I have been an owner of an HD580 for the past 5 years as a poor graduate student and I loved it. Now that they have been confiscated by my dad and I have a nice paying job, I am looking for a headphone and a complete setup that I can build around those headphones over the next year or so. So I...

Confession: I don't know much about "original" jazz that is indigenous to the US. I have not heard any American Jazz greats (though I hope to rectify it in the coming years). I do listen to alot of fusion stuff like Trilok Gurtu and Shakti but still jazz doesn't come very easily to me. It just...

Have any of you guys tried out out the Vlevel plugin? I think it is a nice tool to play around with. It makes the tracks recorded hot sound much better and much more listenable (but can also get fatiguing on some others). I don't know how the implementation has been done but it seems to be...

I just found out that this is MK's latest offering. Anyone heard it? Just wanted to find out the initial impressions. THough it doesn't matter, I am gonna go out and get the album tomorrow anyway. I love MK! :P

Any of you guys seen this video? Damn it's cool!

Someone recently linked me to this Indian guitarist and I checked out the samples on his site. It found it pretty interesting enough to order a cd. Well, it's world music but slightly heavier than the normal jazz fusions you get out of fusion artists from India (Trilok Gurtu, Zakir Hussain etc)...

I just got his Alchemy album and while I am awed as always by his genius, I found the recording bright and compressed. Furthermore I can't feel the impact of the kick drums. The mids sound compressed and noisy as opposed to musical. I usually don't like equalising, but I was forced to use it on...

I was just wondering whether anyone here blogs relating to their equipment. It could be anything audio related. Music they like, impressions of the CDs they love, headphone impressions etc. So does anyone?

I just got up today and had a pressure buildup in my left ear. I wiggled my little finger to get rid of it but it left me with a ringing ear. And now I can hear very little in that ear. I can feel deep bass but above that frequecy range, very little. What do I do? I don't listen to music very...

I read this this thread following the link Jahn linked in this thread. Nomad in the first thread said that Earmax original is good for high impedance headphones but not low impedance headphones. Well from my high school Electrical Engg course I remember that: i = V/R So it seems to me...

OK I need portable IEMs for my Vaio Pocket mp3 player, but money is kind of tight right now. So I feel iffy about spending too much on these. So I just wanted to know if any of you guys have these and want some impressions. I read some reviews at Amazon and one (seemingly knowledgable) guy...

Hey guys, I am a relative nOOB, both to this forum and the world of hi-fi audio. Needless to say, I love being here. I have been lurking around this forum for the past 6 months without bothering to join and finally decided to take the plunge. I was wondering if any of you guys have ever...