Happy birthday, fiddler! I hope you'll put down the soldering iron for a second and go out to celebrate! D.

Happy birthday to Head-Fi's favourite left-of-center, starving artist! Looking forward to reading more of your insightful and well-reasoned posts, D.

Stop stressing about every little thing and have a happy birthday!! D.

Did anyone else see this Globe & Mail article, in which the author rants about the ubiquity and offensiveness of blue LEDs in electronics? There's a lively discussion about it at Slashdot, as well. Personally, I like blue LEDs, although I do agree with the author that they appear much...

Happy birthday to one of the few (only?) teenaged female Head-Fiers. You're the proof that some teenaged girls actually do care about sound quality. D.

Happy Birthday to the budding DIYer who brought us this great-looking PIMETA! D.

[I didn't see a thread noting Mikhail's birthday. So, assuming that I didn't just overlook it...] Happy Birthday, Mikhail! D.

(A little early, but oh well...) So, are you legal, yet? If so, then go get plastered, then tell us all about it. D.

Anybody had a look at Ars Technica's Portable Headphone Roundup, yet? The Koss KSC-55, Sennheiser PX 100, PX 200, and PXC 250, and Etymotic ER-4P and ER-6 are reviewed. It's fairly well-done. The reviewers are more knowledgeable than the typical computer webzine wonks that usually write...

I received some Switchcraft 35HDNN (3.5 mm stereo) plugs and decided to make a mini-RCA. I cut and stripped some Star Quad, then tried to slide the plug's housing onto it... but, it wouldn't fit. I tried to jam it on, but no dice. So, I measured the housing's cable entry hole diameter and...

Just wanted to wish a Happy Birthday to OriginalReaper because he made my first Head-Fi gear purchase (a JMT amp) a smooth and trouble-free experience. Cheers, D.

I noticed the following article on Apple's Knowledge Base Recent Changes page: iPod In-Ear Headphones: Tip - Getting Optimal Audio Quality Might be useful info for iPod owners that are still using the stock earphones. D.

Has anybody had experience with DMMs made by Precision Mastech (aka MASTECH)? I'm in the market for another DMM (my old WaveTek 16XL is dead) and I've noticed these Mastech DMMs popping up in electronic parts stores around here. The specs sound decent on some of them, but the prices remain...

I've built my own cables before, but never bothered to use sleeving because I didn't care how they looked. Lately, I've been thinking about the saying that goes something like: The better something looks, the better it will sound (or its corollary: If it's ugly, then it will sound bad)...

Could someone point me to a brick-and-mortar store in Vancouver, B.C., Canada (or elsewhere in the Lower Mainland area), that carries quality DIY parts (e.g. Cardas, WBT, Canare, Switchcraft, etc.)?? I know of out-of-province suppliers (such as Take Five Audio) but would rather shop locally so...

Do many folks here use stands when storing their headphones? I'm curious because commercially-made headphone stands seem to be fairly scarce. The only offerings that I know of are the ones from Stax (the HPS-1 and HPS-2). In other forum threads, I've seen people using everything from...