Thanks to everyone who replied. I got help from dudemycans.

I need to interview an engineer for a school assignment. I know there has to be at least some electrical engineers here. I have to conduct a short interview about your job, how you like it, general things about engineering, etc. If you could PM me soon that would be really great thanks.

I am also looking to do something similar. I have a pair of SR80is and need to at least replace the plug because it's bent. Does anyone know a way to make a good quality cable or could steer me to a replacement cable that I could solder on? The existing grado cable is a bit long and the single...

Bad judgement? Who had bad judgement when sending out the bomb squad? The police? Oh yeah. And what does 'horrible' packaging have to do with anything? I think people are watching too many bad action movies. Pretty soon sending anything electronic that isn't on a pre-approved list will be...

Just out of curiosity, how much were these sold for on amazon? It seems there was a "blowout" sale on these at one point? Oh, nm I googled and saw these went for $99 on amazon one day. Lucky people!

After seeing what apple did with the ipod touch yesterday (not much), I am even happier to get the zune hd. Even though people complain that flash is more expensive than hdd still, it will be the highest capacity mp3 player i've aver had (by 2 gb!). A 64 gb model is sure to come in the next few...

yeah at gdgt. The guy was letting people hold it to see how it felt with it off, but I motioned that I wanted to turn it on and he let me. I didn't see anything to do with the equalizer. It is much smaller in hand than it looks in the press shots. This player seems nearly done.

I held the zune hd today and played with it briefly. I was not expecting much from the software but was surprised. Even with a beta and incomplete firmware, this thing was fast. The UI is much more polished than any other player i've seen. Cool transitions and animations on an amazing screen...

I have a feeling something is wrong with how the songs loaded onto your device. Maybe you could try deleting the songs on your ipod and use itunes to reload. That should help. If not, you could use the restore function in itunes to bring your ipod back to its original settings.

Encode your music collection carefully into lame mp3 or aac and you should be pleased with the results.

That makes sense that they would make their first heaphones reasonably priced per performance. They do want to win the hearts and minds of people like us headfiers. The more I hear about these, the more I want to buy them.

Does anyone think that the price for the new shure headphones are worth it? Or are these a bit overpriced like shure iems? I'd be willing to buy these if shure is pricing these aggressively, otherwise I'll grab some sennheisers.

I have owned about four ipods. Never had problems with any except a dead battery. I am not reckless and treat them pretty well though. Your mileage may vary.

I'm not endorsing or advertising them but the rapid repair folks have this kind of thing. They are 1.8 inch PATA drives for sure. 8-9mm for dual platter drives. Thinner of course for single platter. Expensive as heck though! See this link for reference. 240GB Hard Drive for iPod Video...

Yes, 5.5g ipod for the win! This is one of the best ipods for sure. The classic's sq is a bit too harsh and analytical as opposed to the 5g with its warmer sound. I miss my 5.5g

Is the only place to buy these TTVJ? How many of these things have already been sold?

Good SQ never goes out of style.

Its actually a crap shoot. Even if the hardware manufacturer is solid, lenovo, dell, hp, apple, etc, You still might end up with a system with a bad chip or two that might give you problems. Although someone says they have a dell or something for 5 years strong doesn't mean yours will. Maybe the...

Here are headfi, this is just preaching to the choir i'm afraid.

Anyone?

Isn't the omnia HD windows mobile?

I'm not sure why we would have seen that already. The zune 30 is not really anything special if you ask me.

I thought they both used cirrus chips. But if the iphone still uses wolfson dacs it might have more noise.

There have been mp3 players with no controls on the player before. This is just cool because it is tiny. Not that its for me because i like listening to entire albums at a time, but it would be interesting to use one for a while.

I have lots of flac files that I have on my computer and ipod. Because my ipod is only 30gb, however, flac is not the most practical format for portable music. I need to re encode to something else. I am thinking LAME mp3s. What is the best way to go about doing this where i can select a...