Apologies if this has been answered but I searched the thread and didn't find much recently but I wonder if any of the beta testers have impressions on isolation. I understand being circumaural and closed they should be okay but it's a pretty important consideration for me.   Thanks in...

Hey King cheers I'll look that up. I've got a chance to audition the lot the burson the hdvd and the oppo with both phones in a couple of weeks so looking forward to that.

Cheers King, I suspected that I'll be better buying the amp for the HD800's given their impedance and that they'll be the more difficult to drive. The LCD XC being low impedence should be fine with the conductor and if not will probably pair with a cheaper amp/dac.   Thanks again

Hey King I'm really interested in how the HDDVD works out for you be sure to keep us posted. Cheers

I'm still deciding, though I'm committed to the HD800's I'm considering the LCD XC for my planars instead of the OPPO PM-1. I'm still not sure whether to go with the HDDVD or HA-1 or possibly the Burson Conductor though that keeps me single ended. I'm trying to get an audition sorted but that...

Apologies if this should go elsewhere but I am about to pull the trigger on the HD 800's and the Oppo PM-1's. My decision is whether to pair them with the HDVD800 or the Oppo HA-1. I am looking for a combination DAC/AMP for reasons of cost and convenience but am prepared to get a separate DAC...

My mac was part of the recall due to the western digital disk failure. The last time machine backup I had taken was about an hour before I installed 11. I know keep rejecting the invitations to upgrade and it means I can't allow apple to automatically install updates but it's a result.

Think the descriptions of each are sufficiently biased to make whatever point the author is making irrelevant. 

Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, the very best of John Coltrane, the entirety of Miles Davis second great(est) quintet, Jimi Hendrix, the best of Dylan, The Beatles, James Brown at his peak, Syd Barrets Pink Floyd, Janis, Let it Bleed, The early Who, Otis Blue, Bitches Brew...

Bill Fay Life is people

Homeboy Sandman, Oddisee, Spaceghostpurrp, El-P, Shabazz Palaces, Sene all making interesting stuff, Big Boi with an album coming same with Cannibal Ox

Previously mentioned but The Black Saint and the SInner Lady. Just incredible.

The Roots - Phrenology, Gang Star- Hard to Earn, Guru - Jazzamatazz, J Dilla - Donuts, Dälek - Abandoned Language, A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory, Common - Like Water for Chocolate, Mos Def - Black on Both Sides, DJ Shadoow - Endtroducing, Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein, GZA Liquid...

Quote:   Sound but you've displayed enough ignorance in this thread for your opinion to not be of any value. Hip Hop can be instrumental, not so much rap though eh think about it.   You've name checked a few artists from a very narrow part of the wider hip hop spectrum and then formed...

Quote:   He released Modus Operandi which is one of the seminal DnB albums in about 97. Seems to have returned from a hiatus to doing some really good stuff of late

Quote:   Top tune, I only ever listen to the abridged version on Dubstep Allstars 2    

This is a track Burial created with Dusk and Blackdown on their own Keysound Label  

Even seeing the cover of Charles Mingus' The Black Saint.. above brings a smile to my face.    My current favourite live Jazz album and my current listening  

I'm a music lover first and formost. I was a member of music forums before I started to explore how best to get the sound I wanted through headphones, which brought me here.   I think anyone with a love of music is going to pay attention to how it's reproduced. A number of them may become...

Spaceape is such a don as is Kode9  

On a funk tip try The Meters there's also a couple of compilations called New Orleans Funk http://www.amazon.com/New-Orleans-Funk-Various-Artists/dp/B00004Y246/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351269497&sr=8-1&keywords=new+orleans+funk which are a great introduction to funk.   Although not with...

some older dubstep / bass driven stuff   This is a classic     This is one of my favourite tracks with an mc  

Think the first album has a naivity anyway this is very good indeed    

I never considered James Blake's album dubstep and I love the album and dubstep.   I'd consider this to be  

Quote:   This is from one of last years best albums