For sure, it won't change anybody automatically. It might spur a few people to look further into it themselves, however, which is about as much as you can do, really :) I disagree with the assertion that reading a book won't help, provided it's an effective book, and the person has the right...

  Quote:   To be fair, the psychological aspect of burn in can be very important. I've certainly had headphones and speakers that didn't sound all that great to me at first, but I have grown to enjoy over time. Whether this is the case of my brain learning to filter out the flaws...

I don't have much to add, but I just felt I'd bump it as it deserves further discussion. I certainly agree that people focus too much on expecting the physical side of audio to do everything for them. 

Try Pagan Reign, an awesome melodic folk metal band from Russia. They've been split up for a few years, but all of their albums are good. The albums Tverd and Ancient Warriors are probably a good place to start.

Quote: Yeah, I consider Napalm Death to be so obvious that it didn't need to be mentioned ! That being said the three albums from their straight grind era are all awesome: Scum From Enslavement to Obliteration Peel Sessions   Their later stuff is more of a mix of death/grind, much...

Another grind band worth listening to is Gronibard. Their later albums get progressively more silly, but their self titled debut is ridiculously good.

Here' s a few grind bands. I'm not sure if you're interested in goregrind but because it is what I am most familiar with, I listed a few. Early carcass/napalm death style grind: Insect Warfare Captain Cleanoff Super Fun Happy Slide The Kill     Goregrind: Gruesome Stuff...

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My worst system is my car stereo. All of the speakers are crackling, the back two I had to unhook completely they had gotten so bad. They sound like crap, and only electronic music is acceptable to listen to. But I still turn it on every time I get in my car, because I love music.  

Quote: Originally Posted by Hybrys AU: NEW! Asus Xonar Essence STX PCIE soundcard, 2 Channel, Industry I even found a restock ETA of Mar 10th from NCIX and some Australian company. Yeah, I'm in Australia and the STX cards are easy to find. I wasn't able to find the ST version...

Yeah, I'm in Australia and it's available here for around 160-180AUD. However, there is also the Goot rx-711as for around $180AUD with postage from GOOT RX-711AS Temperature Controlled Lead-free Soldering Station.The Goot station retails for $250-300 AUD here, however, this is because the local...

Thanks, that thread has confirmed my suspicions. On a related note there is the new model Hakko fx-888, but all I could find about it is here: Silicon Chip Online - Review: Hakko's FX-888 SMD-Safe Soldering Station It's behind a pay wall so you can't see the whole article, but the summary...

There are some 220V Hakko 936 stations (110V available as well) going on ebay from the seller theartictrader_com here: HAKKO 936 ESD SAFE Iron Solder Station 10 tips 220V new - eBay, Other, Radio Control Control Line, Toys Hobbies. (end time 10-Feb-10 05:04:06 AEDST) I assume these are fake...

Pendulum - 20th Jan 2003 - Live on OTC Radio (liveset)

Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Terrordome 9 - Tellurian - Petition The Lord Hard-Ons - Love is a Battlefield - You're a Tease Anael - From Arcane Fires - Blood & Honey Dead Kennedys - Give me convenience or give me death Not really very accurate, hahaha.I don't listen to the Beach Boys and...

HotUSB1 and Windows 7 32bit RTM works, but volume is far too high.Need to set master volume down to 5% or less to get usable volume, and this results in much less control over the volume. Seems to be a bug in Windows 7 usb audio driver, as it is a common problem with usb audio devices.

Quote: Originally Posted by Real Man of Genius I have been considering going back to lossless on my portable even though I know I can't hear the difference. Placebo is free in this case (other than the loss of some storage and battery life). I would do it if my Zune supported FLAC...

Quote: Originally Posted by gregorio To get round this what you could do is own a 16/44.1 DAC, download 24/96 recordings and convert them to 16/44.1 for playback. G Is there anything to look for when choosing software that can perform this conversion? I.e certain algorithms...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sabrage I've never liked people trying to quantify who is a "better" guitarist; I couldn't give a rat's ass how well you play if it doesn't sound good. As long as an artist can write music that keeps my interest they're good in my book. (and Metallica does...

Quote: Originally Posted by Meliboeus the first bands chose low-fi as a form of criticism against the mainstream music industry, now it is probably done just to sound "troo" That's one reason, but the other was about creating a certain distant, other worldly atmosphere that...

Quote: Originally Posted by iriverdude No front panning though. That virtual haircuit is very good. But you can't buy binaural versions of all your albums, so it's a moot issue. Should work with your eyes closed, IIRC.Front panning doesn't work with your eyes open because your...

Tone Perception: 81% Rhythm Perception: 84% Adaptive Pitch: 0.7125 Hz

Quote: Originally Posted by AudioCats but the whole point of binaural recording is so you can duplicate speaker listening results with headphones. It will be ideal if that can be acheived, imaging that, speaker effects without the need to tweak with room accustic, speaker placement...

Quote: Originally Posted by MaZa I can imagine some problems might arise if your computer is 100% taxed and is unable to decompress it in realtime, but I havent tested this. Even then I GUESS it would only produce choppy audio at worst as it has to stop and load more data to play...

Quote: Originally Posted by MaZa Summoning is great! Stronghold and Let Mortal Heroes Sing Thy Fame are my favs. Agreed, although I like Dol Goldur and Minas Morgul in the right mood.Minas Morgul is really cheesy, albeit in a good way Can't say I like Oath Bound, though.