I've got Grado 225's   I can't stand the foam, no hope for it, not gonna paint them or tape or  whatever. ;p  I just want some kind of pad I can put on there and not have to worry about little bits of it flaking off in a month or two.   Whatever changes the sonics the least (or, at least...

I bought some Grado 225's about 12 years ago and they're still my go-to cans. The cable's twisted, I'm sure the transducers aren't in the best shape though I don't get grattle, mesh is interspersed with itty bitty pad foam grains, and I've really beat the hell out of them at times yet they keep...

So they're supposed to last for years or something, I guess - but for me they all just start randomly dying about four months after installation.  Is there something wrong with my ceiling fan or are these longevity claims just crap - or what?  I'm just getting tired of buying so many of these...

Hi, thanks for reading! Bought this a couple years back from another Head-Fi'er, worked great even though I screwed-up one of the gain adjusters by stripping-out its dial with too much torque.  Listened for a while, but then I had to put it in the closet for a while.  Nothing weird about my...

Hello! I am trying to find some orchestral or jazz recordings of popular music from the Western countries from 1900 to 1950. I have found many good recordings of songs from this period, in countries like USA, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, etc., but most of them have vocals recorded, and I...

Hi! I've used IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome - and all exhibit the same basic issue. Never had this until I installed Windows 7, though - it just didn't happen in XP. Background images don't work anymore, nor do many sorts of images that constitute "buttons" for links. When I purchase...

Hi! I know that I just posted a thread about eyeglasses, but I think that this topic is sufficiently distinct that it warrants a new thread. Lately I've really been digging Japanese and other East Asian styles of fashion and design, and since I'm searching for eyeglasses, I thought maybe...

Hi! I haven't the money for LASIK/LASEK, and I just can't get the hang of inserting and removing contact lenses -- so I'm stuck with glasses. I've been wearing the same frames for about eight years now - with the prescription only changed once. I definitely need a whole new pair! My...

Sorry for the dumb question everybody - but could anyone explain why one could not just use speaker amps instead of a "headphone amp" -- provided that you had your headphones terminated in such a way as to connect? It seems to me like then you might get a lot more amping power for quite a lot...

*and by Romanized I means transliterated into Roman characters Hi! So I've been kind of confused about this lately - Any educated person knows the basic rules of Latin pronunciation - and in countries speaking Latin-based languages, even the uneducated know! So, if it was the...

Hello! Thanks for reading my post! I have bolded the essential questions so that if you don't want to read through this prefacing you can skip right to the important part. I want to get a few new hard-drives for Windows 7, and start over fresh with the new OS. I'd like to put Windows 7, some...

Hi! I do various film projects and will soon be in need of a musician or a group to provide the music for one such project. Trouble is - I've never hired any before! I've always licensed individual tracks from the internet, CD's or vinyl, hitherto this point. So - does anyone know what...

Hi! Well, I can google the terms easily enough, but I don't think it seems a smart idea to just ship my HDD off to someone just because they happen to be amongst the first results on Google's page! Has anyone else out there had experience with these sorts of companies? How can I be certain...

Hi! I overheard a short clip from an opera on one of Howard Goodall's Big Bangs episodes, and I'd like to find the title of the piece so that I can get a proper, full recording. The key is probably quite off, but this is how I remember it: ^...^..^.V..V...^..V..V Ab C# F D# C# D# C Bb...

Hi, thanks so much for reading and for helping me! I can't quite figure out how to get my system finalized in terms of a "circuit." My system is used both for playback AND recording, which makes things super complicated. I can't just plot-out a viable final "system." There are so many...

Hello again! I like the idea of a MIDI instrument where it is very intuitive to change pitch. The trombone seems a good mechanism to achieve this. Are there any MIDI instruments that have a function similar to that of a trombone? Okay, thanks, goodbye!!!!

Everyone says that to play the guitar properly, you must have callouses...but my beautiful hands must not be marred. Should I forget about learning guitar? Maybe there are gloves to wear?

Hi! There's a lot of information out there about the sound signatures of tube amps versus solid state amps -- but not quite so much on the subject of DACs. Is the effect basically the same? Is it of the same intensity? Or does tube/SS matter much less for DACs than for amps -- or does it...

Hello! What do you think of these devices? Their product pages make them sound indispensible, but I cannot understand how they are actually supposed to work. They even say that they make the picture improved on DVD's. Can you explain what you think about them please? Thank you very...

Just wondering!!! If so, which please? Thank you so much!

Hi! Sometimes I find great items on the international eBay sites, that are not to be found on eBay.com. Is there any way to search ALL the eBay listings from ALL the eBay sites and return all the results that ship to United States? Thank you, goodbye!

Hi there! Well, I've gotta get a DAC, because I've got nice phones and nice music - but bad source equipment. I can't spend more than $500. Something about $300 would be best. But I don't care about whether it can amp headphones - or amp anything. I'd really prefer a unit that was JUST...

Hello! I want to learn to play the piano!!! I also want to learn, as an extension of the knowledge gained in learning to play piano, how to compose music myself. What books or software are best for this? I know already how to play some songs by ear, but I know nothing of "music...

Hello! I read the Economist and check Al-Jazeera's English-language site, but still I want to feel more confident in my grasp of daily world news. What other sources can you recommend? I don't care much for the US-based news providers - they all use the exact same AP/Reuters articles, rarely...

Hello! I have too much ear wax all the time. (It's not just what I think; I have to go to the doctor often to get it removed.) I am tired of making appointments and paying doctor's bills to get it removed though, so I was hoping that maybe some of you would have good tips for cleaning one's...