As anyone heard the original copy of Boards of Canada - Closes Vol. 1? Its suppose to be super elusive since it was made way before they reached any kind of fame. I'm super curious to how to sound and how it compares to their more recent, more famous albums.   Thanks

Hi   Wanted to point out that you don't need to encode in 96/24 unless you are ripping from vinyl or DVDA. Most (and by this I mean all) CDs are encoded in 44.1/16 due to space limitations. And instead of encoding it in 96/24, why don't you increase the bit rate to something higher than 384...

The more I look into it, I just wanna say screw it and just jump straight into vinyl. Any suggestions over here, welcome as well. The thing about the new Audio GD is that they seem very flavour of the month, and while that's not so bad, I would rather purchased products that have been out for...

Hello Looking to buy a new Amp and Dac for my system, I have a Beyer DT880/600 and on my way to acquire a ATH W5000 I listen to pretty much everything, but I just have discovered classical music and trying to get my hands on every piece possible. However, that being said, I listen mostly...

Our audio components is as best as the weakest component in our lines up, but if we wanna go the the molecular level Even if our cable was cryogenic treated but our solder or the tips of the connectors weren't, than it become bottleneck there (if we are talking at the molecular level, and the...

Ohh boy This thread is gonna be fun. However, I'm not sure if the whole hearing thing is true or not I'd think that women would prefer to allocate their money elsewhere first And how many women do you know with a Creative Xtremegamer sound card?

Well Then I would recommend Wu Tang Clan From the clan, GZA Have you ever tried MF Doom? Talib Kwali Mos Def For the more dark, brooding music that follows the lines of the Wu Tang, Jedi Mind Tricks Army of the Pharaohs Etc.

Hello Recently I got into Gregorian chant, but much of the music is sung by men. However, I prefer the ethereal, smooth quality of the female voice rather than men. I find that in Gregorian chant, men have a much more raw, heavy voice Thus I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations...

Damn This thread is meant to be fun But to contribute, I have walked around with my HD600 Really didn't have any problems except they got a little to hot and no isolation, so I stopped But if I could install a fan and tape shut the opening, eh Why not

I don't have a 40 watt soldering iron so I tried just burning it off But it left that black substance However, I have tried sanding the paper and it just gets messy Can anyone provide a chemical based method, I've been reading some about aspirin and soldering irons or acid or something Thanks

Look No one is saying it isn't bass Think of it this way, imagine you are trying to do a watercolor but all you can paint with are green I mean, you can paint and make pictures but it lacks the complexity or a full colored painting Your bass, like all hip hop (I'm quite familiar since I...

Well Though I don't own a pair and considering your planning on paying 300 to 400, meaning its a full sized can Denons....? Forgot the model number though, was it D3000 or something I'm not sure how the amp factor weighs in, but ESW9 seems attractive if not sexy

Not to douse gasoline on the flames.... But car speaker systems can hardly be taken as a reference to sound quality Not when there are contests where adolescent boys stream into a stadium and two boys attempt to play their music as loudly from their vans as possible. I mean, I can...

Hello Im looking for portable headphones, but not in the sense of IEMs but a full size. The problem is with size and isolation. I would prefer a full size closed headphone or a smaller, pint sized open headphone as the isolation can be sacrificed for a portability. I am looking for the price...

Kinda random But isn't any headphone that has really any powerful bass kinda unnatural. As the instruments that are represented with a strong bass, e.g. drums, when a listener is present, doesn't the drums only reproduce the drum "sound" not the physical experience of the bass when listening...

I suppose, I guess I'm trying to objectify something that is purely subjective. That's probably why I'm receiving the answers I am rather than the ones I seek, however I thank the members that have responded. Perhaps I should change this thread into, "Your very first experience with Hi-fi...

Yeah I realized that I was a bit ambiguous so I was hoping if anybody in my shoes could relate and share their experiences. Thanks for trying though

Also after brooding on the subject matter, I just remembered that during reviews and comparisons, there were some blind tests done in a couple comparisons where participants lacked the same enthusiasm for audio equipment as we do on this forum. Than in the reviews it provided quotations from...

Im using a ALO LOD. I thought of that, but I suppose even with a bad synergy of components I felts that I should still hear some change. I do realize that HD600 are quite difficult to find a matching amp but I should say that I also had an SR325i for the length of a month and though I could hear...

Hello I had a general question to all the members of the Head-fi community in regards to the change in sound quality with regards to changes in audio file type, source, amped, unamped, etc. To begin, I bought a pair of HD600 some times back cause I got a really good deal on them as well as...

Hello I was using a RSA Hornet to power my SR325i when I noticed that a clicking noise occurred during songs that were bass heavy but was absent at low volumes. Perhaps more appropriately, it sound as if something is loose and vibrating. Because of this I thought that this was some kind of...

Yeah, looks like I'll go with the 26 AWG And....OMG Its at a 15% sale I'm definitely getting it My curiosity has been sated Thanks alot for your help I wish I could offer my help somehow but I suppose its like reciprocal altruism, even though I can't help you, I'll most likely help someone...

I was looking into the Jupiter wire: http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/wire.html Everything seems to fit except the fact that is it solid core and that it is encased in a cotton casing. At worst I suppose I can use their 19 AWG stranded but its not Cryo treated and it still has that...

Just to clairfy The ground wire is located at the negative terminal of the driver while the L/R are at the positive accordingly. Considering this is largely for portable use, what cable diameter do you believe is best? I plan on braiding 4 wires, so each has their own sleeve? I was looking...

Thanks I was typing in the phrase in the search and I got the most random stuff and I kinda gave up on the 11th page . My eyes were bleeding by than Your input helps alot Thanks