I've always used Mogami or Canare cable, but this headphone cable is using Viablue EPC-4 which has 4 conductors wrapped in silvered foil, and around that is a braided silvered copper mesh shield, and then the jacket. I'm guessing that i should solder both the shield and foil to the sleeve along...

So i came across a thread about vacuum tubes on another site and this guy was saying how little difference there were between tube types in his amp, but then proceeded to tell the other guy what made a huge difference was by upgrading the fuses in his components by "Synergitstic Research Orange...

So my modmic 4 stopped working the other day after i foolishly backed my chair up and caught the cable of my HD650's on the arm of my chair, pulling them off my desk and onto the floor. After a bit of wiggling of wires, found the break was at the strain relief point and went to work attempting a...

I'm currently in the market for a decent quality microphone to use with teamspeak and other VOIP applications as well as some voice recording work. I'd also like to try out Cortana in windows 10. i use Sennheiser HD580 headphones with a couple different amps (see sig) and my PC has an Creative...

So earlier I turned on my LittleDot MKIII v2.0 with the volume on about 20, and instead of hearing the very faint "tinking" noise, my ears got slammed with horribly loud crackling causing me to immediately rip my headphones off and as I was reaching to turn off the power, noticed the left...

Hey guys. Long time no post! Today I just picked up a 20gb Apple iPod and wanted to know what you guys recommended for a pair of ear bud type headphones for when i'm at school. The ones that come with the iPod are pretty blah... so i was wondering if any high up company made a pair that would...

The other day I received my first vintage tube, a 50's Mullard Heath Long Plate 12AU7. Now this is my first vintage tube for my MG-Head OTL so i really dont have much to compare it to, but i gotta start off by saying it completely blows my two new (Raytheon 12AU7 and the stock JJ) tubes out of...

I just picked up a Canon S30 Powershot 3.2 megapixel camera and was playing around with the exposure settings tonight. This one was for 10 seconds...

Can someone explain the 'feedback' switch on my MG-Head OTL amp? I really have no idea what it does and would like a good explanation if someone can do that for me. Switching back and forth, the amp seems a little brighter with feedback on, maybe a little less defined though. Am I on point with...

Does anyone here know about this home audio intergrated solid state/tube amp? I have an opportunity to pick up a mint condition one for $650. I've seen it for sale online for double. Here are some specs: Quote: ELECTRICAL: Stereo. Hybrid (solid state preamp and tube power amplifier)...

Does anyone have a suggestion for getting an extension for my headphone cable? I don't plan on upgrading my HD580s cable for now, but i need to pickup a 10' or so extension. I have a really inexpensive radio shack cable but would like something a little thicker, maybe close to the one that came...

Ok, my Sony NS500V arrived today via Brown and all my CDs sound awesome and DVDs are crisp and have excellent sound. My question is about SACD's. I picked up my first SACD today at Tower Records and I cannot get any audio out of the Digital Audio Optical or Coaxal outputs. I went through all the...

These Audigy2 drivers and driver suite package work on older Audigy 1 cards and supposedly improve the sound quality, giving it a warmer and richer sound. Check them out, im downloading them as I type this. http://www.fileconnect.net/modules.p...rder=0&thold=0

I'm going to begin ripping most of my music CDs onto my PC for insurance reasons since i often carry a case with 200+ CDs in my car and don't want to risk looking them all to some punk thief. I'm looking for a good program for ripping all my CDs into high quality .mp3 format so if i ever have to...

...and words cannot even come remotely close to what I am hearing right now. Every aspect of the music is 100x more defined. It was as if my headphones were a big block chevy but were only running on two cylinders. After I set it up and turned the power on, i let it sit for around 10 minutes...

It seems to be reguarded as a bad word around here. I'm really new to this stuff and would like to know your opinions on the company and its products. Can you guys enlighten me? Thanks, ...a noob

Im not sure if this was supposed to be in the "general discussion" forum or here since its reguarding an integrated tube amplifier on an upcomong AMD "clawhammer" motherboard. I just thought this was so cool. http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboar...hammer-02.html

Since i just got my HD580s, i'm now considering my storage options. Where does everyone store their headphones? I was considering the headphone bag from HeadRoom which runs $24.00 and so far i havent found any viable alternatives. http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?...tID=0040010020

I would like to see what cases you guys decided on. What are the pros/cons of each type and what options you guys went with. I am probably going to get a middle range version with some extras since if im going to blow the cash, i might as well get the good stuff the first time around. =)...

Im really new to this so bear with me. I just purchased my first pair of quality headphones. They are Sennheiser HD580s and they are without a doubt the best sounding headphones ive ever used. And from what ive been reading, they should sound much better after 40 hours or so of use...

Wow these headphones are nice! Super comfortable, the sound is 1000x better than any headphones ive ever used (im new to audiophile headphones). They were definately worth the $129 price tag from hififorless.com One side note, you guys were totally correct about the need to have your source...

I really do not have much knowledge of headphones, so i need the help of some enthusiasts. I'm looking at spending roughly $150usd on a pair of headphones for music listening. My friend suggests getting an open type such as the Sennheiser HD580 or maybe even some Grado headphones. I was looking...