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Posts Tagged ‘audio’

Headphones Part 3: Grado SR225

It’s been awhile in coming, but I think today’s going to be the day I write part 3 in my series of headphone reviews. The deciding factor has been a renewed interest in my Grado SR225s brought about by the sudden and shocking death of my beloved Koss Portapro headphones which finally gave up the [...]

Project Gotham 4 Audio Problems

This year I upgraded my Xbox360’s hard-drive. I decided to get one of the big ones so I could transfer games to it and cut down on load times and hopefully, spare the DVD drive from an early death due to all the thrashing. I loaded up a bunch of games and everything was good.
Then [...]

Headphones Part 2 – Shure SE530

A few weeks ago, I posted the first of a three-part headphone review. This is the second.
For the past five years or so, the Shure E3 headphones (now called SCL3) had been my sound delivery weapon of choice for serious business. Developed for stage use, they quickly became popularized for portable audio for their excellent [...]

On Headphones: Part 1 – Koss Portapros

It is no secret that I am something of a technology slut. I like gadgets and gear, particularly stuff that relates to audio. I have a few iPods and I love listening to music on them. The experience is mediated by the quality of the headphones you plug into them and the quality of the [...]

Altec Lansing IM600

I’ve been shopping around for an iPod dockable portable speaker system for awhile. Some friends have Altec Lansing boom-boxes that they are pretty happy with so I looked to see what they have available. For $150 I ordered the im600 from the Apple Store and after figuring out my new address, they had it [...]

PowerMac repo

No, I am not talking about the Repo Man coming into my house and taking away my aging PowerMac G5 (aka “hitomi”). Nope, I’ve repUrposed the machine as a sort of bedroom home-entertainment hub. Disconnected from my command center, I moved it upstairs and hooked it up to the 32″ Toshiba LCD screen and NAD [...]