Don't know if this is the most appropriate place to discuss JPop, but here goes. Judging from Yoko Kanno's 2 recent songs, Hemisphere and Tune the Rainbow, both sung by Sakamoto Maaya, it seems as if her song writing is much improved from before. The main theme of each is actually hidden after a...

Hello again, For my Ipod, I was wondering if I should start with the SR80's or just jump the ladder to the SR225's. Would there be any noticable difference on that unit? Thanks.

Hi guys, I was wondering about the correlation between the impedance and sound quality of headphones. If I understand correctly, impedance is just defined as "total resistance" or "almost "resistance plus the resistivity of the capacitors and the inductors. How would this have any connection...

www.music123.com has the HD25-1 listed as "The HD 25 SP-1 is a pair of closed dynamic headphones for persons with severe hearing impairment." Is this intended to mean anything?

My 10 gig 3rd gen ipod just got shipped here and it has the apple sign on the lcd. Now, I'm charging it but the sign isn't changing at all. Is there anything wrong?

I give my vote to the Brahms 1st Symphony, 4th movement, main theme. Anybody else have any ideas?

I was just wondering if headphone makers should use spruce and maple in the production of their top of the line headphones instead of what they already use. These woods are used in the production of violins, violas, cellos, and other string instruments! What could be better for damping and...

I've seen a lot of threads about how a CD player from 1992 can be superior in sound quality to almost all the players made today. I was just wondering...how can this possibly be? I mean, if we were talking instruments, I would almost instantly agree that a 1742 Guarneri Del Gesu violin would...

Hey guys, I have heard that the IPod and Zen uses ID3 tags to organize songs, however I have not heard how the IPod and Zen organizes albums. I am used to the "windows explorer" type organization of the IRiver players and am worried that either the IPod or the Zen would only put emphasis on...

I don't know if I just want to make myself feel better, but did anyone have their SP250 die on them? I've had it for about 1 1/2 years, and then for some reason it would be stuck on the power on screen and do nothing else (except making a noise every few seconds). The fact that SonicBlue had...

Lets compile a list of non-audiophile and audiophile terms Non - Great, good, amazing, fun, huge, interesting, "under $100 dollars", ... Audiophile - Crisp, clean, deep, recessed, bright, dark, timbre, brilliant, "sorry about your wallet", ...