My dad is wanting whatever Bose IEMs exist for Christmas. Given Bose' reputation for over-priced under-performing products, what am I looking at for better alternatives? I've had a pair of Shure E4Cs for a few years which I like very much, would a pair of E2Cs or whatever else they have in...

My little brother took out the subwoofers that were installed in his car, and low and behold I found said Tara Labs cable in the car. I'm not very knowlegable about ICs and what not so perhaps someone could tell me about this cable. It looks to be about 10 years old (Guessing by the age of...

They're one of my favorite bands, very beautiful music. But many of their recordings are horribly recorded. Many of them (Not the music, just the recording) for lack of a better word sound like utter ****. Has anyone else noticed this? This concludes my rant.

I recently bought a very nice META42 from JMT, and replaced my Grado SR-80s with SR-225s. My source is my PC (Say whatever you will about that, but high bit rate MP3s, or oggs sound as good as any CD to my ears). The soundcard in question is the integrated audio on my NForce2 board (NVidia's...

After owning a pair of Grado SR-80s for several years, i've now decided that i'd like an amp. Many people have recommended to me the META42, I know virtually nothing about the technical details of headphone amps or about who talk to about having one built. I am planning on possibly...