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i have recently acquired some grado 325i's and have gotten bittne by the bug. now i want to get some nice closed phones to go along with my new grados and my old, but trusty SONY MDR-7506's. what are some reccommendations for closed phones (so i dont bother my roommate) at around a 300-400 price...

how do i use signal passthrough on my HK AVR235? im hooking a headphone amp up to it so i want the sound unaltered. (i lost my manual) Thanks, Nat

any chance/way i can hook my hda mystique up to my cases front panel? Nat

i searched in google and howstuffworks.com to no avail. what is the difference between an amp and a preamp? also do you use the two simultaneously? or only one or the other? and also what is the benefit of a preamp? thanks, Nat

LaRocco Audio Headpohone ampanyone used or heard one? how do they sound? im looking for PPA amp. previous spending limit was 150 but now am willing to spend up to $500, any suggestions on headphone amps fro around 500? Nat

so my computer is working fine, and then all of a sudden one day i it wont get past the windows boot up, it just freezes, then restarts. then shortly after that (maybe 5 restarts later) it starts saying i have no boot device installed, so i check the BIOS and it isnt recognizing 4 of my 6 SATA...

so im building a desk and i want to build in a UPS witha battery that will give me roughly half an hour of time to backup my stuff before going out. the APC site has a configurator where you can enter you system specs and it says which UPCs will cover that, problem is, im going to want to plug...

so im building a new HT speaker setup (reciever and speakers) ad im looking to hook my computer up to it. The HDA Mystique is what im planning on buying, but i do a little gaming, so what difference will the absence of EAX make? like, what exactly is it, and what will i notice differently? for...

so i have the original klipsch speakers, and the woofer doesnt have the typical woofer out on it, it has this plug that looks almost like a microphone plug (like s-video almost). any ideas on how to attach this to my ACR 235? i can take pictures of the plugs if need be. Nat

What spec (if any) should i look at before, and what signals after i buy speakers should i look for that will tell me what volume level they will blow (break) at? Nat

im tryign to hook my computer up to my reciever throught he optical out on my ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe motherboard, any ideas how to turn the optical out on? Nat

Okay so this is two questions. firstly, i hear alot about how much difference cabling makes... what is a good speaker cabling brand for say.... $5 a foot (is that too low). secondly, someone reccommended the SVS subwoofers to me... they seema bit pricey. im looking to drop probably 500-600...

like the title says, who whould i contact to get a replacement BIOS chip for my ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe, would it be Newegg, or ASUS. the whole board doesnt need to be RMA'd the BIOS just got screwed while was flashing it. also how much would this cost me? thanks, Nat

my 2405 has ben sweet, let me just start with that. but i just hooked it up to my laptop through D-sub, and text is a little blurry... any ideas why? Nat

im building a home theater surround sound system and i want ot hook up my computer to it. i kow they mystique is cheap/easily and gracefully connected to any reciever. but the x-fi is so new and has some other cool features. my question is firsly which would you recommend, and if it is the x-fi...

I have been looking at and listening to the B&W DM602 S3s and they sounded great, but there was no hiphop at the audio store (very upper class "we only sell speakers to white collar crime committers" place) anywho they blew me away when i put some jazz on, some ladysmith black mombazo, some U2...

THis is a slight repost, but last post got moved to HD forum, which i dont think was the issue, i just mentioned some HD stuff in the beginning that was not necessary. Heres my problem, after it finishes the initial boot sequence (lists the processor speed, amount or ram, all the installed...

I just ordered an H/K AVR 235 reciever and have just been looking around, and it seems to be a kick ass reciever except most others have much more wattage. now, i dont really know what mattage means per se, but i am led to believe that wattage could equate to volume. i asked a while back if thei...

so i had a HD that failed, and thanks to WDs sweet RMA policy i got one 2 days later, but only recently, due to moving to school, have i ben able to boot it up and get a chance to install linux/windows back on it. Heres my problem, after it finishes the initial boot sequence (lists the...

so im reformatting and i have alot of email in outlook 2003. it is sometimes years old but is of financial nature, so i do want all of it. My question is, where does microsoft keep my mail saved, so i can back them up and reinsert them after i reformat and have all my mail. also, the reason im...

