Some pictures of the graffiti on the streets of Marconi district in Rome.               Trying out the new camera on vacation.

My Trumpets arrived yesterday and I only had a chance for a quick listen but impressive they are.  

These are currently on sale for $98 cdn at visions.ca. I thought it was hard to go wrong at this price so I ordered a pair.

A couple of shots from our recent trip to London/Normandy.        

My favorite Rush album is their first "Rush".  My next two favorites would be "Fly by Night" and "Caress of Steel".  I liked each subsequent album just a little less.  I still like to listen to Rush both recorded and live but in my opinion their earliest stuff was their best.  Favorite Rush song...

My listening tastes have grown as I have aged but at 50 I am still a passionate listener of metal.  I don't like all metal but I'm pretty sure I will never grow out of the stuff I really like. 

Try some Secret Saucer or Nebula.

Quote: I find the concern on build quality surprising.  I think the build quality is outstanding and these have held up better than any other earphones I have purchased.  I use these as my workout headphones, so they really get abused.  I've sweated on them, stepped on them, yanked on the...

Quote:     This site probably gets pretty close.   http://www.allmusic.com/

Quote: Sounds a  lot like me.

My go to site:   http://www.seaoftranquility.org/   Prog focus and no previews.

Quote: Definitely talking about of "The Deadstation"

Quote: DOUBLE WHUT? Mars Volta would be the last thing that comes to mind when I listen to these guys.  I think its pretty neat how people relate to music.  Each and every one us of hears something different and it triggers different things for each us.

Quote:   Great band.  Another band to try out is Skyharbor.

I've been finding some very interesting stuff on Bandcamp.  The set your price feature is kind of cool too.

Quote: Not a "hate" issue just a "no like" issue. Just can't get into it.  I don't get it.

I have a little over 13k in my lossless library and a little over 15k in my 256k aac library (of which 13k would be compressed versions of the lossless files).   Majority would be rock/metal but also a lot of blues, jazz, pop and a touch of country and symphony.  Absolutely no rap / hip hop.

Quote: I can appreciate that but can you really transfer your "entire operation" over if you are using external plugins.  For example, if I use Battery 3 for drums or Ozone Izotope for Mastering I don't think that's going over on a USB stick (I really don't know the answer to this so I am...

Quote:   Just curious as to why this is important to you.  I've heard a few people say this but I don't really why this makes any difference whatsoever.  It sounds good but is it really functional?  Seems to me plugins my cause some contention.

I am using Logic right now.  Tried Reaper for a bit but came back to Logic.  I use Garageband to capture ideas but bring them into Logic when I want to do anything serious.   When I ran Windows I used Mackie's Traktion and Zynewave Podium.  Both had somewhat different approaches DAWs.  ...

Peavey Classic 30 and Peavey Transtube StudioPro.   The only two amps I've ever owned.

I would say 99% of my music is purchased on CD from a small independent record/cd store in town.  I pay a bit more buying from him but I really miss all the traditional brick and mortar stores closing (nothing like thumbing through a collection of cds).  There are things he just can't get me and...

On the weekend I picked up an Ibanez AG95DBS.   Already in my collection: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster Fender Limited Edition Mustang Telecaster Gibson Zakk Wylde BFG Les Paul Peavey EVH Wolgang Yamaha PAC812W Washburn Idol WI66PROG Dean Sarasota Ferrington Kramer...

Thanks for the reply yl1dyl,   I am in no hurry so I'll wait and see what Schiit comes out with.

So here is my current set up:   iMac running Fidelia as my player (apple lossless files) connected to a Grant Fidelity TubeDAC-09 via optical pre-amp out of the TubeDac to the power stage of a NAD 355BEE (I found the sound improved somewhat when I bypassed the NAD pre-amp) connected...