One more thing to add: If you know of a forum that is more focused on speakers or home theater with a similar reputation as Head-Fi, I would definitely appreciate a referral

Hello, I'm interested in improving the sound of my home theater. I'm currently playing sound out of my Pioneer plasma's onboard speaker, and as you can imagine, the sound isn't particularly satisfying. My goal is to assemble an all-purpose 2.1 setup that would sound good playing music...

Here's my setup: Airport Express -> cable -> Mapletree Audio EAR+ amp -> Grado SR225 headphones. Almost none of my iTunes library is lossless - most of it is between 192 kbps to 256 kbps. And I would be using the Airport Express' on-board DAC - don't have the money for an outboard. So I'm...

Thanks for all your responses. This was the exact information I was looking for! I've especially been enjoying those articles at the Vinyl Anachronist. I'm looking at either a Rega P2 or a Thorens TD160, but with the information you've provided it seems there are more options in the price...

My budget is probably capped at $500 but of course I wouldn't mind falling well short of that! I'm now looking at the NAD PP2 phono pre instead of the Hagerman Bugle since I don't have the tools, space, or desire to build an enclosure for it. That leaves around $370 or so for the turntable...

I know what you're thinking...you're not really diving if you're doing it feet first. And that's exactly my point! I know how dangerous vinyl is. Every single component has an upgrade path. You could overshoot your budget just finding the right stylus, let alone the rest of the turntable! I'm...

I'm not sure about the best cans for ambient and indie rock, but for lo-fi, I'd recommend listening from the oldest, crappiest boom-box you can find. Failing that, use your laptop speakers!

Oh, and I know you can change the ringtone to another cheesy one that comes on the phone, but I have some ringtones I made for a different phone that I want to use.

The three exclamation points in the title are there to communicate my frustration in having spent the last 3 hours trying to accomplish 1 simple task: loading mp3 ringtones onto my new V3i. At dinner tonight I got a call and was bombarded by that puketastic "hello moto" ringtone. I resolved to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Xert With an ATI X800XT or X50XT, there's no problem overclocking them to Platinum Edition levels, since the PEs are just factory overclocked XTs anyway. As an owner of an X850XT, I've never had a problem. BareFeats.com seems to be saying the same...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shakey Effective memory clock speed is just referring to the DDR dual memory channel, where data is sent over the bus at twice the speed of the clock. A 500MHz bus behaves like a1000MHz one would and the memory used on this bus is known by the higher speed...

Let me ammend what I said earlier...first of all, I'm using a program called ATIccelerator II which lists the core and memory frequencies. I have the core overclocked by about 6% and have kept the memory stock (it's listed at 500 mhz). According to sites like BareFeats (which I linked in my...

Alright, I know there are a number of obvious answers to this question (like "when there's smoke spewing out of your computer") but I'd like some opinions all the same. I recently posted a thread about upgrading the graphics card in my G5 mac. After a number of helpful responses I decided on...

Quote: Originally Posted by Russ Arcuri While I agree that Nickelback sucks, this just isn't evidence for it. First, because somebody monkeyed with the tempo of one of them to make it match up, or cut part of it out. So they don't actually match on tempo. Second, because you could...

Is it just me, or does the phrase "ubiquitous network society" not sound that inviting?

Alright, I should have clarified before this got so out of hand...I'm not looking for a word to describe the period between the beginning and ending dates, but a word that encompasses these two dates itself. I'm currently using "boundary dates" but I have a nagging suspicion that there is a more...

I'm writing a column for my school newspaper (I'm the music editor) and am looking for a very specific word or phrase... It's a phrase that means "the beginning and ending dates" of a period of time. Whether it's a person's life or WWII or the 2nd Viennese school. Help me please! ~Jordan

One last thing to note...does the graphics card have to have an ADC output in order to connect to a 30" cinema display (as with the Radeon 9650 and X800 XT)? EDIT: http://www.barefeats.com/rad9650.html has been my main source of information so far.

Unfortunately, I just realized after a little research that I won't be able to use any of the newer GeForce offerings. My G5 does not have the PCI-E motherboard, which means I'm limited strictly to AGP graphics cards. Bummer. That has pretty much narrowed my search to the ATi Radeon X800 XT...

Quote: Originally Posted by psychogentoo I'm currently using a ATi 9800 pro with the dual 1.8 G5. The frame rates are okay....at lower resolutions. Its not playable at 1920x1200 especially with FSAA and details cranked. On my PC, I have the 6800GT and everything cranked up to max at...

Thanks for the suggestions, Stephonovich. This is exactly what I wanted to hear...I was afraid that it might have been a CPU issue somehow but it's good to hear that the graphics card isn't up to snuff with the rest of the machine. So I guess the question is, which card between those that you...

Hello everyone- I just got WoW a few days ago after getting hooked on my brother's account over thanksgiving break. I'm playing it on a dual 2.7 Powermac G5 with 4 gigs of RAM and a nice cinema display. Can't remember the model of my current video card but I know it's stock (GeForce 6800?)...

I had an experience with a piece of classical music this weekend that I think may change the way I listen to music in the future. Normally, I listen to exclusively pop and rock music...lots of indie stuff that hasn't quite made it into the mainstream but has a unique and well-crafted sound. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by gshan Haha, I was always amazed at why I continued to use an eraser that not only smeared the lead but also rubbed away and often tore the actual paper. Then this little gem came along in middleschool... ...and boy did it sell like hotcakes. It's...

#2 is "Sliding Doors."