I thought there would be a lot more interest in this than there seems to be. Oh well, I guess time has passed me by.

Right now Best Buy's in my area have the Klipsch R6i II's on clearance for $28.99. They are definitely a great purchase at that price.

I saw online that Best Buy had the Klipsch R6i II IEM's available and I wanted to check them out. At my local Best Buy all available pairs were in the clearance section for $28.99, so of course I bought a pair. If you're looking for a good sounding set of earbuds these are a steal if they are...

Curve is another band that ought to be mentioned here.     On rateyourmusic.com the user shockofDAYLIGHT is the resident shoegaze expert, and he published this list of his choice of 50+ best shoegaze/dream pop albums, plus also-rans and EP's.  ...

i just recently got into the band Thy Art Is Murder. For my money they're the best deathcore band around, since the breakdowns are flavoring and not the whole meal with them. They have a truly meanacing sound.

My only concern about washing my Beyerdynamic velour pads is possible shrinking that might make them harder to fit back on to the cans after drying.  Even a hand washing and air drying can cause uneven shrinking, especially with a piece that was never intended to be washed (like those velour pads).

I'm buying as many CD's as I can since I see nothing wrong at all with the format.  You can often find specials on brand new CD's really cheap, FAR cheaper than their vinyl counterparts, and IMO from the standpoint of absolute sonics CD is actually a better bet.

There are some new small labels that are dedicated to reissuing previously released recording on vinyl, but the only one I am familiar with is Superior Viaduct, and they focus mostly on Los Angeles underground music.  However, they recently released for the first time ever the actual soundtrack...

As far as metalcore goes, most people agree that Botch's We Are The Romans is one of the cornerstones of the genre.  I'm not much for the genre, but that recording is stellar.  It's an ideal blend between complex musicianship and raw, abrasive heavy metal, with just a hint of groove to it.  Even...

I just took my DT-770's offshore with me for only the second time, as I wanted to keep them at home as "good" full-size headphones.  My Etymotic ER-6i's had been out of commission for awhile until I got a colleague at work to solder on a new minijack.  Trouble is, when the jack is turned a...

The HD380 is an altogether different beast from the HD280, they really can't be compared.  HD380 has much more of the signature laid back Sennheiser sound, Owning the HD580, I would say if you were looking for the HD580/600/650 in a closed can, the HD380 would be the way to go.   Recalling...

I can only guess about the first part, maybe it means that their sound was heavier than Metallica's so they thought the sound guy might try to compromise their sound.   A "rider" is a contract that a band's management makes with a venue that lays out what the band wants for the show.  Certain...

The 770-80's aren't treble veiled, in fact with the right source material they can sound bright. It's just that their overall bass heavy signature it can tend to soften your perception of the top end.

Bill Haley, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis.

Man you guys are crazy Fireflies is an awesome single. 

Quote: Ahem.  Master of Reality and Paranoid were not released in the 80's.

Never have been much of a NWOBHM fan, so Sab for me.  Stoooooooooooner rock maaaaaaaaaan...

Meh...I really hated the recent album 10,000 Days, and I actually walked out a little past halfway through the one show I went to on that tour.  Mind you, I have been a Tool fan since I saw them open for Rollins Band on their first national tour in 1992.  I saw the Lateralus tour 5 times...

The art museum analogy is a bad one...since the art does not produce its own light (in most cases), it only reflects the sunlight or artificial light. Would you not wear sunshades if it is bright out? At the very least you would squint your eyes when it was too bright, no?

Sorry, but I really don't care for the hype. Re-releases of stuff everybody already has and 7" vinyl with songs not good enough to put on a full CD or record? Pass. I don't collect for the sake of collecting.

Hm. For an extraordinarily scarce headphone/amp, and widely considered to be the finest every made, you could certainly find some engineer geek who would love to have it. Instead of getting that Harley, they could get this...

Opinions are like butt cheeks, everybody's got a pair and usually they should be kept to themselves...