So, I am looking to revive an old iriver h120 I have lying around and have been out of audio gear for a while so looking for suggestions for a decent amp to pair it with.   I used to have a modded h140 with an ibasso d10 and really wanted to be able to use the optical out on the iriver so I...

So I am looking to dip my toes into creating music digitally, just messing about but want competent and decent equipment... within my budget.   I will be using ableton suite 8, an m audio trigger finger and was looking at using this with a macbook pro 13" base model re 2.4 ghz dual core cpu...

Hi,   figured this is best forum for this enquiry.   Anyway, uni is about to start again so I have dug out my old ipod (seeing as I have sold all my other gear and ditching portable amps etc, but I need SOME music with me while on campus) and downloaded itunes.   I have 110 gigs of...

My mate appreciates a dap with a very respectable sound signature, he currently uses a sony walkman (no idea of the model name) and with my encouragement has recently acquired a pair of se530's.   However, after he returned from a recent camping trip he has asked me about the options for a...

I think this may be for the u.k. peeps only but am unsure? Anyway, for those who have sky broadband go here: Sky Songs | Sky Broadband Customers Promotion sign upto subscribe to the service. (you can choose the free for a month subscription, and also select the "one month only" checkbox...

Ok, so I have archived all my cd's into flac and have them saved in typical windows file tree... Just how I like it, all organised MY WAY. However, I have a diymod, and have just done a tech refresh of my pc so have redownloaded itunes ready to bang some tuneage onto my player. My question...

if anyone is interested it seems there are some chargers and lcd remotes still available for the iriver at low prices: doesn't say out of stock, and they only ship to america. http://store.nexternal.com/shared/St...CS=iriver&All=

Made a lod with two sonicraft 3.3uf capacitors for my 5th gen diymod. Plugged it in everything seemed to be working great and the sound was good, then I paused music playback and moved the pot on the amp up and down the volume and there was a sort of low static like noise on the right...

Shure SE310 Sound Isolating Earphones (Black) NEW BOXED on eBay, also, Headphones, Portable Audio, Consumer Electronics (end time 15-May-09 17:36:58 BST) shures site the colours are different, what do you guys reckon to these? Emailed the seller asking if they are genuine, sent a reply...

Anyone know how to wire up caps into a lod for a diymod? I wont be bothering with a resistor as its purely for a 5g diymod. I have pins 2, 3, and 4 and my wire either 3 strand or 4 strand. Where and how do the caps get wired up between them? Is it simply one cap connected to right...

Ok, this has been done to death, but I am about to re-rip my entire cd library and would like to know a few things. In the past I have used eac to rip into wav, although before head-fi I sued any program to hand to rip into any bitrate, hence the re-ripping of my library now. I understand...

Anyone know where in the uk these can be ordered from? Visited phonak's site and it seems they refuse to ship to the uk and all their authorised dealers in the uk are hearing aid retailers. Alternatively if anyone would order these and ship them onto me I would be very grateful and of...

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Apparently, according to hackaday.com diy'ers dont usually get access to this kind of professional training material so thought this may be useful for you diy'ers. IPC Online Store

looking at a male and female 3 pin xlr termination in the attached pic apparently, pin 1 is ground, but pins 2 and 3 are termed positive polarity terminal (hot) and return terminal (cold) respectively. How does this translate to left and right channel? Or is it more complicated than...

Found this cable, but am wondering what you guys felt about it for a headphone recable? Stiffness isn't that much of a concern for me. also got some spc teflon insulated stranded wire from navships in 26 awg. just wondered what your preffered cable for headphone recabling is and the...

AudioCubes.com - Audio-Technica ATH-ESW10JPN Black Cherry Wood Are these really as good as a pair of w5000? Although they don't appear to be selling them at the moment, newegg have previously sold the w5000 around the $630-40 mark.

My old cd player on my seperates hifi wont recognise any sond over track 8 on any cd. I can leave the disc playing and when track 8 finishes it just stops playing and goes back to track 1 ready to start again, or if I use track selector I can go up until I hit track 9 and then it just resets...

Hi, Looking to get further into diy and am wanting to make an amp or two maybe a dac, but am looking for good solid reliable and easy to understand for the layman sources of information and instruction regarding reading schematic diagrams...amongst other things novices should be aware of...

Have a 2 year old dimension e521 which is getting a touch long in he tooth now. uses an amd athlon dual core 64 bit chip but using windows vista 32 bit and 4 gig of ram albeit only 3 recognised. Currently using ati adeon x1300 pro but would like to upgrade this to something with a bit more...

Obviously I have heard sweet home alabama and obviously I thought it was a damn fine track, its a classic, its an anthem nuff said. However, that was all I had ever heard of lynyrd skynyrd so decided to get a cd of theirs, the essential. Put free bird on, instantly enjoyed it, knew I was...

Just picked up one of these used from ebay for next to nothing. I was looking for a portable cd player with optical out as a bedside rig to team up with an ibasso d10, but I saw this and noticed it plays sacd's too so thought I would give it a whirl. Anyway, even though it is just a bonus...

So, decided to reinstall rockbox on my imod after trying it many moons ago for about a week and not getting on with it. It looks the same as rockbox I use and have used for years on my irivers but under files no music is displayed, whereas on my irivers the music is all stored under files...

Ok, so I am thinking out loud here. I am waiting for some wire, 1/8 and 1/4 terminals and a multimeter to arrive, as noted elsewhere I plan on learning a bit of soldering and advancing my diy prowess. Anyway, I have a couple sets of akg 240's lying around, both mid production, one needs some...

8pcs NAKAMICHI RCA Jack Plug 10mm Locking Connector 24K on eBay, also Adapters, Connectors Plugs, Audio Cables Connectors, A V Accessories Cables, Electronics (end time 15-Feb-09 13:08:30 GMT) I am starting out in diy with making a few cables, and these would be my first purchase (going to...