I have never shipped anything C.O.D. before. I know nothing of it and I am curious as to how safe it is between the sender and the receiver. What are they inherent risks and benefits? Any and all help would be appreciated.

I am going to be re-ripping a lot of my cd's and I am curious as to if I should use LAME or the Fraunhofer codec. I am looking at ripping my cd's at a minimum of 256 kbps to a Sony Vaio pocket MP3 player. Also is VBR better then just an even rip at one level of MP3? In the past I have...

So I am an avid ebayer. Some friends may say that I even have an addiction or problem but whatever. Same goes for Amazon but anyways, I digress. I bought a pair of Shure E5's and the Sony Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1 for under 500 bucks which is also including my shipping. Now I am not one of...

So I just won the Sony Vaio Pocket player on ebay at a price I like ($205) and I was wondering since I am getting double the space of my 20gig iPod I was wondering if it is worth my time to rip all of my cd's into a higher bit rate. Most of my music is at least 192 kbps and I was wondering a...

I have a 4th Gen iPod and I have seen a few scattered comparisons about which sounds better. To me the Pocket Vaio seems like a good choice becase: A) I am out of room on my 20gig iPod B) The Vaio looks dead sexy compared to the iPod C) The battery life is a lot better on the Vaio D) The...

I am not a huge audiophile when it comes to headphones so I hope you guys might be able to answer my questions. I have the Shure E3c's and I was curious if it worth my time to upgrade to the E4c's. I should also mention that I use these for an iPod. I know that iPods are not the greatest...