I bought a set of Ultimate Ears MetroFi 220 IEMs about a week and a half or so ago and have been quite pleased with them. They were on sale at Best Buy for $60, normally $80, and seem to routinely go for $60 on the web. I haven't seen much here about them, so I thought I'd post something about...

Not too long ago MySpace was the social network. It was by far the largest general-interest social network out there. But since then quite a few competitors have sprung up or expanded dramatically. Which ones do you use the most, and why? I tried to list the largest general-interest ones...

I was realizing recently that I've had my primary headphones for what seems like an eternity in Head-Fi terms. I bought my AKG K 271 way back in mid-2004 and haven't found a desire to upgrade since then. I was wondering how many other people might have been using the same set of headphones as...

I've noticed both with my Acer Aspire One and my new Mac Mini that the audio output on them is many leagues above what was built-in to the computers I had bought even a few years ago. Even the cheap little Acer absolutely stomps all over my 4-year-old iBook G4 and even surpasses my Creative Zen...

Today I picked up a red Sony Walkman NWZ-E438F since I needed a small, cheap DAP due to my HTC G1 taking a fall it didn't survive. I was already vaguely familiar with the Walkman DAP interface since I've owned a few Sony Ericsson Walkman-branded mobile phones and they are some of the least...

I'm looking for an inexpensive small music player that is small enough to shove into a pocket when I'm not using it. Due to my recent totaling of my car I'm back on the bus so portable music is a must again. I have an iPod touch and it is just too big to carry around all the time. The main...

It was long overdue. I finally got a car last week and next week I'm going for my driving test. 8 years of taking the bus has finally gotten tiring enough to do something about it. It's a 1997 Buick LeSabre Limited that is in very good condition overall, and excellent running condition...

I just realized today that I passed the 5-year mark on this forum. Wow have things changed since I got here, both here and for me. When I started here I was asking about the Sony V6 which seemed obscenely expensive to me at the time. And it was still a somewhat respected pair of cans back...

I got back home literally just a few minutes ago from the meet (thanks again to Holly for the ride there and back) and here in a bit I'll post some impressions. To get the thread started, here are some pics I took on my phone and emailed to Flickr while at the meet...

I have had my AKG K271 Studio cans since summer 2004 and although I have heard many cans even since I got them, not to mention hearing (and owning) a few before, and they have remained my main home cans since I got them. I'm not sure exactly what it is about them, but they just seem to hit the...

I absolutely love my Singlepower PPX3 and could not part with it. But my living situation has changed in the last couple months and I don't get to use it much, and my significant other's cat has taken quite a liking to crawling on the thing, risking damage to the tubes and possibly the amp. Not...

I'm looking for a small flash player to power my UE 5 Pros or maybe my slightly modded V-Moda Bass Freqs (for when I want an even more compact size) when I don't feel like carrying around my Creative Zen Vision:M. I have a plethora of other MP3 playing devices, but they don't get along with my...

Many of you may know about the blizzard we got middle of last week in Denver, and how it pretty much brought things to a halt here for a couple days. I was one of the many people who got stuck indoors for a couple days. Tonight is the beginning of another storm that has moved in and will be...

Tonight I picked up a set of the Ultimate Ears super.fi 3 Live from RadioShack since I wanted an alternative to my too-dark (but otherwise good) sounding Shure E2c. My first impressions of these things when I got them to seal momentarily were that they generally sounded less dark and more...

I'm very much considering buying a powered subwoofer for Christmas for my boyfriend who's 12" RCA-branded (Pioneer-made) powered sub recently died. I noticed the AV123 X-sub at Rocky Mountain Audiofest and it caught my attention due to its low pricetag from a company that caters to higher-end...

A couple nights or so ago I decided to try out Vista RC1 on my desktop. For the first time ever when installing any version of Windows, I decided to do an upgrade installation over my existing XP SP2 install. The whole process probably took close to 2 hours. It required less interaction than an...

I picked up a BlackBerry 8100 (a.k.a. Pearl) a few days ago to get something smaller than the 8700 (classic BrickBerry-style) handheld I was using. I did want the camera it had for occasional use, but didn't plan to use the music player it had. After having lots of different phones with built-in...

I am pretty new to using any sort of security software on my PC, and recently installed a trail of Trend Micro's PC-Cillin software. However when I visit Head-Fi I get a warning from the software for every page here about spyware from the address http://www.afcyhf.com/image-1897884-10390860 or...

It seems there are at least a few of us here who use BlackBerries, either by choice, or more likely as an electronic leash from your employer. There is a program downloadable on BlackBerries called BlackBerry Messenger that uses the PIN that every BlackBerry handheld has for instant messaging...

Noticed that the guy who runs DAPreview has a birthday today. Happy birthday austonia, and thanks for the great DAP resources you've given us!

I currenly have a Fujifilm A205 that I bought back in mid-2004 that seemed like a great buy at the time, but over time it turned out to be useless for nearly anything except Ebay pics and bright outdoor pictures. Pictures are very grainy and often underexposed, and low-light shots without a...

Within a couple months I'm looking to replace the el-cheapo Audio Technica AT-PL50 I bought to tide me over and at least get some use out of my records. I'm figuring a budget of possibly up to $300, the less the better, for a turntable and preamp. I know this doesn't leave much, especially since...

I'm wanting to add a home theatre in a box system to finally have surround sound for watching DVDs and now for DTV/HDTV. It would need to have a built-in DVD player and also a digital input and sound at least passable, and would need to be $200 or less. I just want a cheapie since it may not get...

I recently switched over to using an iBook for my primary computer and the onboard sound, while not bad, is a bit lacking. I have both USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 ports available but I would prefer the Firewire port to be used if possible since I already have an external hard drive and DVD burner...

Shooting at Aurora Mall We've all read about stuff like this in the newspapers or on web sites or seen it on TV. But it's different when you hear gunshots 100 feet away from you and aren't sure if you are hearing what you think you are. The staircase they are describing in the article is...