Let me attempt a shot. In return, give me something to listen to, if you want, preferably classical. Maybe I'll get hooked. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QM1QdRpFxU&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQr9UYN1JbA Also, I currently loathe hip-hop and rap (my main complaint is...

I'm at loss here. I'm all for taking action into your own hands, but is there anything one can do for peace, besides futile 'tolerate one another' propaganda or palliative actions? Peace is only stable if everyone wants it, if there is a single one that doesn't, there will be war. If one does...

Quote: I do agree with that. Society is a cycle, everything is bound to get better later.

  "Today, we don't live in a society that values the arts the way they did in my parents' time. People's frame of reference is generally limited to the tiny spoonfuls mass media dishes out to them. The internet has the possibility to open up the floodgates like the way movies and LPs opened...

Quote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKSU1W0ZUmQ&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDd-GXkMrJs&feature=player_embedded  

  Quote: I'm not sure you've read my post throughly. I agree with you. The fact that trying to appreciate music beyond mere consumption implies that you are a snob (I use the term very loosely, sorry if it offends you) says more about the sad state of music's standing in society today...

  Quote: For someone accusing others of elitism, you are being surprisingly closed-minded.  Simply enjoying, or, in a more pretentious, yet more accurate way, consuming music for what it appears to be is not, by itself, a reproachable attitude. It's completely understandable, healthy...

  Quote: The Parasound "Pyrosound" JC1 is famous for randomly blowing up due to instability issues on the output stage, so I'm not surprised in the slightest.

Sigur Rós - Popplagið http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewojV4j_ndU My setup is a HD 25-1 II and a humble S545 Walkman, but this was the song that convinced me that the HD 25-1 was the best $200 I've ever spent.

God, I swear this headphone is getting better every single day. They have 40ish hours on them, I have no idea if it's burn-in, "faulty" headphones, placebo or my own ears, but they are AMAZING. When I first got them, I could hardly ABX cheap Sony IEMs (ex85 I think) and the HD 25-1 (I must have...

Just dropping by to say I'm really enjoying my HD 25-1, best $200 I've ever spent. Everything sounds so much better now, so much more alive, I just can't go back to ibuds. I've only one problem with them so far: they aren't really great for running. Any IEM recommendations (up to $250)? I like...

Please, do not skim through the following review, or you'll probably get the wrong idea about my opinion. If you don't want to read it but still want to know my opinion, I greatly enjoy the HD 25s and plan to continue investing in this hobby. I would like to also apologize for the poor wording...

You know, when you mentioned Mogwai, I was going to comment I never saw the 'rock' in 'post-rock', they seem to me like completely different genres (my previous experiences were mainly GY!BE albums). Luckily, I decided to hear the album you just mentioned and, wow, I'm impressed. First post-rock...

Thank you, I certainly hope so. I decided to buy better headphones after buying my first non-iBuds earbuds, the V-Moda Bass Freqs (I remember that day, I was ecstatic. "How come headphones can sound DIFFERENT from each other?"). Needless to say, considering my lenghty music collection, I loved...