So what sold me on ipods (despite the mediocre sound quality) was their smart playlist functionality. As far as I know, no other player has such a robust ability to customize playlists. I have playlists that not only use criteria like rating, playcount, and genre, I have playlists that reference...

So I'm trying to decide between the ultra stack or one of the desktop amp/dacs from Headroom. I'm listening with HD 650s through my Macbook, and my biggest concern is that I prefer a slightly darker sound. Too bright and my ears can't take it. So the question is, which amp/dac combo has the...

So my dilemma is this: I love my Senn HD 650s. I've tried many different headphones, and even though I don't have a great amp (just a Predator) I still love this sound the best. Smooth, non-fatiguing, not to bright, nice bass, etc. But my house is so small that I'm often wishing I could sit on...

So a while back, I sold my iMod Hornet combo because I decided I wanted to listen primarily from my laptop. My original plan was to get a Headroom Micro stack, then I considered a Pico, but financial considerations forced me to save my money, so I got a MisterX HPDAC to tide me over. I finally...

So it's nearing Christmas (sort of) and I'm starting think plan out what I might be able to buy with all that grandma money. And I'm wondering what will be the best step up from my current set up (see sig). I want something that will synergize well with the 650s, but I enjoy a warmer, darker...

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's interested in impressions of this thing. I'd especially love to know how it compares to other small footprint/transportable amps like the Lisa III or the Cantata, but I'm not sure how many people would have both. But let us know if you got one and how it...

Are the 2004 remasters of Can's CDs any good? I'm considering buying some of the MP3s off Amazon, but when I previewed them they sounded pretty bad. I'm hoping that's just the streaming audio effect. But if anybody's heard these, I'd appreciate your evaluation. Please tell me they didn't...

I'm currently working on a smart playlist for my iMod that consists entirely of songs recorded in the last 10 years. As most of us know, the last ten years of popular music is the age of compression, and many audiophiles think it all sounds awful. But I think some of these albums are better than...

So I'm on the hunt for the ideal cans to listen to out of my iMod + Hornet combo. I'm not going to upgrade my amp or source any time in the near future. I'm listening primarily to indie rock (stuff like Beck, Animal Collective, TV on the Radio, !!!, and Broken Social Scene) and electronic music...

So I'm considering buying the Denon D2000s, but I'm curious how widespread the loose screw problem has been. It seems like it's happened to a number of people but not to everybody who owns these. So if you could vote for what your experience has been that would be very helpful. If you haven't...

So I've been listening to my DT990s with my iMod and Hornet for almost 2 months now, and up until a week or so ago, I was listening on the low gain setting at about 9:00. It seemed weird that I didn't need to go any higher than this, but I figured that I just prefer lower volume levels than most...

Before I got an iMod, I had determined that I couldn't hear a difference between lossless and MP3 files. I did blind comparisons, and felt I was just guessing when I tried to hear which was which. So I stuck with MP3 to save space and batteries, and because I like to level the volume of all my...

So as you can see from my sig, I'm considering selling most of the gear I've purchased in the last six months, not for financial reasons so much as time reasons. Since I got into this hobby, I've spent more and more time just listening to music, and it's starting to impair some of my more...

I'm about to get swept up in the FOTM madness, but I have one last question. The one complaint everybody has about these headphones is the cord. What exactly is the problem? I understand it's easily tangled, but can't you wrap most of it up in a small coil and cinch it with twist ties or...

Has anybody bought this yet (besides nickknutson)? I'm on the fence about getting one, and I'd love to see more pictures of the black version (which they don't show on the website). I'd also be interested to know how heavy it is.

So back when I listened primarily to mp3s, I used a great program called MP3Gain to level the volume of all my music. It worked much better than that "sound check" thing iTunes offers, and it didn't degrade the quality of the music by normalizing or anything. My understanding is that there's...

I've been listening to Miles Davis's Bitches Brew recently, and I'm loving it. But it's giving me a hunger for similar stuff. I'm not looking for other jazz, necessarily, but any kind of improvisatory, exploratory music that's anchored by great rhythm. Other songs that fit the kind of thing...

Sorry.

I just read about this online music store in the New York Times that sells lossless files. Has anybody bought anything from them? Good experience? Apparently, the files are WMA lossless, which would mean I'd have to burn a CD first and then re-rip for my iMod, but it would be worth it for...

So I posted in another thread that I think of Grados as the Harley Davidsons of headphones, and it occurred to me that it might be fun to try to find parallels between motorcycle brands and headphone brands. So here's my motorcycle - headphone comparison (which you should take with a grain of...

So I've had my iMod for about a month now, and it goes without saying that I LOVE the sound of it. Enough has been said on that subject. But here's my problem. I've recently realized that the smart playlist functionality on the 4g ipod is not on par with the smart playlist functionality on the...

So I do all my music listening on my ipod with smart playlists, which let you set criteria like, "songs I haven't heard in the last week." The great thing is that if I have a playlist like this, songs will automatically be deleted after I listened to them, so I won't have to hear anything twice...

So I've been leaning toward the Senn 650s as the final piece in my portable rig, which currently consists of imod, hornet, and 595s. I'm drawn to the 650 because I love a big soundstage, and I'm too sensitive to high frequencies to enjoy Grados (I fear any hfs that are considered very bright)...

So I just purchased an imod, and I'm planning on putting my stock 5g ipod on ebay. It occurred to me that it might fetch a slightly higher price if I say that it has more than 30g of high bitrate music loaded onto it, but I don't know if this is legally questionable. I assume that if I stated...

Sorry.