-- It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone - "to relax," I told myself - but I knew it wasn't true. Thinking became more and...

Just wanted to gauge community sentiment on the issue.

I think it would be extremely helpful if, before moderators closed threads, they posted a final message explaining why they did so. Just a sentence or two would be enough. It shouldn't matter how inane the thread is -- it's a matter of courtesy. Any chance this could be made standard?

I'd always heard that isolation was important for CD players, but I'd never seriously tried it. Inspired by this Audio Asylum post, I placed a heavy box of lps (I don't have an aluminum platter) on my CDP, a Stan-Warren modded Pioneer DV-333. Initially, the change seemed small but noticeable...

The Internet has for awhile been awash with reviews of every sort of product, not just headphones. What is the best way of approaching a new product, and understanding it solely through its reviews? Obviously you can use more than one of the methods mentioned above, but what is the most useful...

my jaw is still hanging open

I don't really have any particular view on the drug war, but I stumbled across this 85-year-old article by the infamous Aleister Crowley on cocaine. It's a well-written, enjoyable, and provocative read...

Laborious. That's the word that best describes this second installment of The Lord of the Rings movies. Endless tracts of filmed land and sky, reams and endless reams of computer-generated special effects, and a seemingly endless three hour length can't save this movie's flashy exterior from...

On Headwize about a year ago I posted a link to an article by Steve Deckert on "The potential fidelity of CD's and LP's." By the way, here's the link to his other articles. An excerpt: "Fact is, an LP played with a respectable MC cartridge and appropriate arm and table will WITH THE RIGHT...

Any headphone audiophile worth his salt has to face those inevitable sad occassions when a misinformed plebeian dares to attack a beloved headphone. What separates the great audiophile, then, from the poseurs, is foresight. In the spirit of that wisdom, I've composed a handy checklist of...

I am considering purchasing either a Stax 3030 or 4040 set, and I am wondering what opinions people have about the differences between the two. Is one better than the other, or is it more that they're simply different? Do the 4040s have that tube warmth? Do the 3030s sound excessively bright? Do...

Lake Technology is a company which makes spatial simulator software that allows sounds played on headphones to seem virtually out-of-head. Indeed, Dolby Headphone is based on Lake's technology. Dolby Headphone is quite a nice application, but it is used on music which wasn't built for it. Few...

From Amp challenge rules, revisions & posts. "There is no question that all amps are not the same. ... Given the relatively small magnitude of performance differences, there is a giant step between amplifier performance and our ability to hear performance differences. ... To win the...

Every recording system is flawed. Every audio system is flawed. A key audiophile decision in system building is to select which flaws are acceptable and which aren't. I want to better understand how other people have, consciously or unconsciously made these decisions. 1) What are the most...

I'm looking for a portable MP3 player under $100 which would be good for workouts. It should have decent battery life (at least 8-10 hours would be nice), decent construction, and decent sound quality. At this price, I'm not expecting a masterpiece, just something that's reliable, easy-to-use...

It's been several months since my last review of the Audio Technica W100 (it's in the full reviews section). Although I haven't looked at the review since, I concluded in that review that I preferred my Sennheiser HD600, which I also still own, to the W100. That review was written with a...

Near the end of the "Finally nailed what is wrong with the HD600" thread, Slindeman posed an interesting hypothesis that I think is worthy of further exploration: Slindeman wrote: Quote: Frankly I think this board could do with a little more upfront addmission of equipment flaws and...

I had a chance to demo the Stax Signature 4040 and the Omega II briefly today. I ran both off first a 717 amp and then an 006t (the amp that comes with the 4040 system). I used only a limited range of source material, but I'll give you my rapidly assessed and likely shallow conclusions . The...

I found an excellent review of the Reference 3A speaker. Not only is the article well-written, and surprisingly, actually balanced in its reporting, it also seems to me to describe very well many of the key differences between good dynamic and electrostatic speakers. In the quotes below the CLS...

From http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/gen...es/194145.html : "I sent A SHA-1 in for an "upgrade". When I received the unit back it was not functioning properly I had to pay for the mod and return shipping, After they received the unit back I was told it was a wire routing problem.(not...

I've had my Audio Technica W100 for a few weeks now, and my Sennheiser HD600 for a few months (though I owned another pair a year before that, and owned 580s for two years). I've organized this review for maximum viewing pleasure. First come my conclusions on the sound of these two headphones...

Jude, I was wondering whether Meetings, Parties, and Get Togethers might be placed underneath the Members' Lounge listing on the forums page in the same way that the featured reviews sub-boards are placed under their respective parent boards? Otherwise sometimes it is difficult for new people to...

Jude, why doesn't Head-Fi set up affiliate links like AudioAsylum does? This way when Head-Fiers buy music, books, etc. from popular internet stores, Head-Fi can benefit.

With all the interesting discussions of the MDR-R10 going on right now, I thought it might be nice to summarize the overall sonic picture of this exotic beauty by consulting all the known sources on Headwize and Head-Fi. Unfortunately, I got tired of this at some point in the middle, when I...

I wanted to point everyone to a new and wonderful resource on the Headwize search page: you can now view results as posts. This means that when you are looking for some specific combination of words, you no longer have to wade through an entire thread to find an indefinite number of posts that...