Can anyone compare the relative sound quality coming from the following dac/(builtin) amp combos? This will be for office use, with ety er4s'. corda aria headroom microdac/amp apogee minidac I'm mostly interested in minidac vs. aria.. can anyone give some comparative comments? I like the...

So I went over to my local circuit city today intending to look at some digital cameras. I had already done pretty extensive research on dpreview and steve's digicams, and was more or less set on a Canon A70, but I wanted to compare it to an A80 to see if it was worth the extra $100. Well, they...

ok, so my laptop is busted. I'm toying with the idea of building a new computer soon, so I'm looking for some hardware suggestions. I want to have a little fun with this. If you have any comments/recommendations on the following items, please post. 1.) Dual processor motherboards. which is...

just curious. I'm running gentoo, and it's awesome!! The portage system absolutely rocks. Only bad thing about it is it took forever to install. I used to use Mandrake, but couldn't stand the stupid config tools overwriting my changes. Also, I think the mandrake star is ugly, haha. Anyway...

There seem to be a couple members here from UIUC. If there's interest, we can plan one here.

Here is an interesting experiment for those of you with the Norah Jones CD and speakers/akg K1000's or Grado HP-1 rigs. Try reversing the absolute polarity of your connections: amp: + - + - speakers: - + - + I was playing around with the polarity of my speakers this morning and it seems...

Hey guys, Anyone have any recommendations for Beethoven's piano sonatas? I'm thinking about finally investing in another complete set. (I have schnabel's complete set right now) Also, what is your recommended rendition of no. 21 Waldstein and no. 23 Appassionata? Those are two of my...

Anyone here eat coffee beans straight? I ate them straight for the first time last week when my homework group and I were working into the wee hours of the morning. They taste surprisingly good, and are quite a bit more concentrated than brewed stuff. Do they have any adverse effects on health...

I'm thinking about buying a Rotring 600 fountain pen (actually, the entire set). Anyone know anything about these? Are the nibs any good? I'm also considering finding a Visconti You & Me set on ebay, or going all out and buying the Krone Hyperbole or Geometrik, which IMO look awesome...

Have any of you with K1000s noticed that the silver paint on the side logos seem to rub off with even the slightest touch? My once silver 'K1000' on the right side has nearly rubbed off entirely! Is this the case with you guys too, or is it just my particular set?

hey all, haven't been around for a while. But now that I'm back, I saw the K1000 deal posted, and you fools convinced me to buy a pair. So now I have a problem...I'm going to need a better amp than my denon mini-system to drive these things. I'm looking for something in the $500ish (used)...

Hey all, haven't been here in a while. I've got an MG head and it seems to keep making popping noises. I notice that it happens everytime my refridgerator's compressor kicks in, or I turn on my air purifier. I've plugged the amp into my computer's UPS (i'm not using it for the computer...

Ever since I've had my MG Head I've noticed a few pops and clicks here and there, which I just assumed to be normal. However, today I've experienced two really loud pops that actually hurt! Is this normal? I don't want this amp to blow out my headphones and/or eardrums or something... What...

Hey all, My neighbor borrowed a digital camera from the university this weekend, so as a celebration of my 100th post, here are some pics of my stuff! Sorry for the bad quality in some of the shots...the camera wasn't very good at taking low-light photos. edit: yahoo changed all the...

Hey all, I finally got them! This morning I went over to the campus speech and hearing clinic and picked up my molds for a little less than $110. I had the impressions made at school, but they sent it out to Westone for manufacture. I won't give a complete review on the sound because I just...

Just saw this article on yahoo Yahoo also Seattle times Sort of weird how all the radio stations are centralized and part of a single company. It said in the article that all 100 stations will be broadcast from XM's headquarters. Anyone here planning to get into digital radio?

Anyone with custom molds know how the headroom bore sounds compared to the regular linear taper bore? From what I read it gives the etys a little boost in the treble, supposedly compensating for the damping effect of the mold material. I have yet to read anywhere on how desireable this treble...

Just wondering, what do you guys do to protect your gold contacts, if anything? Gold contacts look pretty and all when they are new, but they seem to wear thin after a while and sort of pale out...at least that's the way my sr-60s are. I sort of want to avoid this with my etys while they are...

I've been using my cmoy for about 9 months now, and the panasonic pot is already beginning to get noisy on me. Anyone know where to get some higher quality ones? Maybe a conductive plastic clarostat or alps/nobel or something? It'd be nice if the thing could fit in the pactec case as well, but...

Hi All, I just came back from an excursion to the local audio stores in my area. Got to listen to some really cool stuff! Finally got to hear SACD, and let me tell you it's awesome! On top of that, I found out one of the dealers around here carries the Avant-Gardes that Neruda posted about...

Anyone here heard of the Senn HD497? Looks like they are only available in germany. Here is a picture of them: I wonder how they sound...

How many of you have custom molds for the etymotics? I bought a pair recently and I don't find the foamies very good sounding, and the rubber tips are just too much of a pain to insert correctly. Anybody have any recommendations for custom molds? Where's fuzzy when you need him?! :-)

Hey all, two weeks ago I strolled into my local walmart and stumbled upon an awesome cdp for a mere $30! It's the Lenoxx CD-87. Thanks for the lenoxx recommendation Hawkeye! You're right in every respect! Features: It's less than an inch thick (about 7/8 mostly, 1in at the top of the...