What is most important to me about headphones is getting lost in the music. I am an amateur musician and have heard many live (acoustic) performances. I want to hear the tiny nuances in the singer's voice, the squeak of fingers on strings, and be able to separate each instrument in the track...

Quote: Originally Posted by tomb The starving student can build up a charge on the signal ground for some reason - we suspect it has something to do with the power supply or the heater-biased mosfets. The problem is worse when the ground "sink" is not very big/good. Whichever it is, the...

I bought a starving student amp a while back, and it does something a bit strange. Sometimes with a fairly low level input, I hear humming that grows in volume until it pops (sounds like an arc) and the humming goes away. It will also 'pop' when I tap the amp with my finger and the humming goes...

Double post, sorry.

Congrats a1rocketpilot

I know I have my fingers crossed. And my finger on the refresh key. Regardless of the outcome, it was really awesome of ya'll to do this.

You guys rock. I just saw this, glad I made the deadline (listening to my Super.Fi 3's right now <3)

It appears that with the release of Foobar2000 v0.91, ASIO support has returned. I didn't see any posts related to this, so check it out. Components page Direct foo_out_asio download for .091

Quote: Originally Posted by half I just purchased a dedicated amp for my 600's and they now seem to be quieter in one ear. I must've gotten used to it; I thought I heard something but couldn't bear the thought of having to spend more money, but my suspicions grew when I accidentally put...

Quote: Originally Posted by NotJeffBuckley Not when you oil them. What can I use to safely lube up the plastic?

Quote: Originally Posted by raylpc Dont be afraid to bend it hard. I, at one point, got so frustrated with its fit that I just pulled the clip straight and re-shaped it to fit my left ear. (Not that my left ear is special, but just that I didn't get it right with small twistings and...

Well, I bought the ksc75 the other day at Circuit City for $20, and they sound pretty darn good. My only concern is bending them so they're angled right with some pressure. I don't want too much, because the bass is overpowering, but I want to be able to listen to them at rather low volumes and...

Glad the situation is resolved. I recently mailed a pool cue's shaft back to the manufacturer... and the box got there, but it had been cut open, the contents removed, taped up, and shipped on. I had insured the package, but they needed a bunch of paperwork from both ends filled out. I lost...

Quote: Originally Posted by NiceCans The worst/yet funniest I have seen/heard has to be in this thread: if you dropped a set of headphones in the water would you tell anyone? Check out the picture in the 5th post down Wow... That's just... wrong =P I'm glad that others...

Even at moderate volume... my roommate couldn't hear what I was listening to with my HD650's last year. Perhaps I listen to music much softer than most, but I don't think so. I think the effect is overstated. If you're in a quiet office, that's one thing... but I worked in a computer lab, and...

I'm a bit embarrassed to say it,b ut the other night... I wasn't feeling well. My room was dark, and I'm not very familiar with it yet. Turns out, my HD650's fell off of my desk, and I stepped very hard on the right side. I felt them twist, jumped quickly off of it, and picked them up. They...

Spread spectrum is pretty safe to play with. It's purpose, if IIRC, is to reduce system noise from EMI. Give it a shot. I keep mine at 1%, but this is a little arbitrary. I've also noticed that some motherboards introduce more noise than others. My albatross KX18D ProII made a decent amount...

You can't hook a CMOY, or any other amp without a DAC to the digital output of the card. Disable digital out, and you should be fine.

You could, but I'm not sure you would want to. The audigy's, although great for gaming, aren't that great for music. If you're recording and monitoring through the card, then routing the audio to the A2ZS would increase latency, and decrease sound quality... at least of the monitoring. You...

Foobar2000, definately. ASIO isn't really that hard to get to work (at least with the cards I've used it with). Just make sure you have a guide to go by if there is one, or play around until it kicks in. I've had no issues with newer machines. However, on my gf's old celeron 566, trying to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens Hey, man , I might take you up on that, except I do get to drag the whole famn damly on the west coast trip, so your out. Three screaming kids, plus you, plus the same van load of stuff you saw today, might be more than I could take. But thanks...

I was very impressed with most of the gear I heard today. The balanced max sounded like... nothing I've ever heard. The HD650's sounded like they weren't there. I've heard of this happening, but have never experienced it myself. It was just... perfect. Everything from the bithead to the home...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens You've never tried an AirHead, and you've not heard ANY of our completely redesigned product line, and yet, you find it reasonable to comment and feel it legitimate. I'm sorry, but I've got a problem with this. Not really with you personally...

Eh, definately won't have a cell on me. Tracfone wouldn't work right last night. edit: See you at 11:50.

I bought a Maroon 5 CD that I believe has CP. My NEC DVD burner won't even read it. I've downloaded a few rips of it, and not only does it have CP, it sounds like the engineer was on crack. All of the defects you can hear in the rip are obvious on a normal CDP, too.