Nearly every audio or home theater enthusiast knows about MonoPrice.  They're the go-to source on the Internet for A/V cables at rock-bottom prices.  And most people who subscribes to the "cables don't matter" school of thought have probably bought cables from them at one point or another...

The HF-1 has been out for about a month now but I haven't seen any long-term listening reviews/impressions of them yet. Does this mean that the HF-1's don't really burn-in, or has everyone just been too busy enjoying them to do reviews/comparisons?

I was just on the Koss website and saw this: The link brings you to a page that says "Coming soon..." but it looks like Koss is entering the custom-built headphone market too.

The SL-1600 MKII is the prosumer version of the SL-1200 MKII which was produced between 1979 and 1981. It is a Quartz-Lock Direct Drive unit with automatic start and stop (with optional full-manual control). While this wasn't the mind-blowing upgrade I was looking for originally, it's...

My brother just got a pair of KTXPro-1s. They use the same driver as the Porta Pro so I just did a quick comparison and here's the results: The PortaPro is more comfortable but asthetics are a tossup. The PortaPro is more nasally in the mids and a less boomy bass, but the KTXPro-1 is less...

I'm currently looking at one to use with my system. Right now I have some really crappy speakers and pretty much anything would be an upgrade. The Alesis Monitor One's seem to be the best solution for about $200. I will mainly be using them for nearfield music listening, next to my CRT computer...

Although it looks like the May Minnesota meet with the Audio Society of Minnesota and HeadRoom is going to be a blast (especially with all the stuff HeadRoom is bringing) there are a few of us Minnesotan Head-Fi'ers who are unfortunately not going be able to attend it due to schedualing...

Why is it that my 0404 seems to react very badly to clipped files unless I have a -6 dB or more trim pot? I normally listen with a -10 dB trim pot (because my amp goes quite loud, even with a gain of only 3.5) but I had it off (for listening to a really quiet recording) and when a loud song came...

Is Head-Fi loading very slow for anyone else? The new thread page took 7 minutes to load for me even though I'm on a 3 megabit cable connection (and Head-Fi always loads nearly instantly).

I just thought I'd share this tip to optimize the DT770 midrange with fellow DT770 owners. The DT770 is known for having a recessed midrange. In my listening I have found that this is partially true; the mids are slighly recessed but certainly not completely buried like some describe them...

I'm curious about what kind of experience the people on Head-Fi have with traditional/speaker hi-fi. Every once in a while threads/polls pop up about whether people prefer speakers or headphones and why but I don't think I've ever seen a poll on how many people have listened to a hi-fi speaker...

I can't believe I didn't do this when I first got this amp! Before I go into detail let me back up... I always enjoyed my EMU 0404 -> HSC (AD8620) -> DT770/80 combo, but lately I haven't been satisfied with it. Something just wasn't right and EQ'ing didn't seem to help. Tonight, for some...

Is there such a thing? The M-Audio Transit/Sonica could do this, but they're very expensive for just that purpose and you get a lot of other components you don't want/need. What about DIY'ing something together?

I'm replacing the audio cables on my Dual 1237 turntable and I need to know where to find connectors like the one pictured below, or at least what they're called:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...&tid=188&tid=1 A lot of recording studios and radio stations still use analog tape, I wonder what they'll be doing now.

Hello! I'm beginning my venture into vinyl, and two items I'd like to have I'll have to order from another site! (I do plan on purchasing the majority of my new (i.e. not used) gear from your site though.) The two items I'd like to see you carry are the Hi-Fi News Test Record (to aid in table...

WARNING: Long, rambly post ahead. Yesterday I went to my aunt and uncle's house, which I do only once per year (we usually celebrate Thanksgiving and X-Mas at either their's or my grandparent's house). When I got there I discovered he had a turn-table and two boxes full of mint-condition...

It's Christmas time and I'm about to get a ton of money (well, $200 but that's a ton for me, in the winter). I'm not very satisfied with my system. It sounds nice, but it's not what I want. The main problem with my system right now is it is not as dynamic or impactful as I would like. Also, the...

I was just wondering for people who use computers a lot and use glasses: do you find that computer glasses help? Right now I'm in need to new glasses, and I was wondering if it's worth it to spend the extra money to get them. (I'm a big fan or CRTs, if that makes a difference). Thanks for your...

My dad's coworker bought an iPod Mini and doesn't have computer. She asked me to transfer all her CDs (which I did in 192 kbps AAC). I charged it up, and listened to an album with it, then set it down for a minute. It fell "asleep" and now I can't get it to wake back up! I tried holding down the...

I went to my grandparent's house over the weekend (56k + AOL seriously blows) and while looking around their house found two PCDPs: A Koss CDP 312CP "Anti-Shock Car/Home CD System" (mfgd. March 1995) which is a whole kit that includes: PCDP (obviously), isolation platform (for preventing skips...

Since getting into headphones I really haven't listened to my old speakers too much. I got these a few years ago after reading nothing but positive user reviews on CNET. For $20 I figured I couldn't go wrong, and I didn't. Coming from some $10 Sony headphones I'd purchased in 1997, these sounded...

I was browsing through the unofficial EMU forums and came accross a post linking to this, which says that the 1.71 release of the 0404's drivers (due out in December) will add 24/192 capability to the 0404. It seems that the 0404 has been hardware-capable of 24/192, but it was just not enabled...

Last night I couldn't get to sleep, and I started thinking about where Hi-Fi audio will be in 20 years. Here are some of my thoughts/predictions. They aren't necescarily right, but should generate some interesting conversation. Headphones will continue to be a small market, but will continue...

I just found this while reading the Envy24HT-S thread on AVS Forum Quote: Audiotrak MAYA44 MKII http://www.audiotrak.net/maya44mk2.htm Summary: This is the first Envy24HT-S card I have seen that is not closely based on the reference design. It is frankly just wierd to see. Audiotrak...