Recently, I decided to plug the ancient Koss Pro-4AAA cans into my E-MU 0404 USB to give them a spin. Wow, had I ever underrated these cans! When they were plugged directly into the Technics SL-P500, they seemed a bit thin and lacking in bass - but when driven by the 0404, the bass came back...

After I went ahead with a project of ripping my entire CD collection to FLAC, I've been revisiting music that I haven't played in a while. Earlier tonight, I had the Grateful Dead's In the Dark album up, listening to it with my SR60s for the first time. Surprise, surprise, I heard details in the...

Is anyone else sick of blue LEDs being used on just about everything? More specifically, piercingly bright, light-a-dark-room blue LEDs, or, for that matter, black-on-deep-blue-background or deep-blue-on-black-background displays? A few manufacturers have at least acquired a semblance of clue...

I'm wondering how people here tend to spend their money on audio gear? I tend to prefer "bang for the buck" solutions - I'm not interested in chasing diminishing returns, but I definitely appreciate quality sound.

Quote: Originally Posted by dookiex There's two broad and general views to music enjoyment in my honest opinion (which can be broken down further, but let's not get into too much granularity). They are as follows: 1) Audiophile/recording purpose/critical listening - You want the...

I've come across a little recording that will bring out the worst in your setup. It's a performance of Mahler's Second Symphony at the University of Chicago, and the acid test comes in the final minutes of the last movement, as the entire chorus kicks into overdrive. With one and only one...