Sup head-fi, long time no see! I was looking over musiciansfriend.com and saw that they have a buy one get one free on AKG K-71s right now. Doing a quick search, looks like they ususally sell for around $50-70. The MF special is 2 for $50. Anyone know how these things sound? Doing a...

Was just looking over Handmade Audio and I notice they've got a solder I haven't heard of called Qualitek. Handmade claims it's "equal to Kester". The price ain't bad - $13.75 for a half pound spool. Anyone know if this stuff's any good?

Has anyone ever tried building an amp that ran off a battery pack for a radio control car? Radio Shack's 9.6V NiMH battery pack is rated at 1420mAh, and their 7.2V pack is a full 3000mAh! That should be able to power just about any portable amp for a long time, and could be quite convenient over...

In another thread, Nerdua is reccomending the 250s over the 770s, while Tomcat prefers the 770s. I'd like some more opinions on these headphones, and of course WHY you prefer one over the other.