@Shanling, thanks so much for posting beta drivers for us to use. Works perfectly on Samsung S22 Ultra. The connectivity issue prior to the drive change was a little discouraging. I was regularly checking the shanling site until I stumbled on this post. Sounds fantastic and allows me to use...

@tomb, very nicely done. Elegant indeed. .

Moved from Arch a couple years ago to Linux Mint. I had ran the same Arch install for years & the install lasted longer than the original hard drive it was running on. That's a large part as to why I like rolling release distros. But, I didn't have the time or maybe desire to continue to...

Sound: 1.) Sennheiser HD 650 2.) JVC Victor DX1000 3.) Beyer DT770   Comfort: 1.) JVC Victor DX1000 2.) Beyer DT770 (leather pads) 3.) Sennheiser HD650

10' Extension Cable. I've not made a cable in awhile and I can't see as good as I used to up close, so, it was a little harder to do. :) I tried a naked cable this time too. I've seen others do this and decided I liked the look.   Amphenol Right Angle TRS Plug w/ Neutrik Locking Jack. The...

That's a very good deal on the A151. I don't "need" another IEM or I'd snatch this up.

$103.00 w/shipping. I've been watching this thread since they went on sale for $125.00 before Christmas I think. You definitely got a good buy IMO.

Quote: Wish I would've saw this before I picked up an openbox M80 on ebay. Could've saved a few bucks. Oh well.... I'm looking forward to trying these.

Archlinux user for 6 years +/-. Fluxbox / Openbox on Video & Music Servers and Gnome 3 on my laptop. Hated it at first, moved to KDE & then came back to Gnome. I've gotten used to it and like it now.    I haven't tried FVWM that I can remember. I think I'll give this a try. 

I'll give this a shot today I think re: heat shrink. I love the X10's so far, but, they do seem a little fragile.My thought was to use red heat shrink on the R and black on the L. It would be functional but I think it might ruin the looks of them.   I really like the clarity of & vocals are...

Thanks guys! I just snagged the X10's for $85.00 at Amazon. I've been watching this thread for a few days hoping to find something new to try. I have the Mee A151's so not sure how these will compare. We'll see.... :D

Meelectronics A151 on sale at Amazon for $36.83 w/free shipping. Note this is for a refurb or openbox item through Amazon Warehouse. It was good enough for me to jump on....

Ooops wrong thread....

I just picked up a pair of M6's from Newegg w/free shipping for $16.00. Figured I'd give them a shot. Hopefully, they'll be okay for when I'm actively doing something, but, the microphonics comment is making me wonder. Oh well, I'll know soon enough... 

Music stored on hard drive and shared via NFS to other PC's / Laptops.Players I use are Amarok and MythMusic at the moment.If I rip a cd it's to flac w/EAC thru wine or Rubyripper. All my mp3's are from Amazon.   I've used MPD in the past, I don't think I've seen anyone mention that in this...

@ meme, I really like the use of the angled aluminum you used in your build, ingenious. Just a beautiful build. Well done....  

Rubyripper for ripping CD's or EAC w/wine. K3B for burning stuff. XBMC's music player mostly or Amarok.

I've posted these in the DIY build thread before, but, anyway.... Opus Metronome/Ballsie          

@ Diego, absolutely stunning amp. Love the casework & everything is obviously careflully done....

I enjoy it quite a bit. I thought it was a poor mans Rome series at first & probably is, but, it has a few twists here and there. I look forward to it each week.

Arch stopped my distro hopping 4 yers ago.... It's a good distro for someone w/a little experience & doesn't mind setting up their own config files. I use xbmc for my music player needs. M-Audio 2496 audio card for bit perfect playback.

HTPC frontend mounting Music directory (NFS) from a backend server.

Resamapling to 48k is dependent on the card too. Look for a card that is capable of "bit perfect" output via linux. It's fairly easy to get bit perfect output w/ALSA once you have the "right" card.

Quote: Originally Posted by Arainach Because recompiling a kernel is easier than running an EXE? I doubt compiling from source would be easier, but, I imagine most just upgrade using the binary kernel made available by their distro... I know I do.

Quote: Originally Posted by -Spanky- Linux gets hate because there are still a lot of things in it that require the use of terminal commands. We're almost in 2010, you would think we could get a little more GUI use in. Not sure I agree w/the "still a lot of things in it...