So I got this thing:     It's an Estradin Pulsar drum machine, apparently from Russian 90s.    Anyway it seems to have a really quiet and thin output with no bass and I'm not sure what's going on. I've tried running alligator clips to the outputs on the board to see if it's the jack but...

Picked up a few WM-61a capsules for use in a stealthy binaural recording rig for gigs and such. I've performed the 2-wire Linkwitz mod on a pair of them and attempted to implement the circuit design found here http://www.linkwitzlab.com/images/graphics/microph2.gif. As expected the output...

So this is pretty much my first experience with any sort of electrical DIY aside from making cables. I wanted to make a simple pre-amp for electret capsules. I used this design: http://www.minidisc.org/mic_preamp/Simple%20Stereo%20Electret%20Mic%20Preamp.htm    It picks up sound from the...

People don't usually review headphones three years after purchasing them but I feel obliged to review the cans which effectively ended my head-fi journey. This won't be incredibly lengthy (he says before accidentally writing something incredibly lengthy.) I will be selling them for reasons which...

I'm basically downsizing and consolidating my entire rig. I want an audio interface which has recording features (inputs, mic pre-amp) as well as decent DAC and headphone amp capable of powering (probably) the MrSpeakers Mad Dog.    I was looking at the 0404 USB but it's kinda difficult to...

So this really old speaker amp happens to have come into my posession. It's unbranded and appears to be homemade. I plugged it in and turned it on and the light at the front illuminated but one of the components on the board (one of the green capacitors I think) started smoking.      ...

My speakers are Monitor Audio MA-8's, vintage bookshelf speakers from the 70s or 80s. They're on the large side and have acoustic suspension woofers which I believe means they're probably quite hard to drive? I was hoping I'd be able to get one of those wee T-amp things. Space and portability...

The cake is not a lie.

  I'm looking for very cheap (less than $200USD) bookshelf speakers for usage with an old Onkyo integrated stereo amplifier and my PC. They will be used for listening to music, a wide variety of genres but mostly indie rock sort of stuff. The furthest away they can be from my ears is around...

    This is the headphone section of a huge electronics shop in Kyoto called Bic Camera. Needless to say I spent countless hours touching what I couldn't afford.

I've heard many badly compressed albums but so far none have been as bad as this one. I mean seriously, it's like they just cut off all the peaks and shoved it down a tiny wee tube. And it clips badly too.     Strangely, they didn't maximize the volume and it's actually quieter than...

Breaking: Nintendo announces the 3DS, more news at E3 -- Joystiq 'A press release over on Nintendo's website appears to confirm the company's next handheld console. It is temporarily named the "Nintendo 3DS," and is said to include hardware and software that will enable "3D effects" without...

I am considering the RE0 as my next IEM but a few things are causing me to consider others. Since I will be using this on a plane, it must be able to isolate well. Will the RE0 be able to isolate well enough for this? Also, I'm worried that on a plane, the lower frequencies may be drowned...

I'm not too well versed in portable audio, hence the creation of a thread. I'm going to Japan in March and I'd really like something to listen with on the plane. My favourite bands are listed in my sig. I don't really have a particular sound preference. One thing I can't stand are recessed...

I need music I can listen to when something happens which makes me so angry I want to burn things. Any ideas?

No dedicated servers, 9v9 player limit, no console commands... All of the benefits of PC gaming are gone! How long will it be till they remove the support for Mouse and Keyboard? I don't understand why IW would do such a thing... Either way, I'm going to let them know with my wallet. Sadly it...

Anyone got any tips as to what I should do about this? It looks pretty ugly, gets in the way of my feet, and I'm sure its somehow dangerous...

I have a 5.1 Klipsch setup connected to an NAD T744 receiver. For some reason, on all inputs and using FM radio, my rear right speaker is MUCH lower volume than the others and sounds distorted. I know that it is not a broken speaker OR something wrong with the cable as I have swapped the...

So I want to make a desk. I've got a big sheet of MDF that I want to paint. I presume I have to use some sort of undercoat/primer first? There's some general-purpose wood primer in the garage... Would it be ok to use that? Thanks.

Before I installed it I was sure it would just be another Vista. Oh how wrong I was. I intended to use it for testing but, aftering trying it out for a week or two, I am now planning to use it as my primary OS, replacing XP. It is not only faster than XP (quite significantly so) but it looks...

For some reason, I have this square in the top left corner of my screen. When I windows+D, it appears to go away but when I maximize then minimize a window, the contents of the window get stuck in this square as pictured. I'm not sure what it is. I think it might have been there ever since...

Just a heads up that it came out the other day. While it does appear to be significantly faster, it still uses up LOTS of memory, even more than Firefox 3 did! ATM its using 180mb with four tabs open and most of my addons disabled due to incompatibility with this new version. Anyone else...

I just took my tubes out for the first time in a while to adjust the gain on my LD MK2 and I noticed this: It appears to be some sort of baked on somethingness. It's quite hard and can't really be scratched off. On both tubes it appears only on the side which is facing the hottest part of...

They're not sold here so I've never eaten them. Could someone possibly explain how they taste to me? I've heard they're good and I'd like to know how good. Maybe if the flavor is explained well enough I might be able to redirect the power of words into my tasting glands and experience the...

So my birthday is coming up and I figured I'd get my mum to bake me a cake. And because chocolate is extremely nice, I figured it should be a chocolate one. Anyone got any recipe's I can give to her? I'm looking for something delicious and moist. Thanks.