Hey, I cant figure this out, maybe you can. When I switch from my senn 580's to grado s225's, the grado's have significantly less volume (nothing else was touched.) I have to then turn up the preamp or the littledot tube amp im using so the grado's are as loud as senns. I thought grado's had...

I bought these cans a year ago (as a returned item), just now opened them and discovered the plastic over the driver was smooshed, probably by the idiot that returned these. First of all, what is this smooshed piece exactly? Secondly, should i be concerned about it, if so how do I fix it? I have...

I have been using an M-audio USB 'Sonica Theater' Box to upmix my music into Quad, as I find the Quadraphonic sounds quite nice, even if its software-emulated. I then run the 4-Channels into 2 Stereo's, then into 4 speakers. The thing is, the USB box I have wont run on Intel Macs. Can anyone...

I have itunes 8.2 for mac (newest version) and I hear sounds (similar to cd-scratch sounds) when searching through tracks. This is while the track is in play and it only happens at select times in a song. Am I going crazy, or have these noises always been around ??

I upgraded to 2.2 software, and i cant even hear any hiss with these AT ATH-es7 headphones! It also seems like there's more punch at higher volumes, but I havent listened enough to decide on this. Nice upgrade (except for the ugly invading search bar in safari) Can anyone else confirm...

I cannot understand what makes a DAC able to cancel out the electrical interferance running from a USB connection. I do know that many of the less expensive DAC's do little to block this annoyance. Im also trying to get a feel for the price range of DAC's that have this feature. Long story...