Been a while since I have posted. Has anyone mentioned the idea of possibly having a full double blind and scientific measurements done at something like the big Head-Fi meet. I am sure there would be a lot of people from both camps willing to participate.

Quote: Originally Posted by Febs Great post. I want to address just this last point, as I agree with everything else you said. While hard drive space on a computer is, for practical purposes, essentially unlimited these days, storage space on portable players is not. Given that...

I think that some sort of FAQ thread should be made on this issue, or really just state why FLAC = WAV, as do every other purely lossless audio codec, and then just leave it at that. This topic keeps coming up time and time again and I think the simplest way to state it is: 1. Lossless audio...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot Is the recreation complete with grunts and creaky chair? See ya Steve Unfortunately not. But I have so much of his music I find I kind of add the humming in my mind on albums where I cannot hear it.

Brendel or Ashkenazy. But there are some great individual performances that I personally find more enjoyable, sometimes it is just one or two little nuances that make the performance, I enjoyed Argerich playing the 20th a lot.

If you have heard the Glenn Gould re-performance by Zenph and liked it, I got a message from the head of the team stating that they will be re-performing his solo piano works. Not exactly the concertos, but his solo works are very good, I have the RCA set and despite the quality they are very...

Usually drinking can manifest itself in different pain when I drink, hangover, falling down, etc. I would rather go to the after hours clinic or get something over the counter. Plus you don't have to think about the "where the hell was I last night..."

My friends and I used to play quite often in grade 10 and 11. I had a cleric that somehow managed to survive 2 years, despite shooting at almost anything in my path. But I do not play anymore as I was shunned by the nerds for being "too popular" in their words. Kind of ironic really, but I do...

I would go with Gould. I know some people on here don't really like him, but he was the pianist that started my foray into classical music and I prefer his interpretations (irregardless if he played it the way it was "supposed" to be played). Even Richter himself admired Gould's playing and...

I got Petals Around the Rose in 6 rolls. Pretty good game really, I'll have to use it sometime.

You really should take a class. With all the different kinds of brushes and techniques it will most likely be overwhelming unless you have a lot of money and time to invest in painting, paints and brushes are not cheap at all. I made all my own canvases as well, its really simple. My suggestion...

I try to take a variety of music from my collection, it changes though; currently I have these:

I have some old rifles and shotguns, one is an old Winchester and the other was a custom shotgun that was my grandmother used for hunting. I wish I had some pictures, I don't have them in my current place. I don't have any new guns though, I have them for nostalgic purposes, a new firearm seems...

I used to work at A&W. Some things I can tell you about the place. NEVER order a veggie burger, chances are it has been sitting there for about 2-3 hours or more as so few of them are actually sold, the swiss cheese on them usually gets dried out as well, and the "buttermilk" sauce gets curdley...

I would suggest starting out with composers like Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc. listening for things that peak your interest. And just listening to about everyhting you can get your hands on. Eventually you will find which performers suit your interests, and which composers you like the most...