Just built a new computer, going from a macbook pro to a Windows 7 desktop, but my sound is popping every so often when I play it through itunes or windows media player. My current setup is Stello DA100 -> AudioEngine 5's I originally thought it was because I was using the mobo onboard...

I'm building a portable amp so I thought I might as well get an iPod so I can line out to the amp, except I did not expect my iPod to be such a piece of crap. For some reason it skips 20% of my songs for no reason and sometimes skips during the songs. All of my songs are in apple lossless. So...

I just got some new rs2's from headroom and I just recently noticed that they are missing the little wooden circle in the center of the grill that says "rs-2" that I've see in all the pictures. Is this new or has the wooden circle been gone for awhile?