I have a friend who took a job a while ago in Australia, I live in the United States. I would like to send her a couple DVDs for her birthday but obviously I don't want to order the proper region DVDs pay international shipping and then pay international shipping back to Australia or anything...

So I got the mac mini and airport express and I was in a for a nasty surprise. As far as I can tell, the audio isn't encrypted over the network and the airport express doesn't differentiate where it is coming from, so if I have my window open, and stop itunes for 1 second, it picks up a...

I'm hoping the mac people can give me some guidance here. As you can tell from my sig, I have an external dac. I trust the way to go is mac mini plus airtunes. With airtunes I have to use itunes right? Does itunes play apple lossless gapless? Also I may be inheriting an ibook so if the music is...

I took my tv (broken tube) to circuit city to have it repaired (at my expense) because, get this, I trusted them. I was told the repair would take 1-2 weeks. On Friday, after 5.5 weeks I called to ask what was up, they said they were waiting on a part. I sent an email to customer service...

So circumstances occured which required the reinstallation of windows on my computer. When I would turn on the computer, I would get a text screen that said something to the effect of "Windows did not start normally on the previous attempt......." and then let me choose between starting...

I have 53, which is roughly 53 too many. http://www.starbucks.com/retail/locator/default.aspx Use the link, mine is much higher than I guessed. If you insist on not using the link please note that Barnes and Noble Cafe is not Starbucks and doesn't count.

So I want to replace my case, fans, power supply to get my pc quieter. I also want one of those snazzy voltage regulator things so I can undervolt the fans. My processor is a celeron, I use onboard video, and I use my computer for word processing, internet, and audio so heat shouldn't be a...

The Sony SA5K was the thing I liked the most at this meet. It expected it to be bright but it wasn't. It has a very clean and detailed sound, fairly upfront with a wide soundstage. This is the first headphone I've heard that is significantly different from the senns, but that I still like a lot...

I was stuck on an elevator for 90 minutes this evening with a guy wearing tri-ports. If I had my ipod and westones (and some extra tips) we could have had the first ever head-fi elevator meet. ETA: I'm carrying a bottle of water and a deck of playing cards with me everywhere from now on. 90...

I'm looking for a portable (dap or cdp) transport to use with my dac1 on occassion. I don't want to use it in any circumstances other than plugged in and acting as transport and I don't care much about the quality other than the output should be bit perfect. If it is a dap, it needs to play some...

My girlfriend of three years who I planned to marry dumped me today. At least now I get to move to Portland proper.

Monte Montgomery I've never seen anyone play acoustic like this. Be sure to check out the clips of him playing Little Wing, his version of Romeo and Juliet is crazy too.

Well, since I am using the pc as transport 99% of the time and I can't afford to get an uber silent one, its going in the closet. I won't have line of sight obviously, so I need rf and need it to work from about 12 feet with a lightweight closet door in between (I might also hang a rug or...

Okay so I have the chaintech av-710 and use foobar2000, they are set up per Mr. Radar's guide for using digital out (I just reinstalled via drivers and foobar to make sure of this). That is to say, in via audio deck I have digital output enabled, pcm only checked, high res mode not enabled. In...

Can be summed up in three statements. The bulk of the audience is middle aged white people. Middle aged white people don't clap, even when urged to do so. On the rare occassion that middle aged white people clap, they do so out of rhythm. Actually, while the above is true, I loved...

I got my Benchmark Dac1, I got my chaintech av-710, I got my banana hanger, the only thing I am missing is my HD650s which I will be ordering as soon as they are available from Todd or Headroom. I even took a picture of my empty banana hanger but it was too sad to post. I do have the ER4s...

So I am new to windows (I am basically using it for foobar) so I am having some setup troubles. I intend to use my chaintech card for digital out and to use the onboard sound for my speakers. I only have the chaintech set up now and I noticed that foobar pauses if another sound plays, and...

I have decided to get a DAC and use a computer running windows as the transport so I can use FB2K. I have never really used winodows much so I don't know if I can do what I want to do, or how to do it so here it goes. I want to only have music go through the digital output and have all other...

I am budgeting $1000 to upgrade my source and my amp, I intend to use digital out on my soundcard mostly and maybe sometimes on my DV-563a so I figure my options are: 1. AOS Pace 2. Grace 901 used 3. Ack! Dack + < $475 amp 4. Benchmark DAC1 Am I missing any good options? A stand alone...

I heard a knock on the door during my shower, it was the postman with my ety ER-4. So now I am staring at them and my ears are wet so prudence dictates that I wait a few minutes to dry up before I try them.

is the M-Audio Audiophile the best? eta: I only care about 2 channel and I will be using the card's DAC. I have an amp so I don't need it to be loud.

I'm having trouble using the search function so I am sorry if this has been addressed before. I am looking for stores to check out headphones in portland or nearby.