Yes, folks, a thread on (gasp!) SPEAKERS!   You see, listening to music with headphones is very nice, but it's also very SOLITARY. Sometimes, we like to share music with friends and loved ones and what better way than with FLAC encoded music you spent all this time building up?   I've been...

Hi there,   it what must be the most confusing and conflicting set of instructions ever seen, I can't get album art to appear on my rips using EAC. The FreeDb system FINDS the art just fine, but it won't embed the art into the downloaded file. Oddly, it worked well when I first started using...

With the cost of digital storage plummeting- just picked up a 64 Gig Class 10 SD Card for $34.00, price matched at Staples- the raison d'etre for the existence of the MP3 codec is fading fast. Time was you were amazed at your little Rio player's 256 MB card, and how many tunes you could carry in...

Just bought a new Fiio X3 to enjoy my music, and I've been busy ripping everything to FLAC files. Happy with the results. I follow Chick Corea on line, and he just released a new solo album. I've owned and listen to plenty of his stuff, so don't know if I would buy more.   An MP3 download of...

My daughter and I were at a Radio Shack today for a phone upgrade to an Apple 5s.  If you haven't heard, Radio Shack is probably going into bankruptcy some time next year. Their bonds are rated junk, and "Negative Outlook" which is a shame, but the ultimate fate of any retailer who offers...

Saw this on Engadget- looks neat! Gakken amplifier kit brings vacuum tubes to your iPod - Engadget

I was interested in a portable headphone amp to see if that would improve my listening experience. My chief music player is a Samsung Helix (indentical to the Pioneer Inno) which can record programming off XM satellite broadcasts and play WMA files synched from a PC, either ripped from a CD...

Just found this forum, and I cannot believe there are tens of thousands of members- the XM radio forum doesn't have a fraction of this, despite a subscription base of over 8 million people. In any case. I was interested in a portable headphone amp to see if that would improve my listening...