Im looking to buy some B&W 601's either online, or in the Chicagoland area. I cant locate a dealer through their website as it only has options for teh UK and europe. Also, i cant seem to find a dealer online even! they are all .co.uk sites, and i dont want to pay shipping from the UK, sorry...

As dell buys in huge volume, they have the Canon DSLR cameras for a pretty nice price for someone who is guaranteed not to pull bait and switches etc, for which many online discount camera retailers are famous. i was wondering if anyone had any coupons that apoor college photographer could use...

whats the differecne betweent he MSI 7800GTX and the Lite version? seems the same to me besides maybe the package (software etc.) but i want to make sure before i order the lite and get a clocked down version or something. thanks in advance Nat

I just isntalled Ubuntu on my laptop and i have to say... ehhhh. on th4e desktop it gets a big thumbs up, but i am realizing that there are some features to windows that will be missed, smalla s they may be. And here is where you come in. first, how do i turn off the damn touchpad tap-click in...

i used to use BeOS which was amazing, but then they went under or got bouht out or some such deal, and it has reemerged as YellowTab... anyone used it who can comment on it? id like to stop with Ubuntu and get YellowTab if it is a decent OS.

i have a system based on the Lian-Li V1100 case which is somethign im VERY pleased with. only problem is that the SATA cables have to go a long way and they are a little tight. id like longer ones os i can tuck them away instead of having them stretched afross my RAM etc. bottom line: do longer...

so, i think one of my drives is starting to fail. randomly... usually sometime after my computer has been on for several hours, but beyond that randomly, i hear an intermittant clicking sound, as if the drive is seeking very fast, probably 10 times, about 2 seconds in between, adn then my...

planning on buying an x-fi when it comes out in the coming weeks, but i am also building a new speaker system for my computer and home theater. I am lookign for a good reciever/amp to plug them into that will also have a good AM/FM tuner, as well as a good way to plug my computer into them. (im...

is there a way to add RF or IR remote to 2405FPW? like so that my monitor (which i use for my home theater too) can switch inputs and change PiP options form a remote? thanks, Nat

I am currently running the rig in my sig (that rhymed). and am goign ot have about $1200 to drop on some upgrades... what woudl you suggest i upgrade? The following are what i am considering the most heavily, but new suggestions are accepted: another gig of RAM new Graphics card new processor...

Im lookign ot buy an arm when i order the 2405FPW, as i will be swivelign it to face my couch, as well as my desk chair. Which ones can you guys reccommend (links are ideal) and why? Thanks in advance, Nat

I recently got a dual layer DVD burner. Now, want to do a fresh install of windows and all necessary drivers/utilities/apps that i keep on my boot drive. Then i want to make an image of this and burn it onto a DVD so that whenever i want to reformat, i dont have to install windows, then office...

Probably asked a thousand times, but i figured a quick answer would be all i needed. What IS the difference betweena Toledo core and a Manchester core? Nat

I just installed a new motherboard (ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe) and the aforementioned DVD burner at the same time. Bottom line is i cant get the drive to work so i can install my motherboard drivers. i plugged it inot a friends machine so i could flash the new firmware onto it, which i did, but still...

I know i can search in google and get a bunch, but when i try to appply themn they are already exp[ired (user cap, or even date) any hints on where i can sign up, or go in order to be the first to ge a coupon? i really want the 2405FPW and have been eyeing it for a while, but the coupons all...

i notice on newegg all the agp 6800GTs are listed as supporting OGL 1.5, yet the PCI-E versions say 2.0... is this an accident or was the core actually changed a l;ittle for the PCI-E version?