You don't rate Beyerdynamic T5p at all?   I have read a little about the Fostex TH600 - opinions on leakage are very mixed. 

I have PSB M4U1 - they are very good! But I'd like better, I have tried one better option already. It must be closed (office use). I prefer neutral/accurate to bass-heavy. If an amp is required, can do. Budget is $1000+ - so what do you think is the best available for a wide range of music?

Now my all-time favourite portables are the Etymotic 4Ps, which I will wear with comfort through a 14-hour flight and the only downside is that I sometimes miss out on ordering a drink because I can't hear the flight attendant. But I don't like to take them out of the pouch, get them set in my...

So from the (lack of) responses I was thinking that personal CD players are dead, everyone is digital.   But check out this eBay auction:   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180538006532&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1154   That's a lot of money. Maybe the seller...

Played a CD in the car on the way home through it - works great! It skipped when I hit bumps but that's probably to be expected from a player with no ESP or suspension system.   Still want the service manual... even the user manual would be nice. This is such a versatile player with its...

Well I found one thread from 2006 where someone was kind enough to post the D-303 service manual on rapidshare - but the link is dead, as you would expect so many years later. I have found the D-88 and D-515 manuals via google but D-303 is nowhere to be found.    I'm excited about this -...

Of course it would be fans of The Cure, but they seem to be mostly grown up now and ashamed to look at the old photographs.

I've just got my MMX 2s - I agree completely with jmb. I've had Plantronics DSP 400 (sound OK, but folding was annoying), Plantronics Audio 310 (good for Skype but mono, not for music) and Plantronics Audio 650 (huge disappointment. Muddy sound, crap microphone, complaints from everyone I talked...

Thoughts? I looked in my old parts box and found some of the EL2001 and EL2009 parts that were in vogue 5-6 years ago (before supplies dried up). And AD825 on DIP adapters. And lots of AD825, and AD8512, AD811, AD843, AD823, AD841, OPA134, OP27G, OP90, OP37, ICL7611, LM380, LM386 The big...

Without hearing discs that have been cut all I can say is that if you cut carefully you probably won't hurt them. But the price? If I took the Farnell or McMaster-Carr or Digikey or any of a numer of other catalogs and ordered everything I needed, including tools, to make one of these units -...

I have a big CD collection by some standards. I'd like an even bigger one but because I can't bring myself to tolerate the inane FM radio around here I don't know what to buy. I'm not browsing at my local music store because a lot of new releases in Australia are copy protected; so I'll import...

I have owned a couple of SHA-1 amps, now have a SHA Gold. All are fine pre- and headphone amplifiers even though not now in vogue around here. The only downside is that 6DJ8/6922/7308 tubes can be impossible to find as NOS and when you do the prices are insane, but new production from Tesla and...

Thanks all! Nice of you. My leisure time is all about photography these days. I'm even thinking of selling the Grace 901... it's worth a nice lens or so. Since I work at home full time now (careful what you wish for) the need for headphones is less. And the family is here, and if I do put...

Yeah, my first K1000 mod was to take an Equinox HD600 cable and attach it to the K1000s. These days I just make two tails, one to 1/4" and one to banana plugs. Last post before heading up north for Xmas with the family. When I come back I'm going to use that other cable, the teflon/silver...

Mine has gone a little gold too. I can only guess at how the faceplate is finished but it looks like black paint over gold anodizing.

Hi lini! I was very confused when I read that you wanted a beamer for your computer - your title suggested to me you were shopping for a BMW. We usually call those things that project your computer's screen onto a flat surface a projector. If you can edit the title you might get more responses...

It's a pretty basic cable with a lot of care in connecting it all up with heatshrink etc., I was experimenting a bit. From the banana plugs to the middle join is Canare GS-6, I used four lengths one for each plug. In the middle join these connect to some silver-plated teflon-insulated shielded...

philodox, if I had just decided to pirate the CD I could hardly talk about it here, strictly against policy! But seriously I value my CD collection, I'm a collector at heart and it makes me happy to see them all in their racks. And I know if some amazing new compression or storage scheme comes...

Too bad you won't drink an Islay malt, because there is no doubt that Lagavulin is the world's finest whisky. I'm with Kevin on the full strength recommendation. Some makers call it "cask strength", around 120 proof or better. d'Abunadh is one I buy and there is an OK Glenfarclas too. Get...

If your EAC is set up properly you should have autoplay disabled while it is running. "Hail To The Thief" is the last copy protected album I got. I returned it of course and ordered the U.S. version (no protection) but EAC had no serious trouble with it and I was able to listen to MP3s while...

Google on "tagscan MP3" - don't be put off by the fact it mostly comes on Russian ftp servers, the author is Russian and I have installed it on many systems with no problem. I've only used tagscan for re-tagging based on directory structure but it does both. A very small program that works...

I still think sharpening stones are best, with a jig if you need one. Traditional oil stones are harder to use because they require about four times as much sharpening to get a knife sharp and it can be difficult to hold the blade at a consistent angle. If you get a 1000 grit synthetic water...

Just about every Flaming Lips album except Yoshimi

Silent Storm. It's the best turn-based strategy I've ever played and will definitely fill all your spare moments.

Does anyone else have this CD? I was just getting to the bottom of the pile in the big FLAC re-encode project and I played this one. What a magnificent recording - it is head and shoulders above my other recording directed by Karajan in all respects, from the beginning vocals to the cannon...