I am a very happy HD600 owner except when I am working and people around me are talking.  The sound is fantastic, but so is the clarity of the conversations.  I also have a pair of ER4S, but am looking for something a little more comfortable for some non-critical background music while im...

I just got an iphone and while I am not happy about it, need to use itunes to share media files with my computer.  Over many years I have built a music library (80% flac, 20% mp3) as I have rarely used a mobile device and would just convert a few songs to mp3 whenever I thought I would use my...

I will look into those as well.    I have only heard good things about Adams and Focal, but they are so much more expensive than all of the other ones that I have been looking at.  I can only just fit both of their least expensive monitors into my budget (A3x and CMS 40).  I think I would be...

I am looking to upgrade from my hand-me-down Bose 201 Series II bookshelf speakers.  I have a max budget of $800 but would like to keep it around $500.  I will be feeding them with my computer through an Asus STX.  I currently have a 70Wx2 @8ohm amp that works fine but am thinking that active...

Since most of the time my room is pretty quiet and since i already have the ER4S if I absolutely need isolation, I am just concerned with the audio reproduction.   Ill look around to see if anyone in my area has any of those headphones to demo.  Not too confident I will be able to find them...

I purchased the ER-4S a few years ago as my first step into quality audio.  I am the type of person who believes music should be uncolored by the playback equipment and should be highly detailed.  I was directed to the ER-4S in the IEM category and have been very happy with them.  However, I do...

I am trying to convert my flac library on my desktop to mp3 to store on my laptop/portable players. I have about 18,000 songs which I am trying to convert. Feeling comfortably with foobar's conversion, I thought I would just select all and convert to mp3. After 6hours of processing I was...

thanks ford2, that guide fixed it.

I just installed eac.99 and went through a "how to rip to flac" tutorial, but when I go to rip the tracks, the program just closes, immediately. I have restarted, reinstalled, tried a few variations given in the tutorials, but nothing is helping. Any suggestions?

After spending many hours ABX testing, I can only tell the difference on a very few recordings. As such, I stick with flac on my desktop, but have an mp3 library that I use for portable devices. After all, how often do you leave the house and go somewhere where it is quiet enough for you to be...

At school I used a program called Ear Master. It takes you through a bunch of lessons focusing changes in musical notes and note recognition. I dont know if it helped my hearing or not, but it certainly makes you more aware of what you are listening to. It starts out pretty easy, but without...

I would look for something hard for biking. Both of those components can probably take a pretty hard hit and still funcion, but the casing and screen could get boogered up pretty easily. http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1020

Quote: I think the op wants us to buy calibration devices for our audio systems but the one I'm interested in costs $3000 and I can't afford it. Thanks for the advice though bye. I am sorry if I came off as such, but I am in no way interested in your purchases. I am only trying to...

Quote: video analogy: the exact same shade of red reproduced on even one single monitor looks different dependent on its settings and the current ambient light. measurably so. now put two different monitors with different settings next to each other... If you change the settings of...

Maybe I have not been clear in my intentions for this discussion. The base question is: what is an audiophiles' (your) point of reference that you use to determine which components produce a better sound. As a subtopic, you may feel it is necessary to define "better" as part of your response to...

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Do you think, maybe, we could stay on topic? This is meant to be a dicussion of audiophile's point of refence, not of hifi as a hobby vs casual listening, and certainly not of monetary value. As a matter of fact, I do not see any connection between cost and point of reference. Thank you.

This thread was in no way intended to be a debate on diminishing returns in hifi audio, but a discussion on an audiophile's point of reference. Personally, I have always defined audio quality in terms of a reproductions accuracy in relation to the live performance. It is in that context that...

Current scientific instruments can measure sound waves and electrical signals with far more precision than even the most trained listener, yet, we continue on this often ridiculous quest to achieve higher quality audio. This has lead me to speculate that even though audio technology is very well...

I have no problem with people who claim to hear a difference. If you feel that a $1000/ft cable makes a noticeable difference over a $1/foot cable, then you just helped the economy by providing some small businessman a (profitable) job and you feel as though you are achieving better quality. Its...

A friend of the family's father just passed away and they offered for me to look through his belongings and see if there was anything I need for college. Since I am in search of an audio solution, I went through is entertainment centers and found a set of Cybernet components. It looked like a...

I just ordered a Fuze but am concerned that it will not power my er4s. Since I am looking to stay small, and since I will never justify spending more than 1/3 of the cost of the headphones on an amp, I have been looking into the Fiio E5 as a potential amp solution. I have searched the forums and...

Obviously using separate components allows for a better sound, but I am having trouble finding an amp that does not consume almost half of my budget and since the the amp has almost no effect on sound quality compared to the speakers (assuming it meets the speakers power requirements) it seems...

starting to lean towards the Audioengine A5. Any thoughts?

I am looking to purchase some speakers for my computer which currently has an Asus Xonar Essence STX. I listen to mainly classical and rock, but am much more critical of my classical recordings. As such I am looking for some 2 channel speakers to highlight the genre. I may eventually add a...