Audio Accessories

As the title says, I'm needing a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter so I can get rid of the cheap/awful buds that came with my cell phone and use some decent IEM's. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble finding these. Radio Shack(mine anyway) and the cell phone companies in my area don't have any. I ordered an expensive one ($20) from Pocket PC Techs only to find that it was defective upon arrival so back it went. I see lots of adapters in mono but I'm not finding a lot of options for stereo. Anyone have one that they're happy with? Where did you find it? Any help would be appreciated.

SignalCable risers -- they should use different pictures, this one puts me in mind of the shell game:

http://gear.ign.com/articles/723/723296p1.html A picture is worth a thousand words in this case.

I have a friend who works at Circuit City. Earlier this year we were talking about making him a line stabilizer and he started egging me on to get a power conditioner. Well I am going on a cruise next summer, so all of my cash is tied up there so I mentioned I couldn't buy for at least a year. So he calls me yesterday. "I have a Monster Power Center, you want it?" "How Much?" "$40" "...!" I had to jump all over this. http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/details/752246098 That is the center I got. For $40 I figured I couldn't go wrong.

I was informed that they were stopping production. Anyone know what's going to replace it if anything?

I recently added a monster power conditioner to my system and I was rather surprised at the results. (http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=168069) I wasn't expecting much if any improvements as I purchased the power conditioner mostly on impulse. It made more difference in my system than I've ever gotten from swaping out ICs or changing tubes (although my hybrid isn't all that responsive to tube changes). I am curious to hear others thoughts about power conditioning.

Nice Sola MCR Iso transformer, DH Labs power cable, with a box and some outlets and plug I stole from my brother-in-law. It regluates, isolates, filters, and steps up and down should I need it

In my new source/transport thread Yikes made an interesting point, that optical is an inferior solution to coaxial (or something to that extent I suppose). Why is that?

Hi Guys, I want to end up in heaven , not hell , so please tell me which is better. Of course I reserve the right to change my mind, so as not to be narrow minded.

ok so i got a pair of xhadow female xlr plugs in the house and man they do sound better than the furutech rhodiums for half the price. anyone fancy a pair of used furutechs for like 25 bucks? anyway, xhadow cardas vs zu mobius should be interesting.

umm i just got some carbon/steel/corian pads from mike wolff for my minidac. placebo, snakeoil or not, i don't know, but they seem to quiet down the background a bit, and the sibilance seems to be weaker now.

These cables are fucking great! Other than the Head-Case style intro, this is the same review I posted on Head-Fi to make known Alex's fine work. Enjoy, or don't. At all three of the meets I have attended, I have used various cables made by Alex, aka ayt999, and I have been impressed with his work. At the recent Saratoga meet, I sampled three different mini-mini cables that he was working on, and talked to him about his idea of opening a "shop" on Mall-Fi. I said I would be happy to be one of his first customers and asked him to make me a mini-RCA cable for use with an iPod dock. When I received the mini-RCA last week, Alex also had included three new mini-mini …

wow, this is probably the real deal. it has replaced my wolff gain on the running springs haley power conditioner. wonder how does it fare against the vh audio airsine...

I know these are still pretty new but has anyone tried one yet: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=S15 ?? My power here is pretty bad, it's not particularly dirty but during the summer the voltages will often drop below 100. I figure something like this could be quite useful for brownouts and the like.

Sorry for those who thought this was a review Anyways, the tax refund means I get to upgrade some components. With the addition of a DAC and an entry-level Monster power conditioner from the 'Gon, I'm going to try some power cables for real this time. Since I'll be buying two, I've narrowed my choices down to those in the thread title. I can get both for $118 shipped (from SignalCable and AudioAdvisor), so that means I'm looking for the better of the two. Try not to turn this thread into a huge mess, at least until the first 6 constructive posts or so ^ That's a sweet ass smiley!

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/117389.html gee this guy's rig probably sounds pretty weird. i thought mike wolff's cables are already borderline 'warm'.