hey guys, i was wondering if any one else has had issues moving from etymotic er-6's to anything else with a three flange tip? i just cant seem to get a good seal with the three flange tips... in fact, i've been listening to my brothers er-6i's for about 24 hours now and my initial...

been a while since ive posted around here guys but its good to be back. i had to stop reading because my wallet was getting a bit scrawny... now, with the sudden death of my etymotic er-6's...my first set of hifi buds...im ready to open my wallet once more. but first, some details on the...

hey head-fi'ers. Many of you may have gotten this notice already or even seen it in the news. A class action lawsuit against apple regarding the performance of the battery in the first, second and third gen iPods has been settled. The outcome? Free batteries for all! No, just kidding. Third gen...

hey guys, im on the hunt for a threaded male to female or male (i dont care) mini jack. it can come on a cable (preferably less than 6") or just be a terminal for me to make my own cables. it can even be on an adapter (male to male, male to female). the key is that i have somethng (cable...

Hey guys, long time since ive been around. I had an idea recently to do a study on how well people can actually tell the difference between different bitrates of encoded music [i.e. ordering 64, 128, 192, 256, and 320kbs mp3s of the same song by perceived quality] I'm trying to configure...

is any head-fi'ers goin to quakecon? if you dont know what quakecon is head to http://www.quakecon.org to find out more. just thought it would be cool for us to know, mebbe meet up, go out for dinner or something.

straight from /. fellas: "The PC Magazine reviews 14 digital music players that can play MP3, WMA or AAC files. The editor's choice among the models compared includes Apple iPod Mini and iRiver iFP-390T. The editors decided to conduct a single review of both Flash- and HDD-based music...

I'm using cdex + lame mp3 codec to rip my music. in the settings there is an option to choose the VBR quality. what exactly does this mean? what is "better?" 1 or 9? also, what exactly does it do? it sounds like its setting its affinity to default to a higher bitrate or lower bitrate? what...

i think i found a deal on a working and in good condition sl-1300. is 100 used for this a good deal? here is the description: sl-1300 w/ direct drive [my parents have this but i dont know what it is, i know it has something to do with keeping the rotation speed constant] shure m95ed...

ive been looking to buy a used turntable for a while now. im still not sure what to get though. im not looking for high end yet i just need something i can play music on. my budget is a strict 100 dollars for the turntable + more for the pre-amp ill need. so far ive been looking at used technics...

i just got my ipod a couple weeks back and i was thinking of trying out a bunch of these other apps that work with the ipod. i was wondering what all of them are. ive heard of anapod explorer by red chair software and ephpod. any others? i figure this thread could be a nice place to collect this...

ive had my ipod for about 2 or 3 weeks now and ive been using it a lot. after two month research project on HD mp3 players i finally settled on the 40gb 3rd gen ipod for various reasons. first, i like the ipod. second, frys didnt have anything else in stock and i had to get rid of that gift...

straight from this slashdot entry, a bit of news about the stuff being shown at CES in vegas: Since I'm in the market for a portable Ogg Vorbis player, I've asked at several of the manufacturer's booths whether they plan to support it, and specifically whether they will sell CD-based units...

from /. "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Todd Bishop reports on what's billed as an iPod-killer: the Microsoft Portable Media Center line of digital media players that 'will store and play back video, music and photos.' The devices are expected to be demonstrated at CES this week. Hardware...

ive been searching ebay for a while but i cant seem to find just what i want. to be honest i dont even know much about turntables. my parents have a technics sl-qx300 and it sounds damn good to me so im trying to find one of those used. of course, ive tried ebay but does anyone know of any...

just wondering where people hold they're players when they're on the go? ive seen a lot of people put their cell fones in their back pocket which i just cant understand. if i did that id crush my cell. so where do you keep your player? you guys find anything annoying about holding your player...

this is straight from my website so forgive the lack of technicality. remember my research for a good mp3 player? yes you do. at the bottom of that post i talked a little about headphones. i got my headphones [or rather, earphones] in about a week ago. my initial reaction was skeptical but...

does anyone here use notmad explorer with their jukebox? specifically the zen series. they advertise a lot of enhancements including performance [like file transfer rates] and things like a webserver. it sounds to me like all this stuff is actually ON the player which sounds pretty cool but...

first off, ive tried to gather as much data on both these head phones as possible but im still having trouble making up my mind. my question is what are yalls opinions on each of these headphones [er-6 and e2]. im shopping for extreme portability, comfort [yeah i know, in ear is generally...

hey guys, just wanted to share something i found on the net a long time back. http://www.meetup.com is a bunch of people that organize meetups for people w/ similar interets. i found out they do meetups for people into hifi so i thought id post the site here. http://hifi.meetup.com/ enjoy =D

im looking to buy a hd mp3 player. this will be my first buy so im looking for advice. after reading though the forums, various reviews and taking a look at pictures ive pretty much narrowed down my choices to the zen xtra or a g3 ipod. hd space isnt a big issue here since anything over 10gigs...