Kind of too much?

http://kennyg.com/ If it's not there anymore, there was a large b&w image of an obscure Star Wars robot??? Labeled "gonk" - is that the sound one of those Empire, Jabba or Jawa-owned robots made? Anyways, I felt it served as an appropriate metaphor for his music. His new "album" just came...

After going through all the supplied foam tips, I believe that the sound quality, seal, and isolation degrades after just one use. Even during the second use I can hear degradation from the first insertion. After several uses the sound and seal is more than just noticeably degraded. I made...

11 days & many hours of burning. Strengths: Good Build Quality and potential Durability - not as thick of a plastic construction as the V6s but good. The ear pads and head pad are replaceable. Good Sensitivity - these cans can be driven to healthy, loud levels (quality aside) by...

I noticed several Impulse! records classics on sale at Tower for $9.99 and $7.99 (usually $14.99 or $12.99) from Coltrane, Oliver Nelson, Mingus, and others. (even Diana Krall) Free shipping for orders over $49, too. I'm not an employee or even a fan of Tower, but I saw some really...

I don't know if it's the humdity or what, but the stock cords on both my 600s and ER-4S have progressively coiled over time. The stock cord on my 600s has coiled all the way up to my neck, to the point where head movements can induce a mild choking sensation. Now I see a familiar thing...

If Dr Meier came out with an 'improved' head-amp(s) what should it be like? -I would keep the main features, though I might omit the highest crossfeed setting. I don't think very many people use this setting. -I would also retain the Alps Blue pot and the generic, though less expensive...

I've done this more than once - left music playing while the 4S was not inserted in ear, the canalphones were in the carrying case but were still hooked into the amp & playing music. I'd take a break but forgot to turn off or stop the source. Is there any risk of damaging the transducer since...

I'm thinking of picking up Dave Douglas 'The Infinite'(supposed to be recorded in DSD, Chris Potter on there) Interested in thoughts on Kenny Garrett 'Happy People'. & I'm particularily interested in the Dave Holland Big-Band CD that is supposed to come out later this year. I will look...

The Ety website says: " 10 foam eartips Filter-changing tool with 4 filters " Headroom: "...2 pairs black foam tip; 2 green filters..." I assume the Headroom ad means 2 PAIRS of green filters, right? Also, why does the Headroom ad say 2 pairs of 'foamies' come with the Etys while...

"There's not much more we can tell you about the Sennheiser HD-600 you haven't heard before but here goes...PERFECTLY FLAT FREQUENCY RESPONSE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, detailed highs and tremendous bottom end, supremely musical and above all, the most comfortable pair of headphones you could ever...

I'm about ready to order some etys for use strictly with an amp, yet for some reason I'm thinking about the 4Bs The Etymotic graph shows about a 5db drop in the 4S 10khz response. It doesn't make sense to me that a difference of 5 db would make the 4Bs so bright as to be unconsidered for...

I was really skeptical about after market power cords. When I needed a cable for my newly aquired Corda I just bought a $3.99 computer cord from ratshack and thought it would do fine. Well, it sounded okay, but the frequency extremes in particular were somewhat muddy with the radio shack job...

This has been brought up before but I'll ask again: Is it better for euipment to left on all the time ?(putting aside costs of power consumption) Doesn't turning on and off components put strain on the parts inside or even lead to failure? Dosen't some euipment benefit sonically from being...

I heard their first CD recently, recorded in apartment incidently, and was floored by some serious cerebral funk, or 'intelli-funk' as I like to call music that floats between the jazz, soul, and funk spheres. Anyway, if you like intelligent groove music, not that hippie "jamband" crap, I...

It's for the mom's christmas present - performance and sound are both important.

I want to use my good ICs and a Y-Adapter to connect into a amp. Is this going to be degrading or harmful(directionality, imp of the adapter, etc.) ? I would rather buy an adapter for a few bucks and use my good ICs then shell out $20 for a decent PCDP IC. The directionality of this...

I went ahead and ordered some JJs for the X-Can. Here's a brief description of the differences vs. Jan Philips w/ 580s after a week or so with the JJ/Telsas: Bass: The bass of the JJs is a touch tighter, deeper, and dynamic. The stock Jan Philips is more bloated in the mid-bass in comparison...

or for as little as possible - Things like sine sweeps or warble tones so I can burn CDs and test my hearing and my euipment.

If anyone is familiar with Mapleshade recordings, then you how fanatical they are about sound - in fact, they recently introduced a custom line of cables and tweaks that claim to slay more expensive products, according to their website : http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/tweaks/index.html...

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I always take off the removable grills on my speakers, always thought they muted the sound. In fact, I usually leave them in the closet and only put them on the speakers when I have clumsy guests over. The grills main function appears to be to protect the speakers from physical harm or dust, at...

At PartsExpress.com I saw a "12 VAC 4500mA/54VA ADAPTOR" The 12VAC is what the Can uses, and the 4500ma is about 9 times bigger, but what does that "54VA" mean? When I looked at the picture it also said it was regulated? Anyone have any ideas on it...

If you have a model like the APC Smart UPS 700VA, couldn't you plug a couple of low current components into it, receive online power most of time, but when you wanted to listen, you could unplug the UPS from the wall and receive only battery power to your components(according to specs, you could...

I was wondering if it would be possible to run my components(SACD/CD and HeadAmp) off battery power without having to get rid of the tranie in the components and without doing mods on the components themselves. In other words, just plugging them in to into some battery power source that supplys...