Greetings!   I have had my Etymotics for something like 4 years now, and they have always served me well. By now, however, the cable is breaking in several places, and I have resorted to sticky tape to hold the cable so I can still listen to music.   So, what would be the easiest way to...

Greetings! Since I bought my Etys 2.5 years ago, I haven't visited this forum. Now, the Etys are falling apart and beginning to bore me. So, I am searching for a suitable in-ear successor. They will be used unamped from my iPod. I value great isolation (probably spoiled by the Etys) and...

Title says it all: A guy offers 1 million dollars for anyone who can prove that the "Pear Anjou" speaker cables do actually sound better than "Monster cables". I am really anxious about the outcome. But probably this will end in somewhat like: "Your proof sucks. You suck." or something similar...

I spent some time at www.headphones.com yesterday looking at the frequency response charts of some headphones (here). looked at several charts (HD650, HD595, Ultimate Ears Super Fi...), and it struck me that the response of the open headphones almost always extended over a broader range of...

I am contemplating buying a SOHA kit from Jeff Rossel's page glassjaraudio.com. He has kits with sever upgrade 'stages', and I was wondering which one offers the best value for money. Currently, I'm thinking "What the heck, I'll get the 2", but maybe there is a difference, and I could easier...

As the title says, I am searching for a electronics retailer that ships to Europe FOR A DECENT SHIPPING FEE! No 20$ Farnell shipping or something like that. I know the german ones, Conrad, Distrelec, Reichelt. However, these do not have a very great stock, and those that have are expensive to...

Title says it all: I currently have a 5.5G 60 GB iPod Video. However, there are some things that bug me: No flac support with normal firmware, less-than-stellar SQ, pretty big and difficult to fill (syncing with the library is a constant PITA for me). So I am looking at an up-(down?)grade of my...

Greetings. As I have just purchased Senn HD595 cans, I now need an amp. I have started (and almost finished) the cMoy, but I still have some noise issues. The sound is good (not that I can tell^^), but in the background, there is a high buzzing that goes away when I touch any grounded component...

So I want to listen to tunes from my PC. I currently only have an intel HDA codec or a ESS-Solo1 sound card. What would be better: Buying a better soundcard (Perhaps modding an Audigy X-Fi(although I'm not clear on the linux drivers yet)), or DIY'ing a DAC as well as an amp? I was looking around...