Does anyone have any suggestions for a good program to do this? FlashShuffler is okay, but I find that it often copies files that it used recently. This is despite being set to use 100% new files on each copy. I emailed the developer about this but haven't heard back. Maybe the % new files...

Background: I had been holding out for the past few years with my IRiver IFP-180T flash player, waiting for a player that had the features I wanted at a reasonable price. IAudio's U2 came closest to what I wanted. Retailer: IAudio's distribution doesn't seem that extensive in North...

Have been reading past posts on this player here and elsewhere. I think I've pretty much decided on it. Originally I was planning on getting the IRiver IFP799, but the issues some users have with white noise and problems playing back VBR files turned me off it. Any IAudio U2 owners want...

On IRiver's forums, many users seem to complain about the IFP-7XX series having a white noise problem during playback. I looked around here and couldn't find any threads on the subject, has anyone here found such a problem with their players? The IFP-795 has the specs of the player I've been...

I remember a while back there was a "post a pic of your listening setup" thread and someone put up theirs that many people liked - just a big comfy chair with their amp and headphones beside it. What do you like to sit in when listening to music? I'm looking for ideas for a more comfortable...

= period that I will be sans headphones while they are repaired. In the interim, I plan to a] throw something/someone through a window and b] use my amp as an expensive paperweight. (Sorry, just venting where I think people can understand the annoyance).

Just got a pair of Shure E2C's and was wondering if anyone had any tips for keeping them clean. Want to avoid grime building up on them and ear infections, etc. Is just wiping them down with alcohol okay? As well, is everyone using the little wax guards they package along with the phones? I...

probably a dumb question, but is it safe to plug in headphones with different impedances into an amp? I've got a pair of beyerdynamic dt770's (250 ohm) plugged into a tangent built meta42. These are my primary headphones and I never really unplug them. But I was wondering if plugging in a...

I'm not sure what forum to put this in because I don't know what the source of my problem is. Recently my setup has started sounding "sloppy". It seems to take more volume on my amp to produce the same perceived loudness. Bass sounds poorly defined/controlled, unimpressive. Things sound...

Reading through some posts here on the subject, it seems as though CD-ROMs are more prone to jitter or something that makes them less effective as transports. I'm not quite sure I follow why a good CD drive (like a burner which is designed to minimize jitter) wouldn't be a good place to...

I just got my sonica this past week and think I've found a sweet spot with the sound. Turning down volume on the Sonica in its control panel reduces the distortion heard when it's otherwise cranked, 96 khz sampling smoothes over any remaining harshness, using 24 bit decoding and kernel streaming...

I've got a maxed out meta42 built by tangent being fed by my soundcard. It has both RCA connectors and a minijack input. I've tried using 2 RCA cables (markertek) and a Radioshack gold plated RCA-mini adapter. In comparison to my markertek mini-mini, the highs are harsh and the bass is...

Hi, A year ago I got a maxed out meta42 built for me by tangent. I got both RCA connectors and a minijack plug input in the back. Would I screw up my amp if I had two different sources connected at the same time? The amp was built not to have multiple inputs, just have the two...

AD843 Op-Amp Line Regulated 24v Wall Wart Vishay Resistors Elna Cerafine PS Caps Double Stacked EL2001 Buffers nickel minijack input gold plated RCA inputs nickel 1/4" output Alps Blue Potentiometer Hammond 1455 Clear Aluminum Case Headphones : Beyerdynamic DT770-250 Cables ...

Obviously configurations differ and I'm not sure how S/N is even measured. But if anyone has any data or estimates it'd be interesting to know. I'm sure it's pretty good since a lot of people use meta42's with high quality source components.

This is pseudo audio related. Here we joke about the perpetual upgrading neurosis it seems we're all afflicted with. Once you get the taste of better sound, you're no longer content to listen to good music played out on the 'crap' mediums that are the norm in the world. You start to feel...

I'm pretty close to getting a maxed out meta42. That's not even completed yet and I'm thinking of upgrading my soundcard to a 24/96 solution or M-Audio's upcoming Revolution. Then I got to thinking, will all these upgrades just produce the nose-turned-up attitude most audiophiles have towards...

I've searched through threads and have come up with this initial configuration but am looking for advice/input/criticism as to whether it will do what I want it to. My headphones are Beyerdynamic DT770's, whose acoustic properties I love and reflect what I like to hear. I love my KSC-35's as...

Phones : Beyerdynamic DT770 250 ohm Amp : Creek OBH-11 Cable : Markertek SC6RR to Radioshack gold plated RCA->Mini Converter Source : Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card Since there haven't really been any posts on this cable adapted for use in a Mini->RCA application I thought I'd post my...

I'm looking for something to use at the gym. Normally I use a hip pack with my Rio Volt SP250, but I just picked up an IRiver IFP-180T and want something lower profile. Those arm-band jobbies won't do, will get in the way of working out. Looking for something that is worn on the hip...

and I'm not talking about the various threads pertaining to Fixup How relevant is signal to noise ratio? I mean I often see hardware manufacturers touting SNR over 90 as being evidence of pristine sound, but I just checked my Creek OBH-11 amp and it's SNR is 60 or 65. While the Creek...

Just received back a faxed quote on a custom cable I'd like made from Markertek. The cable itself will use the same Canare L-4E6S Star Quad Cable that goes into their well regarded mini-mini cable. One on end, it will have two Canare F-10 RCA connectors to connect to my headphone amp. On...

Anyone else excited about this? Won't supplant the role of my mp3 cd player but it will be real nice to take an album's worth on the go with my KSC-35's... http://www.iriverhk.com/English/ifp-1x0.htm

I'm searching through old posts right now, but can't seem to find anything on the subject. I'm reading that adapters will introduce some level of degradation. Disregarding price for the moment, which combination would result in a greater degradation of sound of the cable? A] markertek...

Amp : Creek OBH-11 Sources : Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, mp3's encoded at --alt-preset extreme VBR, Rio Volt SP250 PMP3CDP for mp3-cd's or audio cd's. Cabling : Radio Shack (not Gold Series) Mini-RCA 6FT Experience: Sony MDR700DJ, Grado SR80 (with SR60 comfy pads and standard issue bowl...