Not sure if this is the right forum (the Xbox 360 is not a computer and I've seen various PS3-related posts here), but here goes. Is it possible to use the Xbox 360's optical output with the EMU 0404 USB's optical input? Right now I've just got analog cables running from the 360 to the 0404...

Long, long ago, the plug on my HD580 cable decided to suck (left channel would cut out 99% of the time), and I never got around to buying a replacement, until about a week ago. I bought the HD650 cable and the 1/4" to 1/8" adapter (with the short length of cabling between). They arrived, and...

On Monday I ordered my first tablet PC (and my first laptop in general), the Gateway C-140X. Just announced last week, not expected to arrive until the 25th. Hopefully it'll help with college, with both physics- and computer science- related classes and my 'write all over the page and draw a...

My first real job, to be exact. (I was a busboy at a restaurant for two days out of each year for two years; I don't really think that counts.) I'll be working at 2Wire (yes, the company that makes DSL modems and stuff), doing tech support for either AT&T U-Verse or some other company. Not bad...

Alright, Head-fi, here's a -fi I haven't seen on here yet. Yesterday was my birthday (the big 1-8) and, to celebrate, my girlfriend and I went to this sushi place, Yokonyu Sushi, in downtown San Antonio, TX. We sat down, ordered our drinks, looked over for the menu for a while. For an...

I recently won a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-EM700Ti in a contest put on by Elephas (thanks again, by the way!) Today they arrived safe and sound, ready for me to listen to them when I got home from school. First things I noticed: damn sexy, damn small, damn comfortable. These are probably...

I'm volunteering at the National Hydrogen Association annual hydrogen conference and expo this week. (Need some community service hours before I can graduate, but that's another story.) They are showing off a lot of really cool, promising stuff, from different methods of hydrogen production...

From the Electric Six - I Buy The Drugs music video.

Apparently using an inkjet printer instead of a laser printer works a lot better (for making PCBs using photolithography, anyway.) http://projects.dimension-x.net/archives/77 Who knew?

Random silliness in my Photojournalism class.

I got bored and put the HD280 earpads onto my HD580s. They don't snap in like HD580 earpads do, but they stay, thanks to the Sennheiser clamp (which is, IMO, more of a problem then the "Sennheiser veil!") The fabric in the middle of the HD280 pads is thinner than that of the HD580s, and...

First off, a little background info. Come May 25, I will graduate from the Design and Technology Academy, a magnet school in San Antonio, TX, which teaches, well, design and technology. I'm quite interested in programming (hell, I learned BASIC on an Apple //c when I was five, Perl when I was...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...851429-3796619 Zip-Linq, iPod dock connector to 3.5mm stereo connector. Man, this thing sucks. If you move the wire near either connector, even slightly, the signal cuts out. Do not buy Zip-Linq cables. Ever. You will regret it.

Okay, I am thinking about rearranging my bedroom furniture. I was thinking something like this: (Note: diagram not to scale.) To give an idea of scale, the room is approximately 13x13', the bed is a twin, and the desk currently holds two 17" CRT monitors. That semicircular thing is my...

Being a high school student isn't always that great. Being 17, I have never really had any experience with vinyl. So last night, I won two auctions on eBay: a Gemini XL-120 turntable and some no-name phono amp. Total came out to about $66 shipped. Today I took a walk up to the local record...

Anyone know about this turntable? (Apparently it's been rebadged and sold under various other companies, also.) From what I've heard, it's got a crappy needle. But here's the story. I can get it for like $30. Would it be possible to get a non-crappy needle (for around another $30 or so?)

And thus marks my entrance into the amplification world. I originally purchased the amplifier second-hand on the Head-Fi for-sale forums about a month ago. It came, but only worked in the right channel. So after some exchanging some emails with Gary (great guy, by the way), I sent the amp to...

I can't be the only SA Head-Fier, can I?

Okay, long story short, last Monday I ordered the HD580s off of Amazon.com; they arrived one week ago today via UPS Next Day Saver shipping. ("Next Day" is a bit of an stretch.) And now, after a week of using them, I figured I'd let you know how I like them. First of all, my tastes in music...

I recently purchased a PA2V2 amp from a fellow Head-Fier and, in the course of testing it out, have noticed it is only providing the right channel. It's not my headphones (I've tried using other headphones to no avail; and the headphones' left channel works fine too), so I'm really hoping it's...

I'm currently in the market for some new headphones. Amazon's got the HD580 for $125 and the HD595 are in the Amazon Marketplace for $144. The question here is which is better? Would it be worth the extra $19?

On my desk sits an old, broken, out-of-warranty, fourth-generation 20 GB iPod. It has a broken screen and a destroyed hard drive. (The broken screen resulted from me attempting to open it to retrieve the destroyed hard drive to find out what sort of replacement I'd need. And that general...

a friend of mine got the velour earcups for his MDR-V6, and they were extremely comfortable. i was wondering if anyone has managed to do this with their HD-280.

I just bought a pair of HD280s a couple weeks ago and read about the "blutak" mod that apparently makes these sound so much better. Would anyone happen to have a picture of it in place on their HD280s so I could see exactly where the stuff goes? Thanks.