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  3. noob req source advice

    in Home Source Components

    Posted

    An ipod is a good choice, and works reasonably well with ER4P. If that's your primarly listening environment, I wouldn't worry about an amp. If you plan on listening in other locations too, contact mexican dragon about his SuperMacro v1. It was built with the ER4P in mind, and I'm sure he could be talked into selling it fairly cheaply.

    I am a complete noob at this. I have been lurking the forum, but I am confused. Most of the discussion is way over my head.

    My goal is to get a reasonably nice setup to use while on my exercise bike at home.

    I think I have decided on a pair of etymotic ER-4P In Ear Monitors because I need the isolation, the bike is very noisy. (see link http://www.head-case.org/index.php?topic=1097.0)

    I don't have a clue what to use for a source, or an amp.

    I am presently using an older dvd player with a headphone jack, but it won't play anything but a pressed disc, no CD-R's.

    My budget for a source and amp is pretty low, maybe $300, but less is better.

    I am reasonably computer literate, and can download and convert file formats, burn discs, and use flash memory without a problem.

    Should I just get an Ipod?

    Would I need an amp with an Ipod, or is the IEM efficent enough I don't need an amp?

    Would a $50 Cmoy amp off of ebay, with the gain customized by the builder, work well with these?

    What about using a portable CD player, or an inexpensive home DVD player with a Cmoy?

    Or would a pc be a good source?

    I wouldn't mind doing some reading, if you could direct me to a "audio for idiots" website.

    Thanks a lot.

    Danny

  4. Apocalyptico = insane

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    well, he made this big to do about just how incredibly accurate the film was. i liked the movie, i just found the historical inaccuracies in the face of Gibson's claims to be irritating.

    So how do you know the historians you're believing are more accurate than the historians he was using? I haven't seen the movie, but just because not everyone agrees on his facts doesn't mean he's wrong. It's not like we have great records from mayan times.

  6. Modest Noob Question :P

    in Headphones

    Posted

    Anyways, as anyone can see Im new here. *blush*

    So, Hi?

    I have about 130 CAD to spend on some semi-decent cans this week. Any suggestions? I've looked at the senn 280, and grado 60. Id like to know in your honorable opinions which one is the nicer choice.

    For that budget, assuming you don't have a way to listen first, I'd buy a pair of allessandro MS1s.

  7. funny $hit

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I tend not to swear just for the sake of it, prefer to use the occasional word to highlight a point.... much more effective than filling every sentence with swearwords just cause you can. Thanks for the advice though ;)

    There are people who don't understand the difference between can and should. That's ok tho, we won't ban them, just disdain them.

    We've mostly gotten beyond the stream of curse words just because they're not banned here. We still haven't gotten past some of the headfi bashing, but hopefully one day the fuel for that fire won't be so prevalent.

  8. Show us your bird.........

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    My family is making Lamb and King Crab instead of the usual Turkey, I'd have to say I'm looking forward to the change.

    I'm having king crab legs and standing rib roast. I love being in alaska, you should see these crab legs...bigger around than my baby's leg.

  11. Linux ???

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Not natively, but you can via wine, again a weakness of developers and not the Linux system itself. Everyday, Linux is (on the average) gaining marketshare, and I really think you will see more and more gains when Vista rolls out. This, of course, is just one man's opinion.

    I'm sorry, vista won't make more developers switch to linux. Linux being used by people willing to pay for software is what will get developers writing for linux. In otherwords, some business software, but almost no games. And it will stay like that forever.

  15. Best currently available closed headphone?

    in Headphones

    Posted

    The hd25 senns that were recommended up are worth a try. Also if you can get your hands on woodified CD3000, they are also worth consideration. The regular CD3000s were too bright for my taste but, maybe a laid back amp may work.

    For reference, I have not heard any beyer cans, (the ones Dusty mentioned, I need to get together with him to to this someday) or the koss either.

    cheers.

    Woodied CD3000s with PS1 drivers are spectacular, as well...

    the woodied headphile 770s when paired with the right amp sound better than they have any right to.

  18. Headamp GS-1 or Gilmore Lite?

    in Headphone Amplification

    Posted

    Isn't the dynahi a much higher output version of a dynalo? Isn't it the same circuit give or take a bit? Shouldn't that mean that in some ways the dynalo will actually be better if it has enough power for your headphones?

    With nothing else changed, higher power available at the same gain seems like it would be the preferrable situation. Unless you don't like heat.

  24. Headamp GS-1 or Gilmore Lite?

    in Headphone Amplification

    Posted

    Way more important than the quality of the DAC is that you're electrically isolating the dac from the computer. I've got a CEC DA53, which is a great dac and has USB in, but I still prefer to feed it from the airport instead, so that I eliminate possible interference. It's a growth path that doesn't leave you stuck with a piece of equipment you won't want later, unlike most compromise gear.

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