A friend of mine will be moving to the city soon, so he needs a home theater steup for his apartment. He already has a nice, 1080p TV. His max budget is $1000. So far he is considering an Onkyo 606 reciever, an Oppo DVD player, and whatnot...So his budget for speakers is $500. He does not...

Anyone have any manufacturers/retail outlets they'd recommend? I'm really looking for a wood and glass desk. I recently got a TV stand that is wood, glass, and steel (for support, you can't really see the steel), and it looks really nice. However, the company that makes the TV stand pretty much...

Their's broke. They want 1080p, bigger than 46", for around $2000. I was looking around, and I was thinking of recommending the "Sony KDS-60A3000 60 in. HDTV Television" to them, but I don't know how LCoS compares to LCD, or DLP. Anyone have any other suggestions? Should they wait until the...

I really want to rasterbate a picture of some Sextets or K1000's...But I cannot find any good ones. Google leaves me empty-handed. Does anyone have any? Thanks to anyone who has got any. (I'm looking at you, Fitz.)

Simply, amazing. Great acting on all accounts with witty, realistic dialog that had great delivery from Ellen Page (and others), and just came at the perfect times. It never failed to disappoint. Characters actually developed, which is pretty rare to see in movies these days. And the story was...

Ie. that little arrow next to threads with unread posts. It doesn't work anymore. I don't get jumped to the newest unread post, but an earlier post, in most cases. Is this a bug, or a feature? :P That is, are the "new post jumps" supposed to update dynamically, or do they update x times an x...

I will probably be flamed for this, but, whatever. Listening tests are useless. There, I said it. And I will simply say why, if you know what you are using, your bias/preconceived notions are going to influence you, either overtly or subtly. That is to say, you will either lie outright (for...

For me, it was Hitman. I don't know why I expected a video game movie to be good, but I did. I thought it would be some kind of prequel to the game, and involve a lot of stealth, but it didn't. It was just another generic Hollywood film with generic characters in generic settings with generic...

I do realize that having 40 posts on one page is a bit taxing on the server, but it doesn't really matter when a thread is just read normally. Is it really so hard on the server that it has to be disabled? 15 posts per page is such a small number. I realize how much stress a server...

Ok, so I have a huge amount of vector images. For those of you that don't know, a vector image is an image that is saved as math equations instead of in pixels, they can be infinitely small or large, without losing quality. Needless to say, they are usually drawings. Does anyone know of a...

I've finally decided to step into the relm of desktop setups, I just can't stand staring at my Sextets and not being able to use them. After I saw the pictures of Brian's Opus DAC, I just couldn't stand it any longer. Now my first instinct was to get an Opus DAC, as I have been drooling over...

Ok, so I will have my LiveWires soon, right? And I have a (pda)phone, right? What I am looking for, is some kind of bluetooth...dongle?, where I could plug in my LiveWires to the dongle, and then to my DAP (X5), and then use bluetooth to pair the dongle with my phone, and like, clip a...

Read the email I just received: "Hi ***, My engineering partner said for me to keep your email address.Future plans ;-) . Stan" I know this little DAC is well regarded, I wonder how it will fair balanced. Edit: The email was in response to my questioning a balanced option.

Anyone know if they are any good? Impedance: 80HMS Maximum Input Power: 180watts Frequency Response: 35Hz - 20kHz Edit: Also found an Optimus STAV - 3590 receiver, is it any good?

That mega list thread only lists three, there has to be more, right? Basically, I am looking for a good DAC that accepts coaxial, but optical would be ok, and outputs "fully balanced" audio. Thanks.

Can some people familiar with MediaWiki (more-so being an admin, making pages, etc.) please contact me? Thanks.

I was just wondering if anyone had used a solid-state amp with AKG K240 Sextett's and gotten a good result. Thanks...

My X-Fi Platinum sounds like crap. It has digital outs, but I read somewhere on here that they aren't bit-perfect. Anyway, I'm looking for a bit-perfect soundcard with coaxial or optical or whatever out, that is good for gaming. Reason being, my PC isn't really beefy anymore, and I think that...

Things confirmed via their site and emails to them: It has digital out, through the line-out jack, via coaxial. Not to mention its line-out is supposed to be a real line out. And since it's meant as a dj'ing tool, I think it has an EQ. It does have a 120gig HDD (maybe they'll up it to...

Well, I bit the bullet, and ordered some LiveWires. Impressions next Wednesday. But there is one little thing bugging me -- I can't decide on the colors. I am stuck between getting black end caps, with both shells being clear--or black end caps, with the right shell being red, and the left...

I know it's a bit premature, but does anyone know where to get Archos 605 dock connectors? I ask this, because as of now, it looks like they have digital-out, somehow, as the DVR station has optical out. Hopefully that means the 605 outputs digital through the dock. And if it does, that's...

I'm going into NYC next week, and I plan on getting LiveWires soon. I can get impressions around where I live for $50, so I was wondering if there is a good, less expensive place in Manhattan? Preferably near Broadway or Citicorp.

Let's say a company produced a DAP just for audiophiles, and priced it at say, $400-$600. Would it sell? Would audiophiles buy it? Would you buy it?

As per the topic, am I wondering if it would be possible to do something like bypass the DAC in, for instance, an X5, and create an optical out? Has anyone ever done something like that before? I tried searching, but no luck.

Well...After reading Head-Fi, I have decided Head-Fi is evil. Well, I started thinking of headphones. I saw 003's thread, and then I saw some HP-2's on ebay, and I just don't know... Soundstage is incredibly important to me. I listen to Classical, Jazz, and Classic Rock. I want clear mids and...