The soundcard in my main computer (Creative Audigy) is dying a slow death. The sound keeps on going crackly every so often, and requires a reboot to fix it. Creative seem to have stopped supporting it too, so I need a new card. I could just get another PCI card and be done with it, but I'm...

OK, so I want to get into vinyl for various reasons, but right now, I don't have enough records or money to justify buying my own table. So I'm kinda stuck with what I have in the house, which is a couple of turntables from old hifi systems, or one of those USB ones sold on gadget websites...

So I've been forced into using itunes because I finally got an ipod. I've been adding my music to the library a few albums at a time, and then sorting the artwork and tags out. Problem is, it seems to have a mind of its own for certain albums. One album (Battlecry Under a Winter's Sun by 3...

There's a pair of DT770s in a box next to me. But I'm not meant to open them because they're a present for my dad for christmas. But I really want to try them out! Aargh they look so comfortable.

May or may not be the right forum, but the question is mainly about sources, so I put it in here. I need to set up a sound system for a hotel. Right now, there are 3 areas that need music. Two of them have speakers wired in to the walls, one doesn't. Right now, the two areas with speakers...

Anybody else a fan? I had a listen to the songs on their myspace, and I instantly bought the album. It's in the post now, I can't wait. They're kinda similar to Pelican/This Will Destroy You and the like. I can't stop listneing to it.

So Christmas is coming soon, and my family are trying to find presents for my dad. He mentioned that he liked my SR80s, so I think he might like a pair of decent cans. I would just get him some SR80s, but I dont think he'll like them due to the comfort issues. He likes the sound, but he...

I'm hoping you guys can help me out here. It sounds like a bit of a weird request, but I really seem to like films with "crazy" people in. ie, some of my favourite films are Fight Club, Donnie Darko, and The Butterfly Effect. There's something about all three that I really like, and it seems...

I took delivery of my brand new macbook pro on friday, and I'm messing around with it now. Has anybody else installed windows with bootcamp? It is much of a hassle? I want to see how games etc run on it, but I'm a bit apprehensive about messing around with my brand new baby. Who's done this...

I'm in a really strange mood right now, and I feel like I want to listen to something really moving. I just listened to Takk by sigur Ros, and it hit the spot. But I'm not just looking at stuff like that, suggest me absolutely anything that you listen to when you want to realise how...

Ok so I have an album all as a single FLAC file, and I've lost the cue sheet for it, so I can't split it into tracks. As I prefer multiple files anyway now, what's the best way to do this without a cue sheet? I'm guessing I can convert it to WAV and use EAC or something?

Well I've been looking at getting a PCI Emu 0404 recently for my main PC, but I had a though. I may be getting a MBP for my birthday, and I thought that I may want better sound on that too. How good is the standard sound on MBP's? I would just be using my SR80s. If not, can anybody suggest...

I'm surprised this hasn't been discussed before (well, I did a search), but I just found this via last.fm, and I think people should know about it. Apart from running the site, they have 5 compilations. They are free to download via archive.org, and have some truly great music on. It's...

What do you all listen to when you're driving? I've found that certain genres don't really go too well with driving, and I'm interested in what you guys listen to. Currently in my car: Contraband by Velvet Revolver Hold Your Colour by Pendulum Killadelphia by Lamb of God Train of Thought...

How do you switch between the two? I'm assuming that if you havea headphone amp, you don't want to degrade the quality by going through the headphone out of a speaker amp. So if you have both a headphone amp and a speaker amp, how do you switch? Do you just change the cables when you want to...

Any suggestions? Looking for something similar to Rise Against. My favourite album by them is Siren Song of the Counter Culture.

Sorry if this sounds like a whiney post, but I'm at the end of my tether and am not sure how to handle this. Backstory: After being with a girl for a couple of months, we decided it wasn't working, and ended it. We got on so well, though, that we ended up being really close friends, probably...

I'm thinking I may possibly buy some new cans in the coming months, now that I've started using my SR80s a lot more. I have finally got used to the comfort of them Right now, i'm just looking at what's available, and worth shifting to. I don't see the point in spending a lot of money on what...

Does anybody else like this band? I found their CD in a clearout recently, don't remember buying it. I love it! It could be seen to be similar to A Perfect Circle (the vocals are similar) but it seems to be more lively. Anybody recommend any similar bands? I think Saosin might be slightly...

After reading the stupid lyrics thread, I realised that I barely know any lyrics to songs. Most of my friends can remember and sing along to their favourite songs, but I can't for the life of me do this. I realised that this is because I barely focus on the lyrics at all when I'm listening. I...

I love my ER6i's, but sometimes the comfort can be a little lacking (plus, I hate the white). I'm considering selling these and trying something else, but I'm not sure what I should be looking at. For a similar sort of price, possibly up to £100, what are there that would suit me? If all else...

I have reasonably long hair (it is over my ears, which is where it counts). I was just listening to my Grados, and thought they sounded a bit...dark and muffled. So I moved all my hair out of the way, and listened again, and they sounded much better! Problem is, I think the hair was part of...

So I'm looking for a new mp3 player with bigger capacity to replace my Iriver H320 (I would rather buy a new one than spend just a little less on a new hard drive). Now let me say first: I do not want an iPod. Now I've been looking at the options, and it seems between the Cowon Iaudio X5...

I'm a bit bored with my music collection recently, and I could do with some new stuff. I'm looking for similar stuff to Dream Theater (I love the musicality/technicality of it). I also really love "The fall of Math" by 65daysofstatic. I haven't heard anything else by them, but I love the...

I'm reripping a bunch of CDs to mp3 using EAC and am having a couple of problems. I have a few CDs that just don't want to copy. EAC rips them to .wav fine, but it nver convets to mp3. A black box pops up for a second or 2 (like when it works) but doesn't stay to copy. It is set up as...