I've got a pair of Sennheiser HD495s that I just love to death, but lately I have been having a problem. It seems like the cable isn't making good contact with the headphones. If I jiggle or bend the smaller end around a bit while it's plugged in, it seems like it will make contact. Normally...

Communic - Conspiracy in Mind Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment, and Liquid Tension Experiment 2. Dream Theater without vocals pretty much. Pain of Salvation - All of their albums are pretty damn good, but Be is more of an orchestrated play than a metal album and 12:5 is...

Needs more Akercocke. Choronzon is my pick of their albums. You also forgot Emperor and Pig Destroyer.

In addition to Spock's Beard, Freak Kitchen, IQ, Marillion, King's X, and Transatlantic, you should check out For Absent Friends. Running In Circles is one of my favorite albums.

Quote: Originally Posted by catachresis "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" - T. Rex "Can't Get It Wrong" - Spock's Beard

Quote: Originally Posted by johnjac "Walkin' In The Sunshine"- Roger Miller "Cathode Ray Sunshine" - Dark Tranquillity

Quote: Originally Posted by DLeeWebb "Bad Moon Rising" - Creedence Clearwater Revival "The Moon Touches Your Shoulder" - Porcupine Tree

In no order, Ayreon - The Human Equation Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery Dark Tranquillity - Haven Demons and Wizards - Demons and Wizards Freak Kitchen - All Albums Opeth - Blackwater Park Orphaned Land - Mabool Pain of Salvation - BE Pain...

King's X - "Out of the Silent Planet" and "Gretchen Goes to Nebraska" are two of my favorites. Porcupine Tree - "Deadwing" and "In Absentia" are my picks Magic Pie - "Motions of Desire" This is the best prog. rock album of 2005, hands down. You can download some samples (and the full first...

Thanks to everyone that replied. You guys put a few of my fears/concerns to rest. Quote: Originally Posted by zumaro Headphones - I see Sennheiser have just bought out the PMX100s in streetstyle format. Those caught my eye, but I can't seem to find them in any online store...

I'm looking a couple things in a digital audio player. Flash based At least 1 GB Support for vorbis and MP3 (FLAC and others are just bonus) No more than $200 (US) Has to be reasonably sturdy (I'll be using it while on a bus to and from school) Obviously, iAudio's U2, I5, and G3 caught my...