To my ears, all of the MTV "Unplugged" albums sound great, especially through headphones.  I heartily second another poster's suggestion of the Alice in Chains edition, as well as all of the already-mentioned suggestions which I've heard.   A few other rock albums which I feel are...

1993: http://imageshack.us/f/803/1993.jpg/ 2011: http://imageshack.us/f/267/2011bo.jpg/   It's not terrible sounding, but it's not an improvement.

Octavarium for me. It has so many good songs leading up to the awesome Sacrificed Sons, and then the mindblowingly epic title track. Second would be a tough pick. How bout "all the rest of them"

I too have worked in a place that blasted pop radio 24/7, so I understand you're just venting a bit. And, really, Nickleback does suck. Nobody here would disagree with me. Still, the focus should be on what you do like.

My sound card can do it so I've messed around with it a bit. I guess I'm a bit of a purist, but I mostly prefer regular stereo. I do use dolby headphone occasionally when listening to a live album when I want to just shut my eyes and really relax. It's a mood thing.

All of the "Unplugged" albums, but especially Alice in Chains'.

I hear it too. The waveform looks pretty compressed, peaks are brickwalled. It's too bad, I was unimpressed with his 3rd and 4th albums and sort of lost interest - but I'm really digging the lyrics on this one so far. It's just a bit hard to listen to.

#2 in this list concerns me much more.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones I'm not a huge fan of the banjo but I have to admit he's excellent. I was really drawn to them after hearing bassist Victor Wooten though, who is amazing.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Left of Cool Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder Gods

I used to have a hard time waking up, so I set the first 15 seconds of Pink Floyd's Time to my alarm. YAAGHHH!

EAC -> Wav, dBpoweramp to convert to flac, Mp3tag to tag. I could probably automate it more, but I'm a control freak. Little discrepancies in the way my music is tagged (eg. 1 vs. 1/15 vs. 01 as track numbers) drive me nuts whereas most people don't even notice. That's just an example. I've...

FLAC. - It's free - No association with Apple - It's widely supported If you want Ipod compatibility, check out rockbox.org. Their firmware makes my Ipod (it was free, I'd never buy one) much easier to use and loadable as a USB storage device, without any silly need for itunes / ephpod /...

Quote: Originally Posted by solessthanthree Dream theatre - solitarity shell ^_^ Your turn

Quote: Originally Posted by ramus Have a look at The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath or Frances the Mute. I also like Joanna Newsom,Primus,NIN but they dont sound like King Crimson sure. By the way,I really cant understand what is so special with Porcupine Tree.It is quite weird for me...

I really spaced out there. "Band" = "song"

Quote: Originally Posted by milkweg Correct, you're turn. Rawr!

With the industry making it so easy and rewarding to purchase music, it's a wonder that there's a problem with people illegally downloading it.

David Bowie - Life on Mars .. ?

Quote: Originally Posted by scytheavatar The ones who classify them as metal are the ones who classify Slipknot and Korn as metal; i.e the ones who don't have a clue. Most nu-metal = rock. You called people names, you win the internet! Really, it's silly to get so worked up...

Quote: Originally Posted by leveller1642 Exactly. A quick google suggested that the Zunes does support non DRM AAC. (as do Sony DAPS) Microsoft isn't that stupid. If Bob's songs are 256 bps it shouldn't have DRM I cannot for the life of me work out why on a audio forum devoted to...

I was under the impression you could choose aac or mp3 from itunes, I never heard of them using m4a. Pardon my ignorance if I'm wrong, I don't buy Apple products. M4a is not exclusive to itunes / ipod, it's just a codec like any other (eg. mp3, ogg/vorbis, flac, etc.). It's certainly less...

I'm in the same boat, most modern metal to me sounds very mechanical, without much soul. A few hard bands I do like are Amon Amarth and Opeth, and of course Dream Theater and Tool - but some might consider those two to be rock rather than metal. People will explain their own personal...

Method Man - Biscuits