Quote: I can recommend that! actually, i can't recommend it :P

The Rockbox firmware supports this, it works on an awful lot of MP3 players; even iPods'!

Quote: Save up for an external hard drive. Everyone should have one for a backup. I couldn't agree with you more! A friend of mine just lost all his music whilst upgrading to Windows Vista, he had no backups; I can recommend that! But for now, using the laptop cd-r will do nicely...

Thanks for the review; guess I'll be buying the TBAAM next week!

They sound great, they have made numerous flights and bus trips much more comfortable! +1!!!

Quote: What lineout are you talking about? I'll be using the optical out for the DAC-AH. Ah right, sorry about that! If an optical output is the case, it's got to be the AV710 for sure; both the Juli@ and AV710 have a bit-perfect optical output! They will sound exactly the same...

This is indeed dreary news, me and a lot of people i know have discovered a lot of new music using Last.fm and Pandora... this has lead to me buying a lot of new CD's! And I'm sure that's not just me, so why would they do such a thing; it's rather bad for the artists!

Thank you, this is a great find!

I don't know all that much about the Juli@ but I own a Chaintech AV710, have used it in combination with a Pocket Amp 2 and a pair of MS2i's and UM2's; it sounds great! The line-out of the AV710 is really clean and not prone to interference and best of all... it's very, very cheap!

That bunny, Frank, is without doubt the most scary thing I ever saw! But the movie was great, rather confusing also; especially if you are so scared of the scenes with the bunny you have to look away :P I seriously missed a good part of it...

Quote: Wow, a lot of people doesn't like DHL, have you ever had an incident with them? I have, more then one actually! The worst one would be this: An MiniDisk player was to be delivered to my home, but the DHL employee walked around my house (without calling at the front door!)...

I'd advice you to get the 325i's and stick with them; once you're into the whole Grado sound thing, it will be where you'll end up eventually... Also, the 325i's, in my opinion, really do have the best sound quality/price ratio of all the Grado 'phones on the market!

Quote: don't put your device in your pockets... Quite right, even keeping them in your backpack is better than using your pockets; all the moving about wreaks havoc on the wires/cords... btw. I does not only happen to you, I lost my pair of UM2's the same way

I to can vouch for a Vaja case, it took me a while to receive them... but were well worth the wait and money

I have a Macbook Pro, but figure the soundcard is the same... It sounds surprisingly good, tough not as well as the AV-710 i have in my desktop PC... It's acceptable for sure. Upgrades are possible, there are many USB and even some Firewire soundcards on the market... Most work with Mac's!

I own some MS2's (which are basically Grado's) and they don't seem to suffer from this... My amp does start to sound a bit better after it's been on for a while; maybe that explains what you are experiencing?

You seem to be into the whole Indie thing, so do yourself a favor and sample some Joanna Newsom; the Alessandro's really, really, work quite nicely with female vocals! Congratulation's with your purchase, i hope to be able to get myself a pair one day

I say; get some Sony ex71's... they really don't sound as bad as most here say they do and are available most everywhere. Also, they look great.. especially the white one's!

I can vouch for a Samsung as well, just got myself one and really like it; they are small, have a good battery and rather good reception. The built in MP3 player sounds dreary tough :P

Can't wait; don't know why, but the Frank Miller stuff really does translate quite well to the big screen!

Quote: Also, where was that Taiwanese online shop that carried Alessandros for cheap? I believe you are looking for www.hifi.com.tw ? I just bought an MS2i from them, and am very pleased with their service!