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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

This game isn't getting a big release and lots of hype so I thought I would bring it to your attention. You may have to look pretty hard to find this game, as it probably doesn't have the kind of distribution deal that will see it in the main street game stores of the world. Australian stores...

IF you're in Melbourne, Australia, or will be in the next few weeks, please indicate your interest in a head-fi meet. There won't be dozens of us but there will be some decent gear to sample. Possible dates... a couple of weeks from now, or whenever we get enough response and a venue. It's...

Just started using the Laurel IIX 300B monoblocks again. I was surprised to find that when the headphones aren't on my head I still hear music. It seems the tubes - seems to be the 300Bs (using TJ mesh plate) are working as speakers, vibrating somehow and working like speakers. Anyone else...

If you're interested in K1000 cable hacks you might have seen the previous mod I did, wiring a Stefan Audio Art cable direct to the K1000s for use with the Grace 901, a solid state amp capable of driving these phones. It was a temporary solution but a good one. Now I have all my stuff, including...

Anyone? I'm thinking of doing a cabinet in dark oiled wood and brass corners would look way better than the chrome ones I can find. I know they exist somewher because I own a Gerstner chest that has them.

Wooo... why have I never heard this before? Peter Gabriel fans, don't miss this one.

I hate typing a PM to someone and then it is lost because they have a full mailbox. Is YOUR inbox full?

I saw the National Chorale and National Chorale Orchestra last night at Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall. Sometimes when you have one or two recordings of a favorite piece of music a live performance can fall flat. I'm happy to say that this was outstanding with just a few quirks. The first...

The most amazing advertisement I have ever seen. All the action is real except for the muffler rolling across the floor, apparently there is some computer-generated animation in the center. http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html Story about it here...

The guy next door obviously has a subwoofer. I can't hear what music he is playing but I can hear the bassline clear enough. If I go out into the hallway and knock on his door he turns it down sometimes but he won't come to the door. The solution I have so far is to put my own subwoofer...

My video store has lost BOTH copies of The Sopranos Season 1, DVD 1. I can't buy it without buying a boxed set of the entire season and I don't really want to sign up with another store to rent one DVD. Anyone willing to lend it to me for one, maybe two nights? PM please.

Kind of a weird request I know, but I'm running out of time and I don't know any other place with such a concentration of knowledgable gun enthusiasts. As I said in another thread Australia has some seriously strict gun laws especially regarding handguns. I like to think I could be a fair...

FINALLY! A frustrating day but I finally have region free using RC6 code from my laptop. I tried prontoirda first, building an IR LED attachment for LPT1 but no go. To do that I had to install Windows 98... What worked is here: http://reijndert.homelinux.com/ What you do: Click on...

I signed up for a newsletter when I ordered some SACDs, and surprise! Interesting information. Which I pass on to you. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - release 25th March, moved up from mid-April! Peter Gabriel - Birdy Soundtrack (Street Date: April 29) Peter Gabriel - Passion...

While browsing for the DVD 963A I found this funky thing: https://www2.setssl.com/~hivizone/dv...main_frame.htm A "Skyworth DVD-2750". It's the only DVD player I have ever seen with SVGA output. On top of that, progressive scan, 5.1 decoding, optical and coax out, it even seems to support...

I'd like to get myself a multi-region Sony DVP-F25 DVD/CD/MP3 player from dvdplayers.co.uk. Of course it doesn't have to be from there but nobody will ship outside the UK and they have a good online reputation. So if anyone is willing to get money from me (about 180 pounds), receive the player...

I know some of you guys appreciate fine tools and that means keeping them razor sharp. In the back of the latest Lee Valley Tools mailer they are offering naturally quarried Japanese water stones - stock numbers are given and they are very low. Now I've got mine ordered I don't mind if everyone...

Don't blame me if you break your phones doing this... I haven't used the HD600s for a while and they had a Stefan Audioart "Equinox" cable attached - I always hated the K1000 cable for the weight, rubbery feel and huge connector in the middle of it. Finally today I dismantled the drivers of...

Walking past Park Audio this morning, something gold & black caught my eye. A SHA-Gold priced at $899... I tried to appear unenthusiastic and talked it down to $820. A risk, without seeing the inside but now I have it home I can see it appears almost totally original. I think I scored big :-)