Hi Everyone,   I'm currently in the market for new nearfield desk speakers with a max $2000 budget for a pair. I currently own 3 speakers (KRK Rokit 5, Audioengine A2s, Klipsch Promedia 2.1) and really want an huge, noticeable upgrade.   My preferences: Out of the three I already own, I...

I bought YUIN PK3's about 3 months ago, and have been listening to them (I mostly use it for the gym and running) but it just broke. The left earbud no longer outputs any music. Didn't drop it or anything, just the next day I go for a run and no sound comes out. Very disappointing. I am using...

So I'm planning on Thursday to buy my first acoustic guitar, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend me good guitar shops, and maybe particular salespeople/owners of the shop that I can talk to (that would give me clean advice instead of try to upsell me)? I'm planning on stopping by...

Hello everyone, I've been procrastinating, and finally decided to learn guitar. After reading tons of recommendations, I've decided the Big Baby Taylor Guitar is the perfect fit for me, and a good starting guitar. However, many of the reviews I've read state that the guitar is ~$350, but...

Hi Head-Fi, My Grado left ear driver holder separated from the rod Fortunately I was thinking of upgrading to the SR225i from my sr225, but I still don't want to just throw these away. I can't remember, but does Grado has a lifetime warranty or something? Or is this fixable?

Which one do you prefer, and why?

Hi guys, I got my first speeding ticket today and I need some help. I have never gotten a speeding ticket before and I don't know what to do. Basically my situation was this: I was driving a rented car and got caught in upstate new york 4 hours away from my apt in nyc. However I have an...

I need to replace my old falling apart chair and wanted your opinion: is Steelcase or Aeron chairs better?

Hello, I have the vanska, gardiner, and karajan recordings of beethoven's ninth symphony but in my opinion the ode to joy version in all of them are lackluster. What is considered the definitive version for beethoven's ninth? (for example carlos keiber's 5th and 7th of beethoven is often...

Rat Loves Cat - Video Can anyone tell me the background music for that? I want to use it for a film I'm making.

Hi headfiers, after looking at the huge watches thread here, and seeing 100+ companies with tons of different watches, I am really overwhelmed and I need help in picking the cream of the crop that fits my needs. Can you help me? Here are my preferences: -Round face -medium to small face...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to build up my rolling stones collection but I need some help. So far I have the albums let it bleed, exile on main st, aftermath, beggars banquet, and sticky fingers. Am I missing any other important rolling stones album (not the obscure ones)? Also, I want to make...

Hi, Has anyone bought himalayan salt lamps before? I'm considering buying one on ebay from whoscloset who seems to have good ratings. I am not buying one for the health benefit because personally i believe that is complete bs (psuedoscience) but because I like the soft mood lighting. I...

Anyone know of good covers for "Dancing in the Moonlight"? Maybe more michael-buble style? I have the original by King Harvest and the Toploader rock version but I really like this song and am trying to find other versions of it. Thanks!

Hey Headfiers, I was wondering if headfiers could help me identify some awesome gear that Obama uses? Obama's Sunglasses: http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...0_16857033.jpg What brand and model is it? I want it, it looks so cool. Obama's watch...

Quick question, what does a reprise mean? For example, what's the difference between Bee Gees Greatest Hits (Reprise R2 77604) and Bee Gees Greatest Hits (no reprise)?

Hi, So I'm currently looking for an internship as a collegiate student and I might have an opportunity in PWC (pricewaterhousecoopers). My ultimate goal is either to work in ibanking at a bulge bracket (impossible im guessing in current state of economy with citibank laying off 50,000 jobs)...

So just to give a visual comparison of the different lossy formats and lossless (FLAC): FLAC: ImageShack - Hosting :: flacvv2.png 320k MP3 (LAME CODEC): ImageShack - Hosting :: 320lamelg3.png 192k MP3 (LAME CODEC): ImageShack - Hosting :: 192lamejs9.png 128k MP3 (aka crappy)...

Hi headfiers, Do you guys have any specific strategies to fall asleep? I think i'm part insomniac sometimes and my sleep schedule is really f'd right now, don't know how to get back on track. I don't want to take any medication or anything, just a natural way of getting back on track...

Hi, I have a lot of audio that is 24 bit, but my keces DAC only supports 16bit so I'm outputting to 16 bit... does this affect sound quality in any way? Would it be better to play audio that was originally 16 bit than 24 bit? For example: Pink Floyd DSotM 24 bit --> keces DAC 16 bit vs...

Hi everyone, So off of some recommendations on this forum, I want to buy some Telarc and their website has a ten Volume telarc collection... is it their entire discography collection?

Hey Headfiers, So in my other audiophile classical music thread, I discovered the existence of Audiophile labels thanks to a great post by a fellow headfier and the music quality just blows my mind. He suggested Linn Records (Linn Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), but I was...

Hey headfiers, So recently i bought the bolm set for mozart's symphonies and found that they are not as interesting to listen to the Mackerras recordings because of the hiss in the background and on my stax, the instruments just don't seem as clear, when I listen to the Mackerras recording...

Has anyone played world of goo? I decided to buy the game after it got amazing reviews and wow, i cannot stop playing with quirky bridge building game. I highly recommend it to anyone. I've just pulled an all-nighter playing it and my brain still cant stop thinking about how to build the next...

It seems like most of the classical music threads here are geared towards mozart/beethoven/bach but I was wondering why you guys don't consider chopin to be up there. Would you call him the defining romantic period composer? (just like mozart dominates the classical period [you can't apprecate...