might remember that i sent out my Grace 901 finding some small amount of hum while listening to Sony CD3000's. well, i just got off the phone with the tech there that's still evaluating my unit. well, he says it all was well within specs (actually 3-5db better than their...

hi. i've noticed a disturbing trend lately: moderators would post their final word, then close a thread. this is totally unfair. first of all, i would like to think the moderator had a legitimate reason for closing a thread in the first place. and, if he did, he should not do exactly...

hi. i am to meet the girl of my dreams tomorrow. (girl of my dreams = plays piano almost as good as a professional classical concert pianist, getting a PhD in bioinformatics?--some mathematics division from UCLA, and so beautiful my eyes weep whenever i meet her gaze. really.) unfortunately...

hi. well, i was so looking forward to this amp, as it seemed almost perfect. and i was most looking forward to its ultra-low noise floor. well, in low gain mode, yes, it's basically totally silent in any volume less than 3/4 max of the volume knob, with any headphones (the lowest...

hey, i was wondering... which one would theoretically result in better performance?--AES/EBU via XLR's, or SPDIF via RCA's? i'm getting a Grace 901 (arriving monday... yeah!!!)... and my CD player has both types of outputs. i would assume that AES/EBU is better, but heck, i learn a lot...

currently, my GF and her friend live at my house. but 2 months ago, an opportunity arose that would never again happen again... (and yes, it does have to do with headphones.... but you're gonna have to read 'till the end.) my GF's really quite the jealous type. unless she has personally...