The wood shell movement is quite awesome. It's too bad that ebony is so bright sounding (well, coming from a guitar standpoint...it balances mahogany pretty well), because that would look killer.

Novembers Doom, Swanö, and Anneke? Damn.

Gilmour's solo there is incredible. His playing on that DVD might be his best, actually.

I'm currently rediscovering Nahemah.  It's like a mixture of black and death metal with post-rock, IMO.  Great stuff.

Can we call that the "Stormtrooper" mod?   BTW, great work all around in this thread!

This is the only picture of mine at the moment:

I second the Katatonia recommendation.  Anything from Last Fair Deal on, but especially that and Viva Emptiness.

Quote: They did play Set The World Afire on That One Night, although I definitely understand your larger point.

Danzig - IV Devin Townsend - Ki Kiss - Double Platinum

Quote: After is actually my least favorite of his solo albums.  Check out AngL - "The Alchemist" and "Malediction" are my favorites.  "Called By The Fire" off of The Adversary is pretty killer as well.  

Apparently the Big Four tour is coming to the US this year.  Woot.

I would like Blackfield 15 times more if Aviv didn't sing or write lyrics, lol.  Sounds better than BFII, though.

And I just remembered Evergrey..."Recreation Day" and "The Inner Circle" are amazing.  Although it's far more streamlined and hook-laden, I really dig "Monday Morning Apocalypse" as well.

Deadwing's one of my favorite albums.  Had front-row, dead center seats to see them at Berklee on that tour...quite, quite expensive, but so worth it.

Oh, Ihsahn's solo stuff is great, too.

Thanks for the input, everybody!  I'll pick up that E5 - it's certainly cheap enough.  I have a Sansa Clip, but don't use it that much, so we're just talking desktop use here.  Thankfully for my wallet, all of our accounts are in my fiancee's name, so this will be my stop on the Grado train for now.

Wow, that's cheap!  I'll look into it...online only, or do they have it in stores?

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing Pink Floyd - Division Bell The Swell Season - Strict Joy The Beatles - Abbey Road

Currently reading the Icewind Dale Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore and Ghost Rider by Neil Peart.

Daylight Dies, Garden Of Shadows, Gwynbleidd, Swallow The Sun...great, great bands.   ...And it's plug time.  My band (see sig) does prog/doom-lite/melodic metal, influenced by Opeth, Katatonia, Sentenced, Porcupine Tree, Death, etc.  If this sort of thing isn't kosher, I can certainly edit.

I mainly listen on my Alienware M15X - my fiancee has migraines that are triggered / worsened by sound, so I'm wearing headphones a lot at home.  I'll probably look into an amp eventually, but this is already a huge step up, so I can't justify the expense (to her, at least ;))

Hey everybody, first post!  After using a pair of Sony MDR-V500s for the last 5 years (I know, I know...), I decided to step things up a bit.  Picked up some SR60s yesterday and the difference is mind-boggling.  If this is their *low-end* model, I can't imagine how good the others must sound!