I need a reasonably comfortable closed can for listening to music while running errands. These are going to be used very occasionally, outside, for non-critical listening. I've kinda been keeping an eye on the FS forum here, but don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions?

Not any specific ones. I'm just wondering what makes the DAC on a $2,000 CD player better than the DAC on a $200 CD player or a $50 computer sound card? Is it the actual chip?

You always hear about customer service nightmares; hardly ever do you hear about companies which still take customer service seriously. I just had a great experience with a company and thought I'd share. Universal Remote Control, Inc. makes, guess what, remotes for A/V gear (they make the...

I have an "aux" jack in my car into which I plan to plug in my mp3 player whenever I decide which one to get. Is this input going to require a "line out" from the player, or can I just use its headphone jack as a line out and it? Is it just a matter of SQ?

I know someone who's selling an old Denon receiver, and I may be able to get it for $20 or so. Will it be worthwhile to hook it up to my comp and use the HP jack instead of just into the HP jack on the soundcard?

A not-so-short Introduction. The EA RP-21's get much love on this forum, but while some people have posted their impressions of the RP-22x, I have not seen a full-blown review, so here is my attempt at one. I do not claim to possess golden ears and I do not have 500 models of cans I currently...

After doing much searching and reading, I appear to be more confused than ever... My soundcard (Philips Seismic Edge) has a speaker connector which doubles as an SPDIF out - I assume that I can just use a coax cable to plug into a digital coax input on a receiver? Is there any quality difference...

I have a pair of EA RP-22x's on the way, and will be plugging them into my home computer with a Chaintech AV-710 sound card. Will I get any kind of a significant improvement in SQ with a portable amp like a P2V2 or similar, or would I just be spending money on a very small step up in SQ, if any...

When using full-size amps to drive phones are the phones just being shoved into the headphone jack? I'm sure that's not a problem with higher-end amps and receivers, but what about so-so gear? It should still have plenty of oomph to drive a pair of cans, but the headphone out probably leaves...

The seller has 13 pairs of RP-21's selling for $60 + $15 shipping. Last time the RP-21 auction ended, only one sold. The cans are listed in the wrong section - Music Accessories, which is why I assume there has been very little interest. As an added bonus, the proceeds are supposedly going to...

Which would you suggest? Sound leaking is not very important, but comfort is. I own a pair of KSC-75's which I currently use, and they sound pretty good to me, but clip-ons are kind of a pain at home, my ears start to hurt after a while, plus I'd like a step up in sound quality.

Am I seriously degrading the (probably already mediocre) sound by plugging my cans into the jack on my desktop speakers? Does it depend on the particular speakers? Or do speakers generally just act as an extension cord?

Given the adulation around here, I'm seriously thinking about the Grado SR60, but there is also a number of people who don't like the comfort and the sound. I would like to find a place to audition them - is this something a high-end audio place would carry? Grado's web site doesn't have a...

Sorry if wrong forum, kinda new around here... Is it just a matter of good receivers having a good jack? Are there some that are "known" to have a good output? Thanks