Recent content by Fastnbulbous

Easy communication and transaction. Of course, he's a pro at this -- Headphoneus Supremus = top bloke.

Thanks. I'm sure there are multiple factors in the degrading performance of my 7 year-old build, just moving forward with plans for the new one. I'm not looking for a ROON alternative. I like ROON and have a lifetime license. I did the (QNAP) NAS server route years ago and deeply regretted it...

Do you have any builds on PCPartspicker? My DOOMbox Music station from 2018 is ready for replacement. At first I thought I'd just upgrade a few things, but I really need to upgrade from motherboard on up so that I can use 3x4TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME SSDs to accommodate my collection which...

Great communication, prompt payments and overall experience. Jeremy was patient with me as I got up to speed with shipping internationally after not having done it in years.

This thread is like flipping through a used CD store in the 90s with sketchy inventory -- love it! I miss those days.

I bought these in 2016. They're built like a tank and have no obvious signs of wear, but I put condition "good" only because there's no box -- I culled too much in the move in '21! Includes shipping fees only in United States.

Fester's Lucky 13 2024: Punk & Post-Punk https://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-24/#punk Those who have followed me for a bit know that post-punk is my jam. My first records were Gary Numan’s The Pleasure Principle and Talking Heads’ Fear of Music. I focused on post-punk on my college radio show and...

Prog, Psych Prog & Prog Metal From the cover art you’d think the fifth album from Austin’s Transit Method was a progressive death metal album. The fact that they actually have roots in both grunge and prog (think Skin Yard, Love Battery, The Fluid and mid-period Die Kreuzen mixed with the...

I dug deep into metal this year, mostly death, some black metal. The times seem to call for it. I have other lists for trad heavy metal, goth metal, prog metal, etc. Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere Anciients – Beyond the Reach of the Sun Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja Iotunn – Kinship...

It seems groove metal is not much in fashion these days -- RYM does have a list of 50 albums, but Kublai Khan TX is the only one I'd heard of. Beyond the trad metal I listed above, here's some thrashy ones I enjoyed. Sovereign – Altered Realities (Dark Descent, 2024) | Bandcamp Dissimulator...

Purchased these new in February 2021, but almost never used them because I'm just used to over-ear headphones. Preference to North America buyers, unless highest bidder and pays for the shipping.

Purchased these new from Adorama for $700 in September 2019. Used lightly for just a year, then I got a pair of Susvara and these have been in their box ever since. Everything included from original package, including cables.

Fester's Lucky 13 Heavy Metal Sometime back in 2023, Nate Garrett (Spirit Adrift) mentioned a new project that had been percolating in his head on his semi-weekly YouTube channel Big Riff Energy. He said he wasn’t going to talk about it in detail until after it’s released and he was true to...

Yes to Method Actors! I'd also add the Suburbs -- I wrote about both their double albums: The Method Actors & The Suburbs: Double Whammies in 1981 https://fastnbulbous.com/the-method-actors-the-suburbs-double-whammies-in-1981/

The one year they overlapped releases, 1983, I'd give Script of the Bridge the edge over Porcupine. I actually rate The Sound over both (just barely). The Sound were labelmates with the Bunnymen on Korova for the first few albums, and Bunnymen got the bulk of the promo dollars at the time. Those...