The Idea There is an ever-growing number of IEMs on the market, and as such, an ever-growing number of users dissatisfied with the stock tips for particular IEMs. I thought it would be a good idea to create an index of tip and barrel sizes so that people can see what tips fit what IEMs. So...

The Bose QuietComfort 2? No. Try the Grado SR-325. The more I listen to these the more I realize how much these little Koss clip-ons blow them away. I liked them at first last week, but that was coming from my ER-6s. The more I listen the more I realize how terribly congested they are. They...

...sounds pretty ****ing cool. I've been dissapointed with my recent DT 990 purchase, and I can't get away from these old 414s. They lack bass, so I've compensated with equalization in Patchmix DSP on my E-MU 1212m. They don't distort or anything. Not the greatest sounding cans, lacking...

A while ago I shorted one of the TO-220 diodes to ground, and the STEPS died. I fiddled with it a bit, but I was about to leave for school (for 10 weeks) so I didn't bother. I'm home on break now, and since I needed to make a Mouser order anyway, I ordered four replacement diodes and a new...

I was thinking about building a remote control receiver for controlling music on my PC. The transmitter would be the universal AV remote that came with my Panasonic XR55...I figured I could use it's generic functions to act as next track, previous track, play/pause, stop and any other functions...

I use my analog outputs for headphones and my optical digital out for speakers via my Panasonic XR55. Is there any way to get a seperate mixer strip for both outputs or something? I want to be able to EQ each output differently, can this be done in any way?

Where's the treble?? Even with all the equalization in the world, I cannot get my new UM2s to produce any decent highs. My ER-6 have a much more clear, refined sound. The UM2s sound cheap and muddy. ER-6 MSRP is $140, UM2 MSRP is $450. What gives? I've been listening all day and I can't get over...

I'm looking for a cheap, sport FM tuner. By sport I mean tiny and armband style or something I can take jogging. I'd love to get an iAudio or iRiver, but I just don't have the money right now. I was hoping for something in the 20-40 dollar range at the most. Output quality and reception are...

I built a Millet Hybrid and a STEPS over a month ago. It worked great. But it was sitting in a cardboard box because I never finished building the chassis. Well, I did that a few weeks ago, and at the same time made all the connections modular so I could mount all the components easier. The...

...which just started yesterday. It's this weird staticy blip sound that occurs randomly during playback. Imagine like a midrange blip/chriping kind of sound with static over the top. Sometimes every few minutes, sometimes it keeps going and won't stop. It happens in any application using my EMU...

I've been searching all over and I can't seem to find the answer...is there any way to adjust the amount of crossfeed effect with the foobar2000 crossfeed plugin? I tried the latest version and it's fixed at 60 degrees. I heard the older versions allowed you to do this, but now it's fixed. I can...

So here's the deal - it'll cost about $50 for me to build a STEPS from Digi-Key. But then I realized I have a nice switching power supply from a small Compaq PC, one back before their era of suck. The specs say it should put out 51 watts of DC, with voltages ranging from -12v to 12v. Using the...

Lash splicing technique. I've used this technique a few times. The data on NASA's site is primarily regarding tensile strength, which doesn't really matter much for audio equipment, but when you're soldering wire onto a connector's provided solder tabs and the loop holes are too small or...

I'm planning to build my MINT in the tiniest Hammond enclosure possible. I've got my eye on the first model on this page, the 3.125x2.125x0.91" case. I believe another member already did this, in the "I can't put a MINT in the smallest Hammond...Lies!" thread. Using SketchUp, I modeled a MINT...

[I came up with an even easier and much more reliable method, read that at the bottom] As many of you know, there are a few ways to increase isolation with these tips, the most popular probably being the foam mod where you remove the foam part of a Shure tip and slide it over the rubber tip...

Yeah, the barrel sizes are different, but how different? Is the ER-6 barrel bigger or smaller, and by how much? Shure E2 flex sleeves fit my ER-6 just fine, a little loose, but I didn't lose them in my ears. I fastened them at first with a small copper wire twisted around the lower part of the...

I found the following while scrapping a while ago. Names link to pics of them. Panasonic SL-PJ324 Technics SL-PG100 Different brands, very similar model numbers, I'm guessing it's not a coincidence. Found zero results on these forums and few on Google, I think both are in the 10+ year old...

Okay, what the hell? McMaster-Carr usually has pretty good customer support. I was having trouble finding a certain corner bracket/cap that I'm not really sure what to call, so I e-mailed them. This is the response I got: Quote: Matt, Our entire product line is available on our...

Going by the cost estimates here, and ignoring that $75 for heatsinks is a complete ripoff if you know where to look, it adds up to $365. Now I keep hearing people say how expensive the Dynahi is...is that for DIY or a prebuilt aftermarket by like HeadAmp or Veda-Audio? HeadAmp's custom Dynahi...

I apologize if this is a repost, but I just noticed that Sennheiser USA has the HD650 cable for $14.53 after shipping right here. I'm posting this for several reasons. For one, it's a cheap replacement cable direct from Sennheiser. The cheapest I found with Froogle was at least $30. Two, I keep...

Ouch! It sounds terrible! This box used to be my main machine a few years back...it has an onboard Creative CT880, or Creative Soundblaster 128. The sound is extremely bright, with zero bass even after an EQ and mids are...not really there. There's like...well...it's just bad. I can't believe I...

Sorry to make another thread about this, but there are a few things I can't seem to find searching and I was hoping to get them cleared up. First of all, let mention that the ER-6 medium foamies are okay...they don't go in as far as they should, not nearly as far as the biflanges, but the...

What's an appropriate voltage for a standard PIMETA (all the standard parts listed on tangent's site, nothing special) with AD843s biased into class A? I did some searching and I've seen people with around 16 or 24 volts. Two 9v batteries in series seems to be appropriate, so I would assume 18v...

So I was reading this and the following cought my eye. Quote: Can I use my Audigy 2/zs EAX effects by passing the signal through via SPIF to my E-MU soundcard ? YES! - Simply connect the audigy to the E-MU and set the E-MU sample rate to 48khz. You will of course only get 2-channel...

...or similar quality headphone. Is there such a thing that is portable? It would have to be behind the next or an earbud, I can't have a headband when biking. I don't want to spend much more than 30 or 40 dollars, so good earbuds are probably out of the picture. Are there any good behind the...