Hey gang. Long time!   So, I was in the goodwill a few months ago and found some ANC7s in OK shape for something like 6 bucks. I snapped them up and got 'em home to find that they worked in passive mode but they go dead when I flip on the noise cancellation (no big surprise). My instincts tell...

Have you guys heard the new Prurient yet? I really dig it! Couldn't find my favorite track off the album on youtube, but here are some others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X2TPJEpd4U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw_JTjb_nNM   Also, Melvins, thanks again for turning me on to Earth a...

Hmm, maybe I oughta check out a pair of these new-fangled orthos, since I have an old school Pioneer SX myself...   Quote:  

I have pretty noticeable hiss on all my headphones through my pioneer sx-828 - except for my fostex t40.  nice thing about the 828 is it has a -20db mute switch that addresses the headphone problem pretty well :D

well of course you guys couldn't find any.  BMF bought 'em all XD

I hate shaving but I never really bother growing a proper beard either.  I kept a pretty epic one once for about 9 months once, though.

Argh! I was just in Portland a couple weeks ago! >_<   All the audio stores are pretty much on Roosevelt in the U district and there's one in Belltown that I know of.  Google it.

wind016: yeah, I've kinda assumed I would have to expand the budget to get something better than, say, my Fostex T40, though I think the 7000 and any of the AT woodies might be more than I'm willing to bite on.  Especially since I want to get a new DAC, too.   priest: would love to audition...

Quote:   ATH-2?  Did anyone ever figure out how to make that thing sound good?  Sorry, haven't been around.  I have one that lives in a box currently.    

I know I pop in every couple of years and say this, but DANG, this thread is still goin'?  Golf clap, gentlemen.  Golf clap.   Dug my ol' Fostex out for the first time in a while and gave them a listen last night.  After spending all week auditioning 'good' portables in my...

Quote: I gave my old Fostex TR40 a spin on my Pioneer last night for the first time in a while, and after listening to a bunch of good closed portables this week, I realized the Fostex sounds a lot better than I gave it credit for.  May focus more on an Amp or DAC for now and take my...

I'm still trying to find a decent pair of closed headphones to listen to at work.  Something comparable to my current AD900, but won't annoy my office mates.   I think I have been to every high-fi shop in Seattle by now, but haven't found much of what I'm looking for.  The closed cans I've...

Quote: Coming back to this from a while ago.  Got a cheapy mini to RCA cable that fit my receiver and ran my Rockboxed iPod through it and listened on my Grados.  I played the same track on vinyl and ogg and switched back in forth.  I was able to determine that my turntable is about...

Man I was a hipster before it was mainstream.  I was a hipster back when they just called us "jerks."

Man this is sad news :(

Nisennenmondai is neat unpolished post rock.  No lyrics.  I showed it to a friend and she said they sounded like Acidman to her, which I guess I can sorta hear but wouldn't have thought of myself.  Actually, yknow, I'm listening to Faust's Ravvivando right now and I heard similarities in that. ...

Nadja - Touched

Been shopping again.  Things to check out:   Nadja - Touched (drone metal) Melvins - Chicken Switch (remix album with lots of noise guys) John Zorn - Naked City (Eye Yamatsuka guests.  This album has everything on it from soft jazz to country to noise rock, hardcore, and the James Bond...

Came here to post about them today.  I picked up Nine Types last night.  Found myself at an impasse between the vinyl and deluxe edition CD.  Erred on the side of the CD in the end.  Does anybody know if the vinyl version comes with deluxe content?   Gave the CD a listen in bed last night...

El Guincho - Alegranza

welp, ordered a couple hhf-az01em batteries and then a 32gb micro SD for my fuze while I was at it.

I still have a sony walkman kicking around here somewhere because I'm old.  not that I listen to it much...

oh, no, I need more DAPs like I need a hole in the head.  I just abhor a source that isn't working for a reason I can fix. Quote:  

Quote: Huh.  somehow, despite downloading the owner's manual and reading through it, I missed that.  I am a blockhead.