Hi everyone!   It's been ages. :)  Other hobbies have kept me busy over the past few years, but with winter approaching, figure I'll be spending a lot of time indoors with nothing better to do.. so let the upgrade cycle begin again.   So, this question isn't specifically headphone...

Ok, so I just got my RE0. I was really excited, because after everything I'd read, I believed this could be my portable ER-4 (which itself is too beloved, expensive, and dorky looking with the red/blue connectors to drag around everywhere). When I first fired them up (Mixed Opeth and...

Hi guys, I'm in the market for yet more bluetooth headphones. Anything new come out lately? I'm hoping to hear experiences of people who actually have them (not just read reviews). My main concerns are: - Outdoor performance (ie. dropouts with phone in jeans pocket, coat pocket, etc) -...

Hey everyone... it's been forever! I've been so busy with other things in my life, but just thought I'd post about (if anyone's interested) my latest mod. I bought a pair of Sony DR-BT50 bluetooth headphones to help me survive my winter walks to work (one of the few circumaural BT...

So I just tried foobar on my Windows PC (normally amaroK under linux, with its horrible EQ). I have really crappy speakers on this machine (Infinity RS2's through a Harman/Kardon AVR75, linked coax from modded USB transit (asio4all)). I say crappy because the tonal balance is just horrendous...

So last weekend I spent almost 2 full days just sitting in my easy chair, wasting the days away as I listened to every version of Rachmanioff's various concertos I could find. It had been like a year since I last listened to them, and a good few months since I fired up my K1000s for that matter...

I was out of the hobby for about a year (still listening, but not reading/posting/buying).. I tend to focus on whatever hobby I'm into at the moment (cars, paintball, RC, etc) to the exclusion of all others. Recently I started feeling the need to upgrade my work setup. I started poking...

Well I was bored today so I decided to change out the capacitor for the tweeter crossover. I replaced the crappy electrolytic 3.3uF with 2x2.2uF panasonic polypropylenes. That should have dropped the roll-off on the tweeter maybe 500hz (didn't run the exact numbers), to brighten them up a bit...

So a few years back I was seriously considering the CM7ti as the reviews here were generally very positive. Cycling season is starting back up, and I'm gonna need something new this year. My ER4s are too isolating. I'm on bike paths so I'm not overly concerned about safety, but I would like some...

Anyone here familiar with how electrostatic phones work: would it be possible to take a 100:1 step up transformer and use it on a powerful normal speaker amp? Would this drive a pair of 'stats, or do they fundamentally work differently?

Any gurus here have in-depth knowledge about inductors? It's a component that has always mystified me. I've done some googling around and read the howstuffworks article on them but I've still got lots of questions. They seem to work like capacitors, but the hsw article suggested that as...

I have an ebay page open with a K701 on it. I promised myself NO MORE GEAR for 3 months. I went searching for "i hate the K701" threads to no real avail. And found endless "these are great phones." threads. I want them for work because my grados are becoming unlistenable after an evening...

Ok, so I just ordered an amp5. It's so cheap I figured I'd give it a shot. I'm planning to use it to drive my Paradigm Titan 3's at first, because I'm not very happy with my AVR75 for driving speakers. I'll also give it a shot with my K1000s and balanced grados. I expect it to eventually end...

What's your favorite recording for cymbals? The most realistic, sitting on the drum seat sound you've ever heard?

I notice that almost all audio equipment uses the standard transformer/rectifier setup as opposed to a switching power supply. Why is this? It's so expensive and bulky. For my next project I'd like to use a 100 watt laptop power supply, flanked by a big capacitor bank (with bulk capacitors as...

Hey guys. I'm planning to build a subwoofer to add some extension and a little fun slam to my K1000s. It will be within a foot or two of my listening position (ear level) so it doesn't have to be powerful at all (I imagine 10 watts is more than sufficient). I'm hoping it'll deliver, with...

Does anyone know of a good, high quality parabolic equalizer for Linux? I've been searching for something that plugs into alsa or even xine, with not much luck. The 10-band that comes with amaroK (i guess part of xine) is such a piece of crap. Alternatively, has anyone seen a reasonably...

I don't know if this is better here or in the amps forum, but I recently connected the analog out on my M-Audio Transit to my Gilmore Lite, and to my surprise it's an awesome match. I find the digital out to be pretty weak (at least compared to the audiophile), but the analog stage is...

I finally got around to building an adapter to connect my balanced-recabled SR-325i back up to a standard 1/4" headphone jack. It's been over a month since I listened to them, relying exclusively on my F1/K1000 setup since then. Either the K1000 has out-of-this-world sibilance control or the...

What's your favorite type, if you have to pick one? What do you like about it? For those who aren't familiar with the various topologies, here's a brief rundown (everyone please feel free to reply with corrections and examples!): All Valve Amp An amplifier that uses only vacuum tubes...

I'm still getting a little buzz on my F1 clone. I'd like to reduce the gain slightly because settings above 20 on my DA10 make it unlistenably loud anyway. Is it generally better to reduce the gain of an amp, or load it up with decreased output resistance? To reduce the gain I was thinking...

I recabled my SR-325i with an XLR jack and 4 metal film 420ohm resistors, so I could hook it up to my F1 clone. To my surprise, it doesn't sound very good. The lower mids are grossly overrepresented, and the highs are rolled off a fair bit. The bass is strong, but not boomy. What's there...

Hey guys. Does anyone know if there's any good new product out for through-hole plating homemade PCBs? Has anyone tried using the chemical methods? Also, which is better - the photoresist or toner transfer method?

I just finished my F1 clone based on Nelson Pass's schematics (my first DIY project bigger than a cable!). I did the board design myself in ExpressPCB, and ordered the best parts I could find at digikey. It took me about 3 months, though most of it was waiting for various parts to arrive. I...

Hey guys. I'm desperate here. I built a First Watt F1 clone over the past few months, and everything was going fine. One channel works perfectly, but I've been having a recurring problem with the other one. The two boards are identical and use identical components, and I think I cleaned...