HawkEye   THANKS for posting the real vs fakes pics - Huge!!   TBG - Can you sticky this near the OP at the top?

ClieOS Thanks for the education on OMTP (Old Method for Talking on Phones) vs CTIA (Certianly This Is an Apple).     I have a Samsung Focus -Windows phone.   Any suggestions on a good earbud headsert with great mic and volume control - I use my phone as a phone, so hearing people...

Duhhh Firewire uhhh OK Hey, I said I was clueless on this stuff Note to self: OK get the Nitrus while it's there....

Quote: Originally posted by HackofDestruct Check out eBay We just got a 5gb iPod for 167.50 with shipping and then 16.90 for a new firewire card. So its a bit over your range but its nice Wow That's pretty great. Which iPod? is it 2.0 USB?

Gotcha OK, Rio Nitrus it is. Oh, BTW, it there a way to run these thru you car stereo system?

Thanks gents That's a LOT more mem than I expected at that $ !! So the removable media card thing is not a good idea?

Hello Porta-Rig crew I'm pretty clueless on this front, but I drew my brother's name for Xmas and am thinking that he'd like an MP3 player. He's real into burning CDs off the internet so I figure logical next step... We have about a $150 target range on the deal, so it looks like the nice...

Quote: Originally posted by lindrone Hmm.. I guess that's true, there's really no headphone available directly at the $300 mark that I'm looking into. However, at $300, that puts me $50 to $80 away from just grabbing an used for a new CD3000. I would much rather have gotten the CD3000...

Quote: Originally posted by lindrone Those are some expensive cables.. the truth is, I wouldn't spend money on those cables.. they're another $150 or so on top of the cost of the headphone. They just bring out better characteristic out of the headphone... but once you've spent that much...

Quote: Originally posted by Lindy 3. Gram Parsons - GP / Grievous Angel This one is high on the "If stranded on a Desert Isle" list... I don't think it's ever been remastered... c'mon Steve

Evenin' Haven't read this thread in a while... most of these these are probably redundant but here goes anyway. SACDs Roxy Music - Avalon; SACD (best SACD I've heard yet!) Pink Floyd - DSOTM; SACD (yes, Avalon's better imho) Dave Alvin - Blackjack David; MFSL SACD (High recco) Dave...

Mike, Are there more than 1 version of those Mullards? I am planning to grab a pair of those & wonder if there are any pot-holes on the path... Thanks PS: Great write up on the 4-Way Roll!!

I waffled around a bit before I pulled the trigger on some: HD590s - Love 'em Then an amp Then a cable Then a player then some interconnects some tubes next...... not to mention a plethora of new music (where's my wallet?!?!) This is a pretty great place

... thusly named that Trounce is I like my 590s for movies a lot. I did upgrade the cable but they still are very nice without that. I like the open cans so I can hear other things going on, your situation may differ, as Trounce indicated. You should certainly decide whether you want open or...

I have the 590s w/ the Equinox cable and the difference is pretty substantial. The improvement is across the scale, bigger soundstage, cleaner, deeper bass, fullness across the mid-range. I can't say if the Cardas are better than Equinox for the 600s, because I've never heard the Equinox on...