I just brought home a new Asus laptop, which I love in almost every way except... it sounds terrible. Both the oddly located speakers and the headphone out jack which makes even Skullcandies sound thin and bassless. Uuuughhh. It's the K601 model, purchased for $549 from Best Buy. My question...

So I have a bit of an unsolvable issue. It has somehow pervaded through three different sound devices, both internal and external. And so far as I can tell the problem isn't coming from any of those devices. Basically, I get some crackle and pop when scrolling, clicking to minimize a window...

My 1TB external hard drive has started glitching lately. Accessing certain folders results in a never-ending attempt to load which eventually freezes explorer and slows down my whole system. Oddly enough, the files in these folders are accessible from other programs and seem fine so.. not sure...

Right now I am using the two front speakers (in 2ch stereo mode) that came with my Yamaha HTR-6030 Receiver, which I purchased at the beginning of 2008. Never bothered with the rear speakers, lost the cord to my sub when moving things around and I don't even know why I stopped using the center...

I've had a 4GB Sansa Clip+ for several months but only ended up using it a few times at the gym. Now that my ipod is pretty much out of commission, I have made it my main PMP. I've been using explorer to add individual mp3 files for a while but that method is becoming messy. The only way to...

A little background here. I do have friends, a few anyway. But what with people moving away, growing apart, etc. my network of friends is growing smaller. I'm down to three actual friends left, one of whom is busy with her boyfriend 90% of the time. This wouldn't be so bad. I can and have been...

And I'm unemployed so nothing fancy. No USB DACs for this boy. Right now, I have this thing, which I got on the cheap this spring. It worked fine, as well as can be expected until recently. The s/pdif out still works most of the time but the headphone port gives me nothing. Not sure what the...

I live a little too far from the city to have many options so I am stuck with Comcast, in my experience the worst ISP one can be connected with. The connection speed is unreliable. I occasionally get 2mbps which is nice, but kind of rare. Upload is complete **** at times. And this bandwith...

It looks like my Classic is on the way out so I'm in the market for a new player. I've done some research and the S9 looks to be the best deal. I'd like to get it before my birthday on the 6th though and there is no way in hell Amazon will ship it before then. So any ideas on an actual store I...

I constantly find myself in a situation thinking "Gosh, I wish I could take a picture of that and capture it forever". At times I've tried, with a digital snapshot camera or with my cell-phone. The results are never satisfactory, especially if it's of the sky or the forest or anything far away...

As of sometime last year, I am a huge Smiths fan. I really love their music, both for the instrumentations and vocals and for the brilliant and relatable lyrics. There are some songs though, I have always wondered what they would sound like done differently? With different vocals, especially. I...

So I'm having some serious PC issues. To be honest, it hasn't been in full form for a while but I tried to ignore the little bugs and glitches until now, when it's just too much to cope with. First, it occasionally restarts itself. Not too frequently but every once in a while I will wake up...

As I mentioned in my other thread, I'm in the market for a new laptop. I always planned on giving my current one, a 13" MacBook, to my mom at that time since she's eager to learn how to use a computer and surf the web researching things. But Mother's Day is tomorrow, I do have a PC which is my...

So I am in the market for a new laptop. I currently have a 1st Gen white MacBook but I'm looking to sync up my stationary and portable computing lives. So yes, I'm looking for a pc. My main requirements are a 14" screen and long battery life, as well as something lightweight. I will be using it...

Hey guys, I need a little help here. I am planning on installing Win7 on my PC, which requires me to make a partition. I am pretty sure I know how to do that and that it shouldn't damage anything currently on my HDD. But just in case... I'd like to make a backup list of all the programs on my...

Though I've tried to pick up what I can here and there about headphone amps, my knowledge is unreliable at best. I'm not even 100% sure I am posting in the right forum. :x I'm actually not planning to use this thing with a DAP or anything. Just going for something small-ish and cheap-ish...

I bought this thing off of Amazon recently, as it was pretty cheap and the few reviews I found mentioned no glaring faults. It also works with vista, something a number of sound cards have an issue with. It was sold and shipped by Tiger Direct, which meant no Amazon Prime for me. It also...

My cheapo Best Buy brand 5.1 soundcard is not only malfunctioning in the optical department but also preventing my computer from booting down or rebooting correctly. I know this because I uninstalled it and deleted drivers and suddenly my PC was powering off and on smoothly. What I need is a...

I love my SR60s. I honestly bought them more as an experiment than anything else. I'm always hearing how Grado is the antithesis of Sennheiser (more or less), whom I own the most cans by, so I guess I wanted to test the waters. After adjusting to the fit and the rather different adjustment...

Do they have one? I'd really hate to lay down $100 for the MS-1s and then find I cant bare wearing them only to be stuck with them. And of course there is no way to demo them. P.S. I asked this in the MS-1 thread but I figured I might get an answer more easily this way.

Hey guys, I've had The Joshua Tree by U2 for a few years and it's one of the classics for sure. I picked up a copy of the original 1987 pressing from Tower Records when they were having their closedown sale though, and I'm curious to know how the remastered version sounds? I love the original...

Any of you guys own them? What can you tell me about them? I have the AD700 and love the Audio-Technica sound but I've never tried one of their closed headphones so I am very curious.

I have two Seagate external HDDs, a 500GB and a 1TB which is less than a week old. Both are very warm to the touch when powered on. I can't gauge the temp exactly but let's just say a human would be dead if they ran a temp that high. It's not warm enough to burn but not very pleasant to the...

I want to change the lighting in my room a bit to be more suited for my night-time habits. The bare super-bright halogen bulbs tend to get on my nerves, make the room feel hot and occasionally blind me. I'm thinking something soft, cold but sufficiently bright. Do LEDs work well for actual...

So I just recently installed a cheap Dynex (best buy house brand) 5.1 sound card in my computer for the optical output option, which I am now using. And I don't know if it's the card itself or the optical cable but... Everything sounds generally kind of 'frigid'. I can keep the volume on my...