Did all the mods in this thread except the brown dog adapter (didn't want to try my luck again). The differences are definitely there, but I wish there were some comparisons done to other players as to just how good it is. It's definitely showing me the limits of my Meta42 though, and that...

My roommate owns the A900s while I have the W1000s. On my low-end setup (Modded tosh 3950, portable meta42, homemade magwire ics), even my non-audiophile roommate could tell right away that the A900s sounded thinner, tinnier, less detailed, and just overall harsh compared to the W1000s. The...

I think he's talking about the shred aspect of those bands, it's basically shred over lots and lots of noise (rock?). Weezer, Modest Mouse, and SDRE all popularized emo and set it off in a different direction, thus starting the different branches of emo we see today. And early weezer is SO...

I like belle and sebastian, will see them at coachella (www.coachella.com) !!! Ohhh man, look at that lineup, going to be NUTS. It's literally the best lineup in the past 5 years or so I guess.

Doves, South, Radiohead, Spiritualized, The Beta Band, just to name 4. But yeah, I suppose it's seen better days (at least as far as presence in the US. ie. pop rock). I'm big on those classic bands, but you missed all the stuff in the middle. The Stone Roses, Verve, The Clash, Blur, The Cure...

That's funny, using the Pana 570 and a comparison between the 890s with a CHA47 and a META42, there was a vast difference with the 890s but nearly none with ER6s.

djgustshaw> My roommate has that on vinyl... as he also has A Storm In Heaven and many other extremely rare verve vinyl (like test pressings where the label was written with a sharpie).

I think way to blue is just a best of. What tracks of these were previously unreleased?

As long as this thread still lives... might as well recommend Ulrich Schnauss' latest album and M83's debute. Schnauss sounds like an electronic happier Slowdive - Pygmalion and M83 is electronic shoegaze.

Damn, I can't believe nobody has mentioned Four Tet yet. I love Four Tet - Rounds more than any aphex or boards of canada album, and I own SAW 85-92 and the Richard D James album. But Four Tet - Rounds I got on vinyl But I'm not huge into electronic music, though I am very familiar with it...

Jack is a great improvisor and guitarist, he improvises at almost all his concerts. I've seen him twice live and his solos are all roughly based around the album ones but are quite different, usually much more radical. I didn't watch the grammys, but if he went off on a jam then that's awesome...

Spiritualized - Let It Come Down Led Zepplin - How The West Was Won Catherine Wheel - Like Cats and Dogs Tortoise - TNT Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed The Fish?

The british flag is commonly used to mean the "english" language, not necessarily where they are based.

It's annoying because there are infinitely worse recordings out there that people still enjoy. For example, The Beatles, most things from the 60's, 70's, and misc other modern recordings. OK Computer isn't that bad and is perfectly listenable.

ugh, if you don't listen to good music because of the sound quality then I'm sorry, you're a part of the most annoying group of people I know. Stop listening to the quality and start listening to the music. The production quality is perfectly average.