Sorry for the delayed responses everyone...   Quote:   Chances are FlacSquisher hit a bug that caused the encoding thread to crash. I've fixed a few bugs since the time you posted this, so maybe it'll work now? If not please give me details about the first item it didn't encode.    ...

Foobar lets you add custom tags; in the Properties window for a file, click Tools, then Add new field. Then you can enter in the field name, and the field value.   Then you can sort or search those values by right-clicking the column header, going to Columns, then More. It lets you set custom...

My ears can get sore if I wear my M50s too far forward on my head, so the pad is touching the back of my ear. I tend to get a slight headache long before I have any trouble from my ears though.

Yep, take a look at the "Title" column; it's in alphabetical order. You just need a different sorting order.

Alternatively, you can use Foobar's "Add Files to Playlist" or "Add Folder to Playlist" commands.

Quote: Originally Posted by plonter I would probably get a pair if these in the next few weeks or so...I am also very curious about them and just looking for a closed can for my new clip+ portable player. from all the research i had,never heard one bad word on the M50. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by Omega I think the biggest challenge you will find when recruiting users is simply that there are already several usable alternatives out there. You will have to convince people that the effort to use your solution is mitigated by how much better/easier it is...

Quote: Originally Posted by keanej6 hey i was going to start a thread, then i saw "earplugs!" i hope i'm not hi-jacking this thread, but i really need some earplugs for when i ride my motorcycle. i have some ER20s somewhere here but if i recall, they stick too far out (i wear a fullsize...

Quote: Originally Posted by HyperDuel Sadly there's no sign to tell if HDCD is on Version 1.1 of the HDCD decoder: "Version 1.1 highlights: Cleaned up a few things and added an indicator that echoes to the console on detection of HDCD data." Open up the console, and at the...

I have a pair of these: EarPro EP-3 Sonic Defenders® Earplugs - EP3 from SureFire Similar idea to the ER20s, but I like the aesthetics, and the structure of the earplug itself, a little more.

Hey all, If I might give a shameless plug to an open-source project for a moment... I wrote FlacSquisher to provide a simple solution for encoding my music to a lossy format after ripping to FLAC, so I could fit more than four albums' worth of music on my 2GB Sansa. It supports Ogg Vorbis...

In the past two weeks, there have been at least half a dozen threads asking about headphones to use in an office environment to keep out noise. That's specifically what I bought my M50s for, so in those threads, I give the M50s a good word.

I've never had the GMPs, but when I first got my M50s, I had the same complaint; the clamping force was way too tight. Like you, I could only wear them about an hour at a time. After a couple weeks though, I could wear them a full workday at a time. I hope your experience is similar!

Quote: Originally Posted by UNHchabo If you like closed headphones, the ATH-M50s are excellent value for money, and only a few dollars over your listed budget ($90 or less shipped, if you buy from authorized dealers on ebay). To explicitly ask a question I alluded to in my last...

Quote: Originally Posted by xnor "or the player you're using doesn't handle the two formats in the same way" should be: or the player's decoder is broken (highly unlikely in stable software) I was including the possibility that media players could apply DSPs to some formats...

If you like closed headphones, the ATH-M50s are excellent value for money, and only a few dollars over your listed budget ($90 or less shipped, if you buy from authorized dealers on ebay). They're circumaural, and the straight-cord version is 11 feet long. I have the coiled version, and it...

My M50s isolate really well, but if you didn't like the neutrality of the 840s, you may not like them... They haven't been mentioned in the thread yet, so I just thought I'd throw them out there. Read some reviews, and see if they look like something you'd buy.

I have a vibrating gaming headset made a few years ago that I got from Woot. Mine does what genclaymore guessed; it uses the vibration to accentuate the low frequencies. It's not bad at what it tries to do, and the vibration is adjustable, so it doesn't shake your head till you're dizzy...

Quote: Originally Posted by skoog5600 I have both Foobar and dbpoweramp as I would like to convert FLAC to ALAC. I am able to use dbpoweramp, but wanted to test it against Foobar for quality. The files contain exactly the same data, unless the ALAC encoder malfunctions. If...

I haven't heard any of the others, but the M50 is very good for me as a work headphone. Isolation: It isolates well enough that I had to move my phone, or else I wouldn't hear it ring. Now I can see it ring, so I'm all set on that end. The downside is that co-workers can come into my cube and...

Quote: Originally Posted by jms91 Okay thanks RallyMaster, I download FlacSquisher and it works but the only problem is that all the FLAC files are being converted to Mp3s with relatively low bit-rates (around 190 kbps and some as low as 120 kbps). Am I doing something wrong or is the...

Doorbell, You can also look into velour pads, if you're willing to experiment. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/vel...th-m50-414574/ I haven't tried taking the pads off of my M50, but those velour pads sure do look comfy...

I have no problem with him recommending headphones he hasn't heard, as long as he states so. I've recommended to someone that they look into an MS1i, for instance, if they're looking for a neutral, open headphone at around $100. It's what I plan on buying next, so I've done a bit of research...

Quote: Originally Posted by VALIENTE Grados are fantastic for rock music...They are the king headphones for rock music. Hiphop music are for other brands. For present music I recommend the Denons. For your budget, Denon D2000 is the key-its an audiophile headphone meant for current...

I've been encouraging my friends to rip their CDs in FLAC format, especially after I wrote FlacSquisher. I tell them why I wrote it; so I could listen to my music in its original CD quality when I'm at my computer, and I could encode the music to a lossy format (Ogg in my case) for my Sansa...