I figured with all these threads about everyone's favorite songs and artists, it was time for one of the opposite. I'm going to have to start with a pet peeve of mine which always seems to show up on the radio. Now, I love Grand Funk Railroad, but I fail to understand what some consider to be a...

The forum header (on the main forum page) seems to have decided to reside at the bottom. Running latest Chrome, Windows 7.

I was just doing my usual rounds of Audiogon when I spotted this little gem.   http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/auc.pl?accstwek&1291516797&1291482948   Or maybe a Vibraportal?   http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/auc.pl?accstwek&1291514592

http://www.last.fm/user/protolink   I thought this might be fun. Take a look at my last.fm page to get an idea of the type of music I like, and come up with three albums I should get. I have become bored of the music I already have, so it's time for some new CDs.   Come to think of it...

I just noticed a page went up on the Grado website for GR10s. They are still using a single BA design in a similar housing. They are, however, green. Hopefully these will bring the price of the GR8 down to competitive levels.   

So here I am and once again I find myself with a little extra money to put into my audio setup. At this point, I have two basic options: I can get a new headphone amplifier (Probably a Schiit or similar) or I can get an entry-level ish vinyl setup.   First, a little background.   I've...

I recently redid my signature, and when I created new lines in the WYSIWYG editor, no line breaks were added. I had to manually add <br /> tags in the source editor to make it work.

I've always been a big fan of music with such power, passion, and energy put into it that the listener really feels that same passion. Does anyone have any artists or songs that they would recommend for this?    

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/25/shure-se535-review/   What are your thoughts on this?

Did you learn purely from experience, from internet reading, from books? I'm desperately trying to learn as much as I can about DIY Audio, ideally to build a Beta 22 or similar amplifier within a few years, but the sheer complexity boggles my small 18 year old mind. Do you have any good sites to...

I'm currently in the middle of a P2P SSMH build, and I was hoping people could enlighten me on what wire you use in your amps, and where you can get it from.

  A few hours ago the UPS guy dropped off my Etymotic ER6is, my first new pair of IEM's in over a year. And while I can't promise to give the best comparisons to other IEMs, I still think I can post impressions useful to anyone considering purchasing these, especially since Joker has not yet...

I was just wondering if any college-fiers or people with experience could give me some advice here. I'm going to college in the fall in a standard double dorm, and I'm debating bringing my nearly $2000 worth of headphone gear to campus or just bringing something like MS1s or maybe D2000s. Have...

What the title says, in all my searching I haven't yet found an answer.... EDIT: Wow, I just found them for the same price. Nevermind.   Is either better than the other? If there really are less microphonics on the MC5 I might get that.

I've always been a full-sized headphone guy, but I really now want something truly isolating for long airplane journeys. Since these aren't going to be my main pair by any means, I'm looking for something around $100. I will be listening to both music and spoken voice (podcasts, audiobooks...

Does anyone have any ideas for desoldering a PCB mounted potentiometer? I really need to desolder the potentiometer in the SSMH PCB, but my solder sucker just isn't doing it. It's really frustrating not being able to use it right now.

I've been looking around for an alternative case for the Hammond enclosure for the CKKIII, because I don't like how they look all that much. Preferably not too expensive, and large enough for the board and the power transformer, size isn't really an issue. Anyone have suggestions?

I've been looking around at various soldering stations, and from what I've heard the 936 is a great iron, but I would prefer something around $50, if possible. Is the Hakko worth the extra cost over, say, a $50 Weller station, or a chinese clone, like this one? or...

I got this idea from a recent conversation with a friend. What are your random fears and phobias? I don't have any particularly odd ones, just spiders, centipedes, and extreme heights. No problems with snakes or bats though, which some people seem to think is odd. File:Scolopendra gigantea...

It just finished, and I don't see a thread about it yet, so I thought I'd make one. Thoughts? Brees deserves that MVP title.

Does anyone know of any DIY solid state amps that are of easy to intermediate difficulty and are <$200? I have had my SSMH for a while now and am looking for something new and not involving tubes.... The Beta 22 is too complicated and simpler designs all seem to be sub-$70 portable amps.

Since the Canon and Nikon threads appear to be the place hear in Gear-Fi for photo enthusiasts at the moment, I felt the need to start a thread for those of us outside of the mainstream. Pardon me if this thread is redundant. I just got a white Pentax K-x, and am going to New York tomorrow to...

Has anyone else had the problem seen in this (terrible) picture? It would seem that I would have to sent them back because it seems like there is probably a molded plastic pin that goes through the hole in the headband. Please correct me if I'm wrong. http://dekutree.com/CIMG0041.JPG

If I try to run the test sound on the E-MU at 44.1, it does not work. At 96, however, it works, and audio though flash works. However, the Zune software's audio does not work, and gives me an error about a problem with the audio device. No other applications are using it.

Just wondering