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Recommend a headphone (grados sr60/senns hd497 price range)
I used to own a senns hd497 which broke a couple of months ago. Since then, I've been slowly saving up abit of cash each month and I guess its about time to get myself a new headphones. What headphones would you guys recommend for that kind of price range?- Necroist
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Selling Ipod for Zen Micro Photo?
I own an ipod 4g 20gb and I'm planning to sell it away for a 20Gb Creative Zen Micro Photo. Is this a wise move? I'm looking for something more functional and so far the design of the zen micro is also pretty appealing. - How do I transfer files over from PC -> Zen? - How's the sound...- Necroist
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What's a good replacement for HD-497
My HD-497 seems to be of a lousy build quality, within the span of 2 years, I had to send it to repair twice, and bought a replacement cable once. I'm looking for a sensible upgrade that doesn't cost too much and is the best bang for buck. I haven't been catching up on headphone...- Necroist
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Soundstorm dead?
So i was fixing my Firewire extension onto my NF7-S motherboard while my PC is live and playing some music. Out of no where,my sound is shut off. I rebooted my pc, no sound comes out. Removed drivers and reinstalled them, same thing. The strangest thing is, when I put a CD into my...- Necroist
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MP3 Mini-Hifi
Does anyone have any recommendation for a mini-hifi that supports mp3 playback? Preferably, it has its own inbuilt DAC, so I can use my PC's Soundstorm digital out to hook it up too.- Necroist
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Utilising Nvidia SoundStorm [Digital]
Hi guys, I've own a nforce2 motherboard with soundstorm onboard. I've been running on analogue output since I bought my motherboard more than 6 months ago. I heard that in order to fully utilise SS, I should use the digital output. What do I need in order to do that? Do I need to get a...- Necroist
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CMOY Potentiometer, necessary?
I've built a CMOY without any potentiometer on it and I prefer to control the volume via my iriver slimx's remote instead. Is there any difference in the sound quality or whatsorts when using the potentiometer and not?- Necroist
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Metal film vs Carbon resistors
What's the difference between them? I noticed in tangent's cmoy guide, he specificly stated to get the blue metal film resistors instead of the normal beige resistors. Why is that so? What's the main difference between then.- Necroist
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Cmoy Problem
I'm experiencing some problem with my 2nd attempt cmoy. Here are some of the parts are I used : 1 9V Batt 2 0.22uF 63+V Cap 2 470uF 16V 1 OPA2132PA The rest are all the parts tangent used in his guide. Right now the amp is able to produce a sound but there's some kind of...- Necroist
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iRiver iHP-120
A couple of iriver questions : - How do you scroll? Is it a jog dial or button based? - Can you operate the FM and the player itself without the remote? Argh, over here, they don't have the black version of the player, only the silver/gold remote- Necroist
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Wireless Music
Just curious, how many of you has a wireless setup at home or at work, where you stream music from a source to steroes\speakers wirelessly? Any idea how to go about doing this?- Necroist
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MX500\400 vs PX200
Any main difference in aural experience? The MX400/500 uses the same drivers right?- Necroist
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HD497
I've been using the 497s for a year + now, and so far it broke on me, twice. I like the sound quality that the cans have been providing, but I'm wondering if its time to upgrade. What's the next fessible budget upgrade.- Necroist
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Singapore DIYers
Calling out the the Singapore DIYers, I'm embarking on my first CMOY amp project but I went down to Sim Lim Tower today and couldn't find a shop that sells the OPA amps. (I followed the part list from tangent's excellent cmoy article) For the local DIYers, where do you guys get all the...- Necroist
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Part Soldering?
What do you guys use to hold your parts firmly in the PCB while you solder it?- Necroist
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Soundstorm?
Have anyone used the on-board soundstorm chips found on nforce motherboards? How are they compared to SBLive-Audigy?- Necroist
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How do you carry your portable's remote
I'm wondering how do you guys carry PDP remote when you guys are on the road. Here's mine (I'm not sure if there's a right way to carry it, or if there is a right away at all) I hope to see some pictures if possible ;D- Necroist
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Acoustic Alchemy
Anybody heard of this group, they play some great acoustic-jazz music with just guitars. Go give them a listen, they are good stuff. For those who have already heard their music before, can anyone recommend me other groups\people with similar kind of music? -
Slimx : Good buy?
What are your opinions on Slimx's IMP-400 model? Is it a good buy?- Necroist
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Line outs?
Hey there! Wow its been a long time since I last wrote a message here! Don't worry I've still been reading up on all the valuable information on the forums But there's something that's been bugging me, what exactly is the difference between Line outs (in PCDPs, soundcards) and the...- Necroist
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Hercules fortisimmo 3
Hi, I need your opinion on this soundcard, Hercules fortisimmo 3 (7.1 version). Is it better or in par with TBSC?- Necroist
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Senns HD-497 cables
Crap, my HD497's left cable seem to be borked. My headphones are now one-sided. So its probably time to look for a replacement cables, any recommendations and price for it? I would like to go down and get my cables serviced or something cos I'm still under warranty but I lost my warranty...- Necroist
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Meta 42 project help
Hello all, After reading the articles on headwize on the CMOY amps and reading up headwize's forum and the DIY forum here, I'm hyped up on creating my own Meta42 amp. But where can I find a tutorial with the schematics for the meta42 amp? So far the only one I can find is the CMOY. P/S...- Necroist
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PC -> Mini Hifi
Hi, I own a sony mini-hifi with an line-in line-out inputs and I'm using SB Live! Value on my PC. Would it be possible to pass the sound info into my mini-hifi so that I can skip the crackling sound I"m hearing on my SBLive? How can I do that?- Necroist
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Izotope Ozone
This is regarding the Izotope Ozone plug-in for winamp. Anyone experiences major CPU Usage? When I run my winamp w\ Izotope Ozone and open a few browsers, my winamp takes up 40% utilisation causing in jerks in the music that I'm playing. Have anyone experienced this or is this an isolated...- Necroist
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