R.I.P. Jeff Hannamen. Very sad day for metal. 

Quote: I saw that came out.  I'm gonna wait until I'm back stateside before I pick it up. My only other option right now is iTunes and I don't want to do that.

Quote: Yeah Buddy!!!!

Quote: Actually I haven't listened to anything with out Portnoy.  I'm behind the curve on DT right now.

Quote: I agree.  He's the guy that showed me that keyboards could be cool. His work in Liquid Tension Experiment is amazing as well. 

Quote: Yeah it must!  I love Dream Theater.  Though his voice does irritate me after a while.  It's just so high and predictable. But both bands in my opinion have to notch drummers... Well Dream Theater used to not so sure now. 

Quote: I tried "The Incident"  and didn't like it.  I think the drumming is awesome for most of the tracks the guy has a great sound for sure.  But the lyrics and his singing make me want to take a power drill to my head. 

Quote: Man, I've tried super hard to get into the Porcupine Tree thing but just can't seem to do it.  Maybe I just haven't listened to the right album.  Any suggestions on that front? 

Quote: I haven't noticed any lack in the mids and I'm well over the 100 hour mark, but i could just have forgotten about that part initially. I have noticed that the bass is more present in the mix but I don't find it overpowering.   

Second on Tool and APC.  I love all their albums and I really like that they sound pretty much the same live.

Quote: I don't see why you couldn't do that as long as a) your smartphone will output audio from the usb b) you have the right adapter.  I can' think of a reason why this would be considered a PC only unit. 

Quote: Personally, if you're going to go that route I'd just get the E17 and see how much you like that before you go all in with the E17/E9K set up.  The E17 is a DAC/AMP combo when you use the USB input from a computer or other source. That'd save you a little cash in the whole process...

Quote: I don't know about the O2.  I have an E17 for my portable(ish) rig with the a900x's and I enjoy it.  IMO the E17 is a little warm but it still puts out a great sound.  Between the Schiit and the E17 i'd  go with the Schiit. 

I hooked mine up to the Fiio E17 and I must say that it's a great combo as well. Not quite as good as the Modi/Magni but still awesome. 

Quote: I did hear that David Draiman was producing the album, and I think that it will be a great partnership for all involved.  I'm not crazy about what I've read about how they are recording it, but there you go.  I know that Matt Heafy is all about home production but I feel like if they...

Feel Euphoria is one of my favorite albums. Gets a little rough in some places but I like it overall. 

Quote: I have mine paired with the Modi/Magni and I love it.  For an extra $200 you can't go wrong!

Quote: It sure did.  Thanks!

Just got 'em in a few days ago.  I must say they are fantastic. 

I love Trivium-Shogun.  I think it's a great album.  The recording values aren't fantastic but still a good listen. 

USN EOD

Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

Quote: Yeah I hear ya. But right now the original sources are on the other side of the globe right now! 

Quote: More or less.  When I loaded them onto my hard drive in the first place they were done as uncompressed/large files.  When I loaded them into iTunes initially I compressed them to save space on my computer.  So now that I have seen the error of my ways I deleted them and started over. 

I actually ordered the Modi/Magi combo so I'm pretty excited to see how that will work out.  I'm actually overseas right now so I don't have the room for a big rig where I'm at.  I recently reloaded my music collection into iTunes to convert it to a hight bit rate and try and clean it up a...