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Since nobody was really interested in my for sale Singlepower PPX3 Slam unless they could see the inside, I tried to open it up. Ended up having to drill out the fourth bottom screw, but I still can't crack this thing open, it's like fort knox. Can someone give me specific instructions on how to...

Does anyone know of a portable headphone that does not touch the ears? Sound quality NOT important, this is just for listening to podcasts while working out, and TV and computer use at night so as not to disturb family. I'm envisioning a design with three triangular prongs surrounding the ear...

Just read on Engadget.com that Toshiba announced a 240GB 1.8" hard drive that will be available for the holidays...and it's PATA! Vinnie could probably say for sure, but I'm really hoping this can be swapped into my 5.5G iMod. 240GB would be enough for my entire lossless collection! Here is...

The Alison Krauss and Robert Plant disc "Raising Sand" has audio hiss going on in the background on some/all of the songs. I just read something that led me to believe it may be a "hiss track", actually added on purpose. Please tell me nobody would add hiss to an album on purpose. I love many of...

After getting my UE-11, I've realized I need to upgrade my Tomahawk. I've heard what the UE-11 can do out of my Singlepower, and now I need a (trans)portable solution that makes them sing. I know people have stated opinions on this elsewhere, but I thought I'd make a dedicated thread for best...

There have been a few kind UE-10 and UE-11 owners who have posted their initial comparisons of these two headphones. Many have promised more detailed posts in the future. I beg of all you who own both IEMs, please post! We UE-10 owners need as much information as possible to know if the UE-11's...

I have selected a winner...I'll let the winner PM me with an address. In Excel, I chose a random number between 1 and 10 to select the page number, then a random number between 1 and 20 to select the post number. Then a quick check to make sure the winner didn't double post. The winner is page...

I won the pair of UE-10s up for auction at HeadFest 2. They arrived recently and I’ve been listening to them over the past few days. I chose the metallic color (clear on the underside)...the graphic was drawn for me by a friend, and Ultimate Ears lasered it on. Prior to the UE-10s, my favorite...

I just got back my replacement pair of e500s from Shure. The tip of one of the IEMs popped right off (it was still lodged in the flange). Incidentally, Shure was a pleasure to deal with for the warranty. In an effort to avoid this in the future, I'd like to put the IEMs (just the earspeakers...

I am a huge Grado HF-1 fan. Out of my SinglePower tube amp, my Headphile woodied and recabled HF-1 is a delight. I have listened to them back to back with an RS-1 and preferred the modified HF-1. I got a chance to try the new GS-1000 at the International Meet, but was left a little...

I've completed my portable rig setup, and just had to post some pics (taken with my new Canon Digital Rebel XTi). I took a look at how others had set up their rigs, and took the best of the ideas I saw. I wanted to get the best possible sound in the most compact possible size. I chose: iMod...

Has anyone ever removed a giant ball of earwax from their ears? I mean, I've had wax just appear in my ears before, but I just pulled the most giant ball of earwax I ever have. It just dropped out of nowhere into the exit of my ear. I wasn't sure if it was a bug or something, but it was wax. Am...

A recent review from 6moons: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/e...offramp_2.html mentions HDTT (High Definition Tape Transfers) available here: http://016b56c.netsolstores.com/index.asp I know Steve Nugent from Empirical Audio has lots of experience with these. Any word on which of the...

I have a computer-based rig using a modified mAudio Transit, and have heard some people claim the Secret Rabbit upsampler will improve the sound quality. I really want to test it out for myself, but cannot find a place to download the foo_dsp_src file. Does anyone have a link, or can someone...

Just received my refurbished iPod 4G (that I was going to have iModded) in the mail, opened the box, turned it on, and got the sad iPod face. Which put this on my face: . To me, it's more unacceptable for a refurbished product to show up DOA(versus a new one showing up DOA), because I would...

I am replacing 4 RCA sockets on my Stax amp. The ones I'm replacing are 4 sockets all connected to one plastic piece. Two of the RCA's are for input in, and two are for loop out (outputs the same signal that is going into the input in). Looks like there is a resistor somewhere in the mix, but...

After reading the almost universal glowing reviews of the Shure E500, I rushed out and bought a pair (very rare for me, actually, but I am traveling next week...need new IEMs!). First thing I did was plug them into my Ety custom ear molds (they fit, but were a bit loose at the end) and fired up...

I have a Stax SRM-313 amp. The gold thingies on the RCA plugs on the amp have come off (see picture), thanks to a very solid RCA cable that pulled them right out. Any ideas how to get them to stay on (versus having to manually pop them in each time when they get pulled out by my RCA plug)? I...

I have Ety ER4P's and custom molds I had made for them (from EarPlugStore). I'm pretty tempted to try a pair of E500's after reading all the positive reviews. Does anyone know if the E500's will fit into my Ety molds?

I just added a Red Wine Audio USB Select to my system as a source, and I am in heaven. My current signal path is: Apple Lossless on iTunes (PC) to USB Select to Ack dAck! 2.0 (hi-rez option). I had not had all that much time with my dAck! before the Select arrived. With the time I did have I...

I just don't get IC (interest check) in the for sale forum. In no other free market have I seen an equivalent concept. To me, you either want to sell something or you don't. If you will only sell it if you can get a certain price, just put a FS at that price. Can someone who posts IC's explain...

I am so happy with them it's ridiculous. I was shocked that they sound extremely good straight out of my 5G iPod (256 AAC VBR). So clean...so balanced...such great bass. I had already tried a pair of HHF-1s at a meet, but it was with the shallower wood cups. I got the deeper maple cups (with...

I am considering buying a modified usb source (the kind offered by red wine and empirical). These are both modified M-Audio Transits, and therefore will use M-Audio's drivers to operate. My question is how does the driver operate with regard to sound output from multiple sources. I will be...

I keep reading people casually mentioning that you can get the Ack Dack with a usb input option. This would likely be exactly what I'm looking for, but I don't see any mention of it on the ack website, and I wrote ack for info but haven't gotten a response. Anybody know what the deal is?