I decided to repair a pair of beyerdyamic t51s a friend said was busted. I tried soldering on a new 3.5mm jack but still had no sound on one side.....trying to remove the drivers despite guides on this website is proving to be impossible. I've tried a knife, pressure to pop it out, and I'm...

I don't normally repair headphones but scored a good deal on A t5i on ebay with the usual broken solder joint issue most likely(no sound in right ear!).   The cord has a microphone attachment control thingy so replacing it with any old cable is a no go if I want that functionality.   While...

I have an old volkswoofer v-1b which was one of the first self powered subwoofers. I decided to recap it(works fine but 30+ years old so why not) and thought....have subwoofer amplifiers gotten much better? Is it worth just buying a newer Dayton plate amp with moar power....I know the vintage...

So I had a few job interviews with a company that needs me to be the I.T. superman of nearly everything in 8 businesses including a call center.   I've messed around with VoIP for business  & fun purposes on a minor scale and know my way around audio codecs..but.... I never did the full...

I got to thinking; tons of companies from small label brands to big corps like pioneer have devoted large amounts of research to audio. The average audiophile tends to change his belief (tubes suck in the 70s; best of the bunch in the 90s)...often and where to spend his money.   For...

So I got some vintage Saras speakers and they're pretty nice but no grills :(   I'm researching how to build them and out comes the "grills and cloths hurt SQ" crowd.   Any difference between the cloth? Metal?   Does any bit of cloth or foam between the drivers and ears really...

I've heard so many different opinions on other forums regarding recapping vintage gear(replacing old electrolytic capacitators). I've recapped one vintage Harmon Kardon Amp and plan on restoring my Yamaha M-4 amp.   I've used Panasonic's low ESR series(FM, M) and Solens but I've heard plenty...

So I pose a hypotethical question; is it possible to improve the USB as a cable for audio purposes?   I was thinking of jumping into the USB audio cable business if only becuase of the dumb markup on USB cable.   For $10 bucks in parts I could build a a "super" usb cable(thicker...