try the following bands, and make sure to keep an open mind: * Porcupine Tree (brilliant UK prog rock - Floyd's spiritual successor) * Killing Joke (one of the originals - UK post-punk and throbbing rock/metal) * Matt Elliott (elegiac subterranean piano dirges) * Tortoise (beautiful jazzy...

wow. Pom Pom released a CD? I remember buying a few of the early Pom Pom 12"s about 8 years ago. Didn't know who they were then and still don't know who they are now. Can't believe they've kept the anonymity up this long! Man, I need to get a copy of that. Will cosign that Gaiser's LP on...

Make sure to get Panacea's Low Profile Darkness.

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik $500 for a turntable? It took some looking, but I pulled off a Used Rega Planar 3, Grado Gold and NAD PP2 for a little over $600. Sounded wonderful and led me down the path to a more expensive setup. But I'd probably go right back to the same setup...

Quote: Originally Posted by Covenant but will all assure you that if you spend the extra, it'll be worth it. Been there, done that -- why do you think I have a Stax rig? But no, I'm over that... I've learned to "settle," even though electrostats aren't really settling.

Wow, well that's approx US$800 isn't it? Why are you looking at the 2xxx units when you could get the setup I mentioned (SRM-313 and SR-404) for the same price? I'm going to assume based on logical numerological progression that they're higher-end than the 2xxx setup.

Quote: Originally Posted by apatN You forgot about your 4000$ headphone equipment? Welcome back anyway. I've forgotten what it sounds like! Shame on me.

What's your budget? Can you afford either the SR-303 or SR-404 intro system? (I forget what the models are - 3030 and 4040?) My introduction to Stax was an SRM-313 (I believe this is the amp that comes in the 3030 pkg with the SR-303's...) and the SR-404 earspeakers. Amazing sound. In...

Darker, harder... * Silicon Scally - Electrocide (crucial! oldschool! get it if you can!) * Anthony Rother - Sex with the Machines * Little Computer People - selftitled (this is Anthony Rother -- darker and harder than you would imagine it to be from the title.) * Carl Finlow -...

Wow, it's been awhile since I've posted on head-fi. Good to see it's still around. Ads everywhere, but that certainly hasn't seemed to inhibit the site's popularity or success. My SR-007s have been sitting in a box for over a year, along with my Headamp KGSS. All I've used in the past 18...

Tipper - Tip-Hop

Quote: Originally Posted by Squeek Not raw. The salmonella is on the outside of the egg. The shell. Take previous advice and boil a batch. I, myself, love pickled eggs. They last forever too. Sooo delicious!! What's a pickled egg taste like? Are they easy to make/prepare?

it looks like I still have the best headphones in southwestern Ontario!

Wilfrid Laurier. Weather sucks.

After I got my Stax rig, I didn't really need to learn much else about headphones, so my posting has dropped way off. I spend all my money on clothes now.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Canadian import duties and taxes levied just for you (to assure speedy delivery, of course) by everyone's favorite logistics company, United Parcel Services. In other words: UPS is charging you ridiculously large amounts because it has a special deal with...

GYBE, Explosions in the Sky, and Mono are pretty much the exact same band. Their albums are interchangeable.

Quote: Originally Posted by KYTGuy Take great care, though - one of my best friends was doing the same sort of thing in rural Virginia, and was shot twice with a .44 Magnum...he lost a part of his Liver, but he did survive... Suffering for his art indeed.

Great photos. Are these from Hunter's Point?

Planescape: Torment. Written by the same folks who wrote Fallout, I believe. Absolutely hands-down best computer RPG ever (yes, better than Fallout). Takes place in the D&D Planescape universe -- not at ALL the sort of usual swords/mage/trolls/dragons D&D stuff. More like demons/garbage...

Quote: Originally Posted by rextrade but the CD is much more dynamic overall than STREET DAD and conveys (to me) a wider range of emotion Whoa, man, you really haven't listened to STREET DAD in a while. Give STREET DAD another good listen -- especially the "L Train" song, the...

Better? No, I could never agree with that. "Let Us..." is not only more "disco" oriented, it's a much less complex and creative album. Whereas STREET DAD was imaginative, experimental, and eclectic while keeping a steady balance with post-punk-electro-techno influences, Let Us... pushes the...

STREET DAD is an absolute hands-down masterpiece. Totally brilliant album all the way through. ... which makes "Let Us Never Speak Of It Again" all the more disappointing. It's not a good album.

I've never heard any (unintended) distortion when listening to the album through a pair of Stax Omega IIs.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sduibek What do I lose by switching to Linux? How easy is the switch for someone who's used to DOS and Windows systems primarily? What runs on it? Games don't run under Linux, usually, and Linux also has pretty terrible audio-app support. There's...