As perfectly fine as the Apple lightning dongle is for feeding the Hemp, out of curiosity I decided to get the Cobalt to try out. I wanted something that I could easily throw in my headphone case and take to work with me. I have 60 days to return, so it will likely take close to that to make...

Picked up a pair of these, as I needed a closed phone option. After letting them burn in for 24 hours, I have to say these are probably priced correctly (at $80 retail). A bit on the bassy side (definitely thumps when used with amp), but I was expecting much worse. Still, good detail and decent...

After spending a couple of months in thrift stores, yard sales, and pawn shops looking for a quality used turntable and finding absolutely nothing, I decided to bite the bullet with my tiny budget and got a new Pyle manual turntable (sells for ~$70 on Amazon). From what I've read the stock cart...

No searches came up here...it's for sale on craigslist in my area for $30. Anyone have any experience with this specific player?

There were on sale at Best Buy for $71, so I took a shot on them because I wanted to get back into the IEM/bud game. These sounded way better than I was expecting, mainly because previous Sony buds I had tried over the years were average at best. I have some comply tips coming to see if that...

I had heard some charging peripherals don't work with the new Touches, but I can't get any simple line out accessory to work with it (Sendstation Pocketdock as well as another line out cable). Anyone else having these issues? The Sendstation website says it's compatible with all Touches. This...

I understand there is a difference in things like battery life, sound, brighter screen, etc. But what I cannot seem to find out, are the 2 identical from a software/firmware/drivers perspective? Like, does your computer know whether you put in a 1G or 2G touch, or just thinks it's a touch? I...

This is a bit difficult because I can't have my mobo sound drivers and the Claro installed at the same time, so I can't do any good before/after tests. Here is what I do know: 1. It is quite a bit louder and can actually drive my HD650's fairly well straight from the card. This probably has...

My source is a 5G Ipod playing 256 VBR and 320 CBR AAC, fed via line out and my phones are HD650. I have been using a 2006 TA for a few months, and I recently bought the micro from the forums from GreatDane. I have to say, I really really like the Micro (it has the desktop module). Insane...

As my title suggests, I have a 5G Ipod video which is fed via line out to the latest revision of the Total Airhead. Would I still be able to hear the benefits of the HD650, or would it be wasted money and I should just go for the HD580? It's possible I may upgrade amp later, but for this...

I know these cans aren't for super-aggressive or heavy rock...anyone really enjoying them while listening to Floyd?

I've been considering getting the Total Airhead to use in conjunction with my ipod via line out. I'd like to grab a pair of HD580's right now as well, but I'm concerned about their performance with the TAH. Seems like half the posts I read say the HD580's sound just fine with it using the gain...

Assuming you use the same encoder (we'll say LAME, that's what I use) and just do constant rate encoding, is from CD to 192 the same as going from CD to 320, then taking the 320 and converting to 192?

Will pretty much any portable source out there drive these cans ok? All of my current sources are quite juicy (D-25S and Denon receiver), and I would like to get one of the current MP3 players out there (Ipod, Zen, etc.). Just want to make sure it's a worthwhile investment since there will be no...

Has anyone had any problems w/their HDD MP3 players going through the screening machines at the airport? I'm flying this weekend, and taking my NJB3 with me. Do you have to put it in the same belt as the ones designated for laptops? Will they let you?

I just got a pair of these last week, and was worried about the reports on here about its sound compared to the ER-4. I have no doubt that the ER-4 is better, but I'm flying across the country this weekend, and really just wanted to get something that I can use when I fly my 3 or 4 times a year...

Just curious.....am probably buying some 4P's soon.

I finally broke down and got this after it has seemed to go down to $299 retail. I don't have any other MP3 players, so I can't compare, but I must say I like the sound from it using both Grado SR325's and Koss KSC-35's. I somehow thought the amp would be a little more powerful after everything...

I'm not pro-Microsoft, but I thought I'd share this with the group. The new Windows Media Encoder (version 9) has the ability to compress losslessly. It's only between a 2:1 and 3:1 compression, but that still at least doubles your music while maintaining the exact same source quality. Any...

Specs are not always a good indicator. Does anyone know which one of these has a stronger amp? Looks like the sound quality is good from both. I'm considering one of these and the deciding factor may be if one can drive phones better than the other. I know the Nomad has the line out and the PJB...

After being able to go from the SR-125's to the 325's and finally to the RS-1's, I had to sell all of my phones a little while back to help me take care of other things. That was a depressing event, as I had grown to really like the Grado sound. I'm in a little better situation now, and I have...

I have the RA-1 amp, and I'm sure it could drive these Senns from a nice CD deck, but does it have enough oomph to drive the HD-600's from a PCDP?? I see when using my Grado RS-1's the RA-1 is at 8:30 out of my home player, but more like 10:30 out of my portable CD players. Anyone use this combo...

I've been looking around ebay for the last month or so trying to get some cheap deals on older Sony players since I like the D-25S I got from Silicon Salvage. I bought a D-33 and D-11...both were not very useful when I got them but with ebay that's the risk you take, and I had only lost about...

I've been itching to upgrade my source (AMC CD8B) up into the $500-$1000 range. I had read some decent reviews on this player, and then I noticed today that Audio Advisor had a demo model for $500, so I decided to snatch it up...with the freedom of sending it back if it's not a good choice. Does...

I currently have an AMC CD8b CD player, which has a 24/96 DAC inside it. I doubt it's a high-end one, since this player runs for about $200. My question is, since it has a coax digital out, would running that to a basic MSB Link III (aka WITHOUT any upgrades) make a huge difference? My main...