Hi. I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't trawl up any relevant threads with the search. Is it OK to put external hard drives near to audio equipment, or is there some kind of detrimental interference between the two? In my case, it's a Headroom MicroStack and a Western...

I want to get a recording (preferrably a DVD) of this rather famous opera, but I have no idea where to start. From browsing around online, the following seem like possible options: This one from the 1993 Schwetzinger Festival with Rene Jacobs doing the music...

I'm fairly sure noone has brought this up yet, but Daniel Barenboim (perhaps the world's #1 living conductor/pianist) is giving a weekly series of lectures on BBC Radio 4 about music and society. The first lecture can be listened to here http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2006/ It's a...

So, I am looking for an online aggregator. I have tried Bloglines - it was OK, but I hate the blueish interface (yes, I know - picky). Is there something similar but, well, cleaner available? I have looked at a bunch of sites, but haven't found one better than Bloglines yet. Not sure why I...

Hello, I've got about 30gb LAME mp3s on my windows machine, ripped just how I like them. I want to transfer this onto a new Mac without reripping. What's the best way to do this? Some options I'm considering: 1) Transfer by Ipod. Is it possible to transfer files from windows -> mac using...

Has anyone had experience driving a HD-600 (or 580, 650) with portable amps such as the Porta Corda, or tried driving them from one of those USB soundcard/DAC/amp combo boxes like the M-audio audiophile USB, U24, or Porta Corda USB? If so, how do they sound? Dull and lifeless, or half-decent...

Hello, I am buying an iMac G5 and I want to connect it to a Meier Corda HA1, which takes that 2-plug (L and R) RCA input (I think that's what it's called). I don't know much about this topic, but I think I need something between the digital line out on the iMac (which is shared with the...

Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my computer to my main headphone setup and I think from reading around the M-Audio Audiophile 192 is my best bet for music. But the problem is, I also need to use this PC for games (hence e-mu seems to be out). I don't care about not having all the fancy game sound...

I recently got a pair of ER-4P. Wonderful for the first few days with great sound and isolation using the medium foamies (tri-flanges just didn't work). But after only 4 days of use, the foam is no longer springy but remains quite compressed when removed from the ear canal. Isolation isn't as...

This question must have been asked many times before, but I can't get the search to work so here it goes again: will a good headphone amp provide significantly better sound with phones than a good speaker amp through the phones jack? (that's a dedicated separate amp, not integrated into the CD...

Anyone tried these? Compared them to the MX500s, perhaps? I'm wondering if they're worth the (paltry) upgrade.

Hello, this is my first post at Head-fi, though I've been lurking for a while. I'm into medieval music of the lute/harpsichord/flute type but there seems to be little information about this kind of music on the net...does anyone have any recommendations beyond Tallis, Byrd, Dowland? Most of the...