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Gold: Gold is a hedge against Inflation. Gold is not a hedge against Equity markets. It may have worked in recent years due to Helicopter Ben, but it has not always. Here is the analysis of last ten years of returns: http://www.vips.edu/vjr_causal.pdf Another one...

Peter Lynch's book is good. Most people shy away from stock markets and rightly so. It is risky, but most (but not all) of the risk comes from not knowing what to do. In my experience, there is no particular method that works for everybody. Every one needs to find a method that is tailored for...

I am hearing good things about Chord Hugo. It is unobtanium for me though! I am still on board with getting a X5. The few other DAPs I am waiting to read more about are Clip Sport (as a replacement for my Clip+), Calyx M (which is still a mystery), the rumored successor to Sony ZX1. I have not...

@Ritvik, I tried it with iPhone 5, iPad 3 too. But, I did not get any hiss. I have notified Piotr about your issue. Guess he would get in touch you soon.

Honest answer. It depends! Because there ARE costlier products in audio which are terrible (like audiophile players which suck when it comes to daily use) or not suited for your preferences (and the second part is very, very important). Nothing costlier than $150 in IEM world is going to justify...

Though many on head-fi will tell you that using HD800 with the lowly STX is blasphemy, I would say that you have done the right thing by going for HD800. Once you have the headphone taken care of, the rest is incremental upgrade in the form of DAC-Amp etc., But, yes! in DAC/Amp too, once you...

First up, a disclosure to let you know where I am coming from. See the posts here and here. What is so great about it? HD800 is generally considered to be the best dynamic headphone out there. One man's 'necessity' is another man's criminal waste of money. All hobbies are like that and audio...

@raksrules, There was a bundle offer in Flipkart for 58K or so recently. @sjaveri, What is the current setup feeding HD800? And what are your initial impressions?

Piotr finished the rebuild in five days flat. We are not kidding when we talk about Piotr's CS :p. See updated first post.

I tried it briefly with UHA6S, but did not notice any distracting amount of hiss. Let me try it with other sources and update this post in the night. @Ritvik, What are the sources you have tried them with? Clip+, Cowon X9, Sony E353, Arrow 3G, UHA6S: No Hiss iPod Video 5.5G: Yes, there is hiss

Got back my left piece. In a way, I am very glad that I went for two CIEMs instead of one. Music Two contrasts 4C very well and adds foot tapping fun to music. More impressions as and when I get time.

Vocals and wide sound stage - E30. I didn't compare them side by side, but I got the feeling that C-12 has more sub-bass compared to M2?

@toxicdrift, How about i-fi iCan Nano? The one problem I see is that the inputs are at the back, while HO is in the front. I don't know if you can wait longer. I'm waiting to see how Geekout turns out. There would be at least a few who would have expected the sky and got disappointed / got...

Yeah! The Lear LCM BD4.2 (and LUF universal). I have been watching that thread. It's well beyond my range @ $1400 though!

At best, the next version of SoC will be used with Clip Sport and if they release it, the next upgrade to Fuze+. The sound has been confirmed to be the same. Since I skipped upgrading to Clip Zip, the jump in screen size + the additional 8GB capacity on the go will be useful for me. The latest...

I know what my first Black Friday purchase for this year will be! 16GB Sansa Clip Sport (hopefully Rockbox would be available by then) :D Anybody here following Discovery thread? Seems like there is a lot happening in the sub-$100 range. Anybody owns Xiaomi Pistons?

Unfortunately, I cannot give you quick impressions at this time. I couldn't listen enough to form the right opinion. My left ear has a minor issue (cable comes off easily) and I should send it back to Piotr today or tomorrow. The only things I could observe in that short period was that the bass...

Introduction On the second working day of the second week of the second month of the year at 4 PM, my calling bell rang. This is the second time the UPS franchisee has delivered a package to my address. I eagerly opened the UPS cover, inside which there was a second cover. It contained a...

For the second week running, I got something from Noble Audio on Saturday. The cable was routed through Professional couriers and hence, delivery was delayed by a day, but it was still faster than the 4C courier. After changing the cable, I briefly tested to check both channels. But, I did not...

Banshee is indeed highly addictive. But the last episode was odd - more style than substance with most of the cast missing.