hah, since before you kids started calling it EDM, which btw is an empty word used for marketing purposes.     pin-pointing someone's intelligence due to their music taste?     in order to do so you need a general knowledge of the context in which these artists operate, and...

I dismissed your comment, and then you dismissed mine by saying I have no rights to state something, doing exactly what you accuse me of having no rights to do/say. I find it quite amusing. Admittedly I should've presented my argument with some solid evidence and more articulation, but I...

    this is so wrong for so many different reasons. you're probably mistaking "underground" with "guy with a laptop in his room producing half assed happy hardcore tracks"

  ah well, I buy vinyl whenever possible. I tend to stick with what i find on discogs, juno, clone.nl and the likes.   bandcamp for whatever I cannot find there.

    consider that soundcloud is a promotion tool and not a shop. I shrug, thinking that you expect artist to upload music for free, or let you stream their music on sites that pay peanuts and a couple of cents for every thousand of streams of a track.   **** spotify, plain and simple, their...

can someone confirm which is the new volume knob between the two? I have the chance to buy a V200 used, and I want to make sure I'm getting the newest version. cheers        

  which proves my point. (although I'm probably being pedantic a**hole here, apologies in advance.)   house, just as many other genres names (dubstep, for instance) has been used as a broad definition for genres that have very little in common to with the "original" meaning of the word...

  Deadmau5 isnt house, at all.  

    You're talking about skrillex, not exactly the pinnacle of the current generation of producers in terms of creativity ^^     I rekon that Conforce album is his best work yet, but I haven't really managed to enjoy it as a whole. Even though every track is very well executed and...

    great, thank you.  I'm a bit mad since I've bought the HE-400 less than 3 weeks ago. I really like how they sound but comfort-wise there's room for improvement..which apparently is one of the areas hifiman addressed. Hopefully the new pads will suffice and I won't need to "upgrade" again :)

    will they fit on the current HE-400? the stock pads are slightly annoying, the new angles ones would fix the issue it for me.

    giving credit where credit is due,   this is very nice album. unexpected from him to deliver such a nice work, definitely his best in his 10+ years of activity.

    that is some generic happy hardcore..with some cheesy vocals.  nothing to do with techno.     some random cuts, new and old:     Jeff Mills - Step to enchantment   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLtnhsLwSZE     Vainqueur -- Lyot (Maurizio Mix)  ...

    in order, for those who care about the whole genre thing:   minimal techno (plastikman aka richie hawtin) detroit techno (rhythim is rhythim  aka derrick may), IDM (not techno) from the one and only aphex twin   3 gems in their respective genres I might add, considering the influence...

Mostly while not doing anything else. I find that if I am on my pc I pay less attention to what I am listening. For this reason I got into buying records, it makes the whole process less distracting. (no screen=less distractions). The only exception is when I'm listening to mixes/dj sets...

Just a heads up, rather than listening to that YouTube link, they have posted the full Podcast in 320kbs on their soundcloud page. It really benefits since back then RA used to upload their podcasts in lower bit rate. As far as Stroboscopic artefacs, I agree they've been a really consistent...

    Some say the Valhalla is even brighter than the mangni, which is definitely a cons for me. Tube rolling isnt a viable option as far as I've read in its review here on head-fi.   I would also have to order it to Europe and pay customs on it, while I could probably find the others...

Their RA Podcast was just insanely good. Those guys actually are the ones that take care of the mastering for all the releases on stroboscopic artefacts. Lots of technical knowledge in what they do.

As the title says, I am a proud owner of a nice pair of the classic sennheiser HD600. My actual set up consists of: hd600 > schiit magni amp > pre-amp > thorens turntable or hd600 > magni > modi > pc I feel as the magni is a tad on the bright side, and that I could really improve the sound...

    I usually am hesitant to give my honest opinion, but since you have expressed an interest in different material (that requires some time to come through) I will do it here:   all the productions of those and similar artists are very much generic.   I don't want to start an argument...

    parmegiani passed away two days ago, sad news.     nice to see someone buying records form editions mego as well, have you had the chance to hear any of the records published by their sub-label, spectrum pools? specifically, I thoroughly recommend Bee mask's works.   my last five:  ...

    this is only partially true, seems to me you're not digging hard enough.   if you're referring to edm as the more commercialized stuff (avicii, tiesto, above and beyond and all that bandwagon) then yes, I can agree most of it is rather dull, uninspiring and soulles.     regarding...

    considering the amount of acid he's done, and adding he was born with dyslexia...i don't think he's doing too bad.   I wondered often how he could've been that good on stage, without messing up with words etc