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avgjoe
12-16-2006, 12:28 PM
Cables out of the question. He made his own from silver. He has an ipod, a pair of maggies, a benchmark dac1, a laptop, anything u can think of. I was thinking of getting the X-Fi XMOD for him but i dunno if he's going to use it because he's already connected his laptop to his maggies via an external sound card.

elapsed
12-16-2006, 12:38 PM
Get him Grado SR60 or SR80 headphones :)

avgjoe
12-16-2006, 12:40 PM
Would you know if they would be available at any local stores? I looked online for grados at circuitcity and bestbuy but unfortunately they don't have them. I'm 17 so I don't have a credit card hence can't buy online...

bubbagump
12-16-2006, 12:49 PM
A t-amp: http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/t-amp_e.html

A Rio Forge with a 1GB sd card: http://system.s2gstore.com/site/RioAudio/index.htm

A Sirius Sportster with car kit: http://www.siriusspecials.com/index.html

A pair of Insignia KEF clones: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7705307&st=speakers&type=product&id=1138085354138

Mike Anderson
12-16-2006, 02:16 PM
How about a gift certificate from his favorite place to buy music?

Daedilus
12-16-2006, 02:37 PM
a pair of Monster Power AV-200's with stage one clean power circuitry... one for behind the TV, one for behind the equipment... If he doesnt already have line conditioners...

http://www.monstercable.com/power/productPagePower.asp?pin=1143&LastPage=Home%20Theater%20Power

Dusty Chalk
12-17-2006, 04:45 AM
That's a really good suggestion -- one can't have enough clean power.

basite
12-17-2006, 08:04 AM
How about a gift certificate from his favorite place to buy music?

+1 for that.

always useful.

emorphien
12-17-2006, 05:36 PM
That's a really good suggestion -- one can't have enough clean power.
I feel like I just swam in a sea of sarcasm.

The Tahitijack
12-17-2006, 05:37 PM
A few choice cds or as said earlier cash card for a music store.

On my cd list right now:

Love.......The Beatles

add to that

Anthology....Box Sets by
Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
Carlos Santana
Eagles
Rolling Stones
Fleetwood Mac

Most of the above have audio quality equal to the performance level of the artist.
You should be able to put a few together to meet the $70 budget.

Daedilus
12-17-2006, 07:37 PM
damn hippies :P :ciappa: *just kidding*

Dusty Chalk
12-18-2006, 04:01 AM
I feel like I just swam in a sea of sarcasm.No, I just phrased it awkwardly.

GMichael
12-18-2006, 01:57 PM
Music!
CD's? LP's? The gift cert may be the best bet unless you know of a couple of disks he's been wanting.

Rock&Roll Ninja
12-19-2006, 07:52 PM
How about a gift certificate from his favorite place to buy music?
+1

Yes a gift certificate is a cop-out gift, but one he's sure to use & enjoy!

avgjoe
12-27-2006, 06:56 PM
Well guys, I ended up spending approximately 20 dollars more and got him shure e2c headphones. He was thrilled! Thanks for all the info.