Head-Fi sure is growing big. Congratulations on 100K members Head-Fi! I'm not sure who the lucky 100,000th member is, but it happened about 23 members ago. Edit: I'm pretty sure our 100,000th member is Goon1 !

When I listen to music through the speakers I usually try to read my dogs reaction to it. As far as I can tell, she is indifferent to the music. She won’t try and lie down in the center and listen—her ears aren’t even perked up during the tunes, but she also wont and try to avoid it. She acts...

Note: The following looks long, but it's just a bunch of short 1-2 sentence paragraphs, and hopefully you can find meaning and inspiration somewhere in it. The past: I've been without a digital audio player and headphones for a while now-- maybe almost 3 months. It started with me...

I started this thread to seek insight and knowledge from a community I can trust. You see, my family asked me where we should go on vacation this summer and I suggested something coastal. We're from the flatlands known as the Midwest and we are looking for elevation, warm, not humid...

UPDATE: Alright, I have read multiple times that the economy is suffering everywhere-- that is very sad to hear, BUT it still feel strongly about working somewhere else. I guess it is less about stability and more about experiencing something new and different. I am partial to the idea of...

Thought I'd share my troubles for your entertainment. . So I'm currently stuck in my apartment- unable to leave. I can't leave to go to class or to get my much needed groceries because, like the fool I am, I can't find my keys! If I leave, the door will lock behind me, and its -27F with the...

I expect a "what did you get" thread later, but since Christmas is about giving, not receiving (so they say), I thought it could be interesting reading what you gave or are going to give to other people on Christmas. Other winter gift giving holiday presents are welcome too. Feel free to tell...

It says it's shipped/sold direct from Amazon, so it would be safe to assume they are the real deal. Amazon.com: Sennheiser CX300-B Earbuds (Black): Electronics I'm getting a few for gifts for family/friends.

There is something special about listening to an album in a language you don’t understand. "Truth is, I don't want to know. . . Some things are best left unsaid. I like to think they were singing about something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words, and it makes your heart ache because of...

The whole frequency is lacking something. Bass is non-existent Treble doesn't extend very high unless I think really hard Midrange is lacking body and emotion Imaging is terrible- everything is basically in mono for the most part No soundstage Pretty low volume And no dynamics (A...

.................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ........................... http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_14.pdf (PDF file) Scroll down for different charts. Most of the...

Story: Today I heard distortion in the left channel of my headphones, and I also heard a helicopter. I paused the music (still hearing distortion noise), and as soon as the copter got further and further away, the less distortion, until both were gone. I'm not sure what kind of helicopter...

I got some new Denon D2000 recently and love them. Warranty is void due to a recable and some small mods. But then I decided to play with test tones. Boy that was fun until I played with the 20HZ tone... It made my headphones shake! I think the extreme vibrating broke the voice coil in...

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f45/chicago-winter-meet-2008-impressions-296945/ Thank you, Mike

I just moved in a condo (9th and wabash) and I have changed my sleeping schedule to a very odd one. I go to bed at around 5:00pm and wake up at 10:30pm. I eat breakfast at around 12:00am or so and have my lunch when some are eating breakfast Go to school, come home, eat dinner, watch...

If someone here can send me the proper files for the ipod photo firmware, so I can drag and drop them in, I would be very deeply appreciative of your kindness. I have an ipod here with my spare h120 HDD in it and the computer wont recognize it,... in fact it I get a error type screen when...

I am moving soon and the most traveling I will be doing is about a 5 min walk to class. Portable rig is done and now I need something to save up for. I have never heard Stax before, but their is a place that sells them near me, and I have heard electrostatic speakers before and always...

While walking form metra station to Adams st. I hear a foreign noise apart from all of the footsteps and talking. I turn my head and see a man with his BOSE in-ears and I can hear the white noise coming from them. If he is trying to block out city noise, Earplugs and IEMs/music work quite...

Yesterday I got an idea from NelsonVandal to replace stock caps on lineout with upgraded caps. I wont be using the line out with the ibasso D1 (the mod was for nothing), so I was think of upgrading the parts on the line-in path. here is a schematic on the audio for the h120...

63 degrees out right now (expected high of 75), amazing cool breeze. Not a cloud in the sky. I seriously can't remember the last time the sky was this blue. It's flawless (except for a cloud or two in the west). I'm happy I will be spending the day down in Grant park for a school thing...

I was removing a small cap on a PCB board and got one end off clean but the other end ripped off from too much force applied. I tried putting solder on it but wouldn't stay. Guess I ripped it clean off. Anything I can do?

Today I attempted to "imod" a 4g ipod (got it for $32). I am not done yet, but I would (an will), gladly pay Vinnie to mod it for me PLUS that amazing lifetime warranty! Once I finish the PITA mod I will be shipping the 5g ipod off to Vinnie. I can now officially respect what that man...

From what I understand, black gates as of 8/06/07, are officially discontinued (for real). Soon will be hard to come by. So what other brands are just as good (or better) than BG? I need two 47uf (6v) caps for a mod I have going on. Thanks

I currently have ipod 5th gen> LOD> ibaso t2> pk1 I am sort of skeptical on how much better it would sound going to something like... imod> LOD> tomahawk/a Dr. Xin amp> pk1 (and westone 3 when it comes out) files would be ranging from 320 mp3 to flac. Should I dive in and do it...

My last transaction I made was $7.00 at the post office to ship a package to a fellow head-fier. That was only 2 days ago. Today I went checked out my bank account online and see a balance of -$80.00 I didn't keep much in there (like $10), and the first thing they did was withdraw...