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Does anyone know if Blackberry's new Z10 supports USB digital audio output?
I never got around to checking. I think it should be able to but I have not tried it yet. The sound from the headphone jack is good enough.- kfh227
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Looking for best over the ear headphones that dont need an amp.
Quote: Waking up old therad. Sorry, doing some research. I have hte M50s. There is no way they sound nearly as good unamped. My friends $50 amp is an improvement.- kfh227
- Post #15
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Help my decide on an MP3 player, having a rather tough time...
From what I'm reading about hte PSP, wait for mods to come out- kfh227
- Post #18
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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The best protable I can come up with, but $2500
...not for audiophiles... lord... for 2500 dollars i'd buy me one of every popular dap out there... AND have spare change to buy a laptop godd*mn rediculours... no offense khf... this just brought up memories of this idiot trying to lay his futureshop-clerk techy crap on us... lol if it...- kfh227
- Post #3
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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The best protable I can come up with, but $2500
Wel, go get one of these: OQO - model 01 ultra personal computer It's a fully functional windows XP PC slightly bigger than a PDA. Aobut $2000. It has USB out, so go get a headroom bit-heat. For $250 Add taxes and that costs $2500. With the ability to have lossless data files on...- kfh227
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Sony PSP impressions?
Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey For those of you who have one, how do you like it so far? Came to the forums with the same question. Try out hte search function for more ifno, but this thread looks promising. have yet to read it though...- kfh227
- Post #2
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Fully modded E-Mu 1212M pics and impressions (so far)
Quote: Originally Posted by gevorg Wow! I just got a 1212 and already tempted to mod it. Iron Dreamer, are you planing to offer modding services to forum members? P.S. Emu 1212 is on sale in Compusa for $150 (after $30 rebate) I had the same question. Might request...- kfh227
- Post #31
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Building a music PC. Sound card ideas, some questions...
WOW! That's a pretty darn good price. I was expecting to pay up to $400 for something "good".- kfh227
- Post #4
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Poll: Copied CDs can be better than the originals?
Quote: Originally Posted by markl After reading all kinds of info on the subject, it appears that many believe it's possible to create a copy of a pressed CD that actually sounds better than the original. I'm open to this idea, but want to find out what you think and why. So here's a...- kfh227
- Post #52
- Forum: Computer Audio
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audiophile web forum
Quote: Originally Posted by null http://www.audioasylum.com/index.html cool. I'll try it at home. it's blocked at work. Any more ideas?- kfh227
- Post #3
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Building a music PC. Sound card ideas, some questions...
Essentially, I plan on creating a PC and putting all of my CDs on it. It will be a VERY LOW COST solution for the most part. I won't get into into details yet. It will be a low cost RAID 5 solution in short. I'll be doing this in 9 month when we move into a bigger home. This will be a...- kfh227
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audiophile web forum
I was wondering what a good audiophile web forum is. One like this one, jsut for big speakers and big amps. Basically, I am buying a new home and was hoping to do a small "good" setup in the kitchen and would like to seek amp,pre-amp and speaker ideas. The source will be a PC that I build...- kfh227
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Top 5 DVDs worth owning
Generally, comdies stand the test of time, so most of mine are that genre. ALot of movies are must sees, few are must see ten times though: 1) National Loampoon's Christmas Vacation 2) Ghostbusters 3) The Great Outdoors 4) labyrinth (best Jim Henson film by far) 5) ? Hard to say. I'll...- kfh227
- Post #48
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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What song drops the deepest bass?
Quote: Originally Posted by Jahn Here's my nomination - "Boomin' Granny" by the Beastie Boys. Man that's a trunk rattler. If you just want LOUD: One of the tracks on "Best of Techno- Volume 3" is by far the best track jsut to be loud The Flashdance soundtrack used to be... -
Important music you have never heard properly?
I started about 6 months ago. Hopefully my sig has a link to a thread about it. has some good ideas in htere! Get "Thelonious Monk's Stragiht , No Chaser". By far, one of hte best Jazz CDs I have so far. Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.PD Funny you should bring this up at this time... -
Getting into Hi-Fi - Want a new source
There is a modded Toshiba 3960 for sale in the sources for sale forum. might be right up your ally. I thought about it, but hte wife would kill me. Quote: Originally Posted by deadlierchair Over the years this time has been building since I first bought a CD stereo and now I'm ready...- kfh227
- Post #4
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Whats your favourite pink floyd album?
no poll? having said that: 1) The Wall is #1 2) Dark Side of the moon Then there is the rest. The live album (don't recall name) is pretty good. I'll give that #3. -
Any famous Jazz drummers?
Thanks for the ideas. I think I'll have to go to the ATM machine before shopping today! I'll get back to this thread with the purchases. Andthe links provided...AWESOME! -
Hi end PCDPs?
Do they exist? Somenone in anather thread mentioned that the high end Sony's are as good as it gets, but that the headphone output stage isn't nothing special. Just Jsut get a nicer case and line outs. What else is there?- kfh227
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What would it take for you to buy an iPod?
The biggest thing keeping me away is cost. I would consider a sub $50 model. I'm not paying $250 for one though. not when I can buy a CD player for $50 and blank CDs cost next to nothing.- kfh227
- Post #49
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Anyone know of Home Theater Forums of head-fi's caliber?
As Title states. i'm interested in stating to learn about home theaters I am 5-10 years away from doing a nice system, but I am kinda curious about them right now. Might buy a house, so an addition at a later time would have the home theater in it. Probably in the basement. Kidna curious of any...- kfh227
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pick out a portable CD player with MP3 playback for under $50
I am not intending on getting one, but these days, what are the high end models? I hope it's not the $120 Sony's that can be found. I mean, models where the manufacturer truely tries to produce good sound with a well built amplification stage and such. Not the cheap stuff in Sony's. Before...- kfh227
- Post #7
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Am I not worthy of this hobby?
Quote: Originally Posted by eric.w I have felt the same way you have.. for example, there are cd's that are easier to listen to on a cheap cd player, than on my modded 3950 + gilmore dynamic + hd600 setup.. and I think... what was the point of all that?? I have that postal service...- kfh227
- Post #29
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Am I not worthy of this hobby?
In the past, I've encoded a track at 192 kbps in MP3 format. I can not recall the artists/song but ... It dropped sound sound out blatently for an unknown reason. It was only a few notes, but it's not exactly quiet, barely audible parts. it was something like several drum beats in a row...- kfh227
- Post #28
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Any famous Jazz drummers?
In short, my wife's cousin jsut got a drum set. Already plays guitar. He's 15 so he hasn't been exposed to all music genres' He's currently into dub, punk and ska (from talking to him). He likes the tallent though. He understands talent and recognizes the difficulty in what some drummers do...