Hey, I've searched around but i think my situation is probably quite unique. These phones will be used in a noisy environment by people who want a taste of an album/song before they buy. For this reason they don't need to sound great, just ok. They do however need to be tough as nails, cheap...

Toms hardware do a grafix card round up every month. Worth checking out. Heres July

6 months later...my impressions are mixed: Positives: Overall the whole procedure was very smooth, getting impressions done etc... was a breeze. Don't be put off by this. They are not comfortable, but they are more comfortable then my Senns and Mylars canals. Comfort levels can really...

It's all about being relatively active when storing your digital data. I'm fairly sure no one will being hearing my music collection in 50 years time, unless there is a relatively constant interest in my collection.

Whats Iron Mountain? Are tapes used frequently to back up servers?

It's been a while, but i think this was the paper i was talking about. It's a quick reference guide for storing media. I've posted a website i've created for anyone who is interested with a feedback survey.(See first post)

Quote: Originally Posted by BradJudy NIST (US government research group) did a couple of studies on the longevity of CD-R and DVD-R media. Here's the first one - http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/d...ilityStudy.pdf According to this study Gold+Silver, Phthalocynanine CD-Rs...

Who is Keith O. Johnson? And more importantly i wonder if we will be able to see the full details of his experiment; assumptions, equipment etc... Until we do have this information we know nothing really. You have to ask why it's taken this long for someone to come out with a study.

Looks like it's going to be hard getting hold of one of these. What separates this from a small laptop?

Whats the best file format to store music? FLAC or WAV or other?

Thats very interesting info thanks. I'd never heard of microfiche, i wonder how long it lasts, probably hundreds of years. Wonder how much that Rosetta Disk cost to make:S

Quote: Originally Posted by synaesthetic You must've bought some really poorly stamped CDs. I have several music and software CDs that are almost 15 years old and still work perfectly. I read somewhere that the early CDs were made of a plastic that degraded rapidly under the exposure...

Excellent. I've PM you. Yes i suppose the strategies available are valid in most circumstances. A lot must depend on economics, especially on a large scale. How do you store your digital music?

5 Months later...... I have almost finished an honours project on the subject of Digital Preservation. Most websites on this subject are aimed almost exclusively at Universities, companies and government organisations. It was my wish therefore to produce a website for the general public to...

Cheers! I'm selling two headphones to fund this so i hope i like these bad boys! Just in contact with Andy by email now.

Were your impressions included in the price for your T2s? I got in contact with ACS and they said that there is a audiologist in Edinburgh that include the impressions in the retail price. Maybe worth a shout.

I'm irritated by the lack of information on the ACS website. I've had to email them about some really basic stuff such as sensitivity and impedence. I'm looking at the T3 now for a cheap custom option, Livewires looked good but worked out more expensive, if you take import tax, VAT and...

I would do the same for sure, if i already had a set of IEMs that was happy with, but i've only got a set of Mylars.

Yeah cheers they look like a good option, pretty pricy though. I wonder how acylic and silicone compare.

I'm looking at these which can be attached to a range of IEMs: Enhanced Listening - earplugs - custom earphones - hearing protection - custom earmoulds - Custom Ear pieces. My question is; are these as good, comfort, isolation...etc as customs such as Livewires for example?

I had a T9 and was pleased with it, nice sound. Flash is supposed to be more reliable and give better battery life in exchange for a smaller capacity as far as i know, but all my players seem to die quickly anyway.

I suggest, and there are many that have said this before; get a used turntable from the 70s/80s. There are a number of threads that discuss whats good to look out for. Thorens 160/150/125/125 for example are all regarded as solid options. I've got a cheap National Panasonic turntable which was...

I can't understand why anyone would use a k501 or any full size headphones in a portable situation to be honest. But thats just me. Home amps all the way!

What home amps do people use for K501? Would a X-can pair well? I'm gonna try my modded QED MB45 first but second hand X-cans are common in the UK and i'd like to try out some tubes.

Yeah there is.