Embrace - Out of Nothing   Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks of the Wishkah   Incubus - Make Yourself   Tears For Fear - The Elemental     Moby - Everything Is Wrong

    Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Vinyl Rip @ 24 bit 96kHz  No brickwalling here like on the CD release.... considerably better dynamics.

Quote: I have realized that a lot of people (consumers and producers alike) have come to like the sound of hard compression/limiting. I wouldn't have a problem, if it was only some artists that were releasing hypercompressed material but today in the modern music industry, it appears that...

Quote:   I have heard good things about these: http://www.amazon.com/YUIN-PK2-Yuin-Pk2-Earphones/dp/B001B484D4 They are a little over your budget but I think they are what you are looking for. I haven't used them myself but I plan on getting them in future.

Quote: I completely agree. All we can do is hope that one day dynamics come back and the music of this age is remastered with more dynamics unlike the remasters of today which decrease the dynamic range of the original recordings.

Quote:  They definitely left more to be desired as far as dynamic range goes especially considering that its a largely acoustic album but I wouldn't go as far to say as it sounds terrible. It has decent dynamic range when compared to the other music released today but it would benefit...

Quote: This is a great album and I even bought it on vinyl. Sounds awesome with better dynamics than the CD.

Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (Original CD Pressing) A classic and when I listened to this I was shocked (in a good way) by the great dynamics and the natural sound overall. I especially enjoyed the drums on track no. 7 "No Quarter"     Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine...

Quote:   Awesome finds! I usually have to look through hundreds of records and I only end up finding one or two that are good. I don't know if it is because other people are grabbing the good ones before me or if all the vinyl is just really old stuff. The most annoying thing is when you...

Quote: My iTunes library is on my MacBook so that'w why I haven't been using EAC because I do use it on my PC which has some of my music but I would like to do all my ripping from my mac if possible. Are there any alternative to EAC for mac? Preferably one that rips to ALAC? Thanks

Quote: Yeah sure. AmoebaBlowout is good one. They combine shipping and have a lot of good titles http://stores.ebay.com/AmoebaBlowout Also http://stores.ebay.com/kagenterprises1 has the best deals but right now they are really selling mostly vinyl but I have gotten some amazing deals from...

Another headphone stand that I made based on a design I saw here... It came out alright for my first go.             

  Come Down From The Mountain - Day of Lions (All recorded to tape... Nice analog sound)   Futures - Jimmy Eat World   Everyday - Dave Matthews   Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid - Elefant (My newest favorite indie band! Check them out)   The Philosopher Kings - The...

Yes, the setup you are using should give you more volume because the Onkyo receiver does has a headphone amp in it, just not of the highest quality (although it should be better than the one in your computer soundcard). But the setup you are using is more of a temporary one because you are...