Greetings, I decided to plunge back into the world of portable fi with first the Cowon Plenue P1 & then the Onkyo XP1A. Not having done my homework completely, I bought the Cowon not realizing it lacked a line-out &/or unbalanced line. Also found I greatly preferred a dial volume control. Hence...

Greetings everyone, I've searched the older threads & tried several suggestions, but I can't get my iMac, Macbook Pro or wife's Macbook Air to recognize the player for transferring files. Thus far I'm quite happy with the unit playing music solely on the micro-card, but of course I'd like to use...

Hello everyone, I'd been going along fine with my used sm iv until the cord on the supplied charger frayed and it no longer worked. I bought a substitute 12v at Radio Shack. It seemed fine, but suddenly the sm wouldn't hold a charge for more than a few minutes, even after a whole day of...

Hi everyone, I've been using Radioshack 9v 120mAh rechargeables in my Hornet. I notice, however, that the unit gets hot, very hot, after a day hooked up to the charger (it was one that I believe Ray bundled with the Hornet to the original buyer). I also get only about four or five hours of...

I've been reading the documentation and going through the menu options, but I can't figure out how to set it to play the entire library, irrespective of playlist or other subgrouping. Andy

I just bought a minty H120. Love the sound quality and L/O. But I've used various Rio players the past few years, and I'm not sure I'm crazy about the screen. Does Rockbox significantly alter the way it operates--e.g. make searching for a particular track, or saving options when turned off? Andy

Beth Orton doing "Brown Sugar" on 192 kbps mp3 lame played on an iRiver H120 (just purchased immaculate from a Headfier) via analog line-out to a Xin Supermini V4 into ER4s triflange .... And I know ... this isn't the summit. It can get better by way of flac and--only fly in the audio...

Have Headfiers addressed the sonic differences, if any, between the two? Andy

I quit smoking ten years ago, 3 August 1996. But tonight I've have too much to drink and now I'm smoking again. Please help me, please! I had too much to drink. My wife's trying to quit. She's doing fine. But she gave me some packs to dispose of ... and I smoked a couple of cigs. Please...

Here in NYC I'm seeing a lot of buds/IEMs/'phones that I can't identify, even to type. It's hard to believe there are *that* many aftermarket options out there, so I wonder if manufacturers are possibly bundling higher-end 'phones on their players as way to make them more competitive. Andy

I wonder if Headfiers have an opinion as to the feasibility and/or desireability of such a store ... Located in Manhattan, preferably Lower Manhattan. Setup would be a bit like the Starbucks of old, with used but comfortable chairs and couches. The more expensive equipment is kept towards...

Ali Farka Toure's last album. I just bought it and am listening to it for the first time. Awesome. Makes you wonder if this is what Robert Johnson would have sounded like had he lived into the hi fi age. And I don't even understand a word Toure sings;-) Andy

I connected my CM2s to the Dared MP-5 I just got from Insom. It surprised me by powering them quite well. Then I thought, why leave well enough alone? My pre-amp has both a CD and an un-regulated tape out for recording, so output from the same source can be sent to two amps simultaneously. So I...

Hi everyone, Yesterday, 25 August, was my birthday, the lastest in a long, long, long running series. I wasn't expecting anything. I really wasn't. So my long-suffering spouse faked me out totally by presenting me with a pair of E500s. Indeed. "Where did you get these?!?" I...

Actually I have two battery-related questions: Do the batteries charge in unit while connected to AC? And, given that Xin says that alkaline batteries don't produce the best sound vs nicads, how about lithium? Anyone try those? TIA Andy

I hooked up my newly refurbished 225s to a old model TAH. This particular one had the volume control accidentally glued to max power. That didn't matter in the past because I'd used it with an mp3 and could use the player's volume to control the output. But this time it was hooked up to the...

I picked up a used SR 225 from the sale forum last year. Good price, $100.00 even. When it arrived, however, it looked like a Clydesdale had stomped on the package. I thought about filing a claim, but I had some parts from an SR 60, and I used them to fix it. Because I intended to use it...

Hi everyone, I've been on a bit of an RSA jag. I'm in the process of obtaining a modded Hornet to go with my SR 71. I'm also thinking about a new desktop. Both the XP7 & HR 2 seem as though they would fit the bill. I'm looking for something compact, to used, most likely, by the bedstand...

I'm having problems with my portables holding up. At present I have two non-working Xins, a Mini and Supermacro iii. The former was dropped onto a soft surface, damaging the output jack, to the point where only one channel can be heard. The Supermacro just stopped. It lights up, but no signal...

They're nearly $5.00/set of three cheaper than the Etymotics, and I find the latter just don't last that long. What about tube size? Sonics? Andy

I discovered the above by accident after I bought my wife a pair of ER6i's and realized she wouldn't use the foamies. They make the E5 sound like Carnegie Hall. The pair I got with the ER6i fell apart, so I ordered a second set from Headroom. I've had them about ten days, and the first of three...

My son and I saw SMZ's first US show last year ... or rather, I did. We were at Southpaw, a venue just a block from our home. As the hour grew late and several acts, including what we now realize was Black Ox Orkestar, appeared, we weren't quite sure if we *had* seen SMZ (Jessica and Scott also...

I was having trouble with my SR 71 after one of the nuts that holds the baseplate fell off and was lost. Ray told me I had to get replacements from Todd. Because I also have a Zin Supermacro I put ordering them off. Then I tried using the tiny nut from an inline cord switch, the kind with...

My son, Aaron, will be going there in a couple of months as an exchange student. It's cool ... but scary. Andy

Larry from Headphile tells me that some members found the one meter cord length mod too short for their HF1. Yet I find the standard cord way too long for mobile use. I self-modded my SR 225s with good results, but I wouldn't do that with the HF1. So I wonder what length Headfiers have chosen...