I can spend up to 350 dollars for a nice watch as a gift for my mom. Only requirements are that the wristband be either gold or nonmetal. What do you guys suggest?

I recently got the Chaintech AV-710 sound card, but unfortunately, I have been unable to use it. Whenever I install the Envy 1.43d drivers, after restarting the computer, I get an error message stating, "Access violation at address 0040C461 in module 'EnMixCPL.exe'. Read of address 00143034."...

I'm looking to begin playing the electric guitar, but I'm totally new to the instrument. Besides going to local music shops whenever I need an opinion on something guitar related, what resources would you guys recommend for reviews, beginners' advice, etc. on equipment? I don't care about...

I'm interested in upgrading my computer audio setup. Right now, I am trying to decide between two possible setups: ESI Juli@ or Chaintech AV-710=>Entech Number Cruncher 203.2. I have read that as long as a sound card is bit-perfect and using digital outputs, the DAC is what affects the sound...

I'm only going to be using the microphone for voice communication, that is all. The mic should be cheap, preferably under $30, and voice quality should be crisp and clear. Noise reduction would also be nice. What would you guys recommend? I am looking at the Logitech Desktop Microphone, would it...

If one already has a good sound card, what does an external DAC (like the Entech Number Crunchers) do for sound quality? Wouldn't the sound card's own DAC be sufficient? Or is the improvement not really that great, just something you'd purchase for inching closer to that optimum quality?

Are there any retailers or specialty shops in Maryland that will have various Grado headphones available to demo? If they would have Alessandros as well, that's a plus. I don't really know how else to find out the answer to this, so I'm coming here. Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone. I'm looking to get one of these for purchase very soon. This will be my first purchase of "good" headphones, so I don't want to purchase something I'll end up regretting. I'll be unamped at first, but hope to get one within a few weeks from the headphone purchase. My source...

Hello there, I'm interested in purchasing a new set of headphones. The price range I'm looking at is somewhere between $200 and $350, preferrably closer to $200. This will be my first "real" set of headphones (previously, I've only owned the stock headphones that come with CD players which I...