I recently made an eargasmic yet financially ruinous decision and bid on a vintage Technics 1200 MKII on eBay. I'm just a bit concerned as the unit needs to be sent almost the entire length of the country (Canada) and there's no original box. The owner who I'm buying it from is elderly and...

Curious what people think about the pairing. I've been amassing records over the last few months and would love to finally be able to LISTEN(!) to them, but a while back my NAD PP1 phono stage died on me and I desperately need a new needle. I'm almost positive that I am going to order one of...

I searched around a bit but didn't find anything relevant so I hope this isn't redundant, but I am looking for some legal music download sites that offer either lossless (s/a FLAC, APE etc) or WAV files. CD-quality + DRM Free is the only way I'm going to make the transition to digital downloads...

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted! Nice to see this place is still popping! I did some searching around but didn't quite find the answers I was looking for, perhaps some kindly soul will be able to help out with their knowledge and experience. First off, I was wondering about...

...and I'm floored. Granted I've only had the pleasure of about an hour's worth of listening time, not enough to convince the old timers around here, but I'm seriously thinking I may have come to the end of this little audio journey already. Paired with a decent source and my 770s which I...

Well, as is often the case, just a week or so after the warranty period expired, my E2s stopped working properly--cable issue, again. My first pair were replaced by Shure a few months back after the left earbud cut out due to a break or something in the cable. I'm not hard on these things, I...

I was hoping someone might be able to give me some advice. I am using an M-Audio 2496 and I was trying to do some inbound analog recording, but have been running into glitches; small repetitions (sound like high-speed skips) of varying length are introduced into the recording. They are the kind...

To all you Beyer lovers: I am looking for a portable amp that has good synergy with the Darth Beyers. I've had a pair of Paduak woodied 770/80s with Blackmax cable for a few weeks now and want to upgrade my rig with something that will bring out the best in these cans. At the moment, I am using...

Hey, I don't know much about USB soundcards, but I need to pick up something that is relatively cheap to connect to a laptop in order to record some old tapes (read: cassette tapes, remember those??). The only computer I can use for this is a laptop, so I need something that works via USB. My...

Ok, so I got myself a decent line-out connector for my 5th gen Ipod today and spent a bit of time listening to various reference music I use to test out equipment. I'm using the 5th Gen Ipod (Lame encoded V0 VBRs and FLAC thanks to Rockbox), cardas cable, PA2V2 and a pair of Beyer DT770/80s...

Would this be an acceptable DMM for a first time DIYer (who intends on building a Cmoy), it's only 10$ on sale. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to list the resolution or have a fuction to measure current, though I could be wrong... any suggestions? It's just so darned cheap! From Canadian Tire...

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I'm finally going to buy a portable player and I was thinking of getting an Ipod photo. I had previously wanted a Nano cause they're so goddam cute, but the small capacity and all the screen-scratch business has turned me off. At the moment I was planning on getting either a 20 gig Ipod photo or...

Does anybody know where I can order Beyer DT 770s in Canada? I was looking specifically for the 80 ohm version, though they seem tough to find and I suppose I'd settle for the 250 ohm version. How about the best current prices in the US or elsewhere? I read that guitar center has them for a...

I've noticed there seems to be 4 versions of the Beyerdynamics DT770 headphone: the original 600ohm version, the Pro 250 ohm version, the Pro 80 ohm version and the "M" version also at 80 ohms. I've read in these forums that some people find that the Pro 80ohm version to have superior...