Howdy! As y'all know, the holidays are coming up and that mean more expensive gifts than usual! What are y'all asking Santa for? What are y'all getting for others? And on the 25th, what'd y'all get? Christmas general! Note, not to be confused with the 2013 Holiday Gift Exchange...

Hello all, as some of you know, I'm a prog-nut. I love me some progressive rock. Stuff like Yes's 'Close to The Edge" and "Fragile", and Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and "Animals" being some of my favorites. Well, after a almost a year and a half of being in the audio gig, ive amassed, 80Gb of music...

Intro: So several weeks ago over in the Grado mods thread, 7Keys came up with a BRILLIANT idea. Make identical cups for Grados out of 4 popular types of North American tone woods, and have them shipped around to various members for testing! Well, I jumped on the idea right away and here I am...

Hey y'all, if you won the lottery today, what audio gear would you purchase tomorrow? I'd get an AudioQuest Diamond USB cable>Schiit Yggdrasil>Decware Taboo III&Schiit Ragnarok>Audeze LCD3 (balanced for Ragnarok)&Grado RS1/HP1000 for Taboo. I'll post the speaker rig tomorrow :p

Hey all, I'm looking for a replacement for my FiiO L9 cable because I'm getting tired of FiiOs lifespan for cables, and I'd like an upgrade. I want something of the same shape, but a lot better quality, something very similar to the ALO Audio Low-Rider. Th dock connector has to be small enough...

Greetings, I am creating this thread to give visual explanations for the modding process of the Minimus 7, a very popular "bang for the buck" speaker produced by RadioShack in the 80's.     Intro: About a month or two ago, I found this pair of Realistic Minimus 7 mini-monitors from my...

I'm starting this thread in the hopes that some of you who enjoy taking photos of STUFF as much as I would want a place to share their favorite shots/sets they've made! Feel free to share what camera you used/lens, and also if you want to ask others about their shots, go ahead!! I'll be bumping...

Hi, so I've had my dads old Kenwood KD-66f turntable for about a month, and it's been going fine. Up until now that is. I recently discovered that while playing, the left channel fades in and out, and makes weird noises. The receiver, and speakers are fine with other inputs, and all connections...

So, I've done a lot pf pondering for this years Christmas list, and I've decided that my big thing (Santa gift) will be a pair of CosmicEars Flex Custom IEM's, that with the options I've chosen is around $175. This is cheaper than anything else I've ever asked for, but they still shoot down my...

This thread can be a place to find the most 'dangerous' songs out there. The songs that make you tremor in fear of them being played on your Stax 009's, or HD800's. Kinda funny, cuz halloween is coming up. I'll start with Gangnam Style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 The bass...

I heard tell a while ago that Sennheiser announced that they'd be releasing a new, more portable cable for the HD5XX (or at least HD5X8) series. School's about to start and I don't want to lug around the 10 ft behemoth that came with my HD518. I would do like a cable mod or something, but the...

i have these great sounding CyberAcoustics speakers that were given to me as a christmas present. i get home to find THIS:   the top speaker has been damaged, and the sound is VERY distorted coming out of this side. my little brother has been the only one using these for the past week...

My current setup is my Senn HD518 plugged straight into my PC. I'm looking for an amp that'll power my cans quite nicely, and have an external volume control. I'm trying not to spend more than $40 because ive got a new car to pay for. :p if any of you could recommend a decent headphone amp for...

Okay guys, so recently I bought myself the Sennheiser HD518 for listening purposes, and my dad was really confused, as to why I would buy "expensive" cans. He has a pair of Bose QC15, that he uses exclusively for noise cancellation on his weekly airplane trips. I wanted to prove to him that I...