I've tried the rainbow foil stuff, and posted my results on Audioasylum: Quote: I recently received a free sample of Peter Belt's rainbow foil in the mail today, courtesy of an old Greg Weaver column in Soundstage (http://www.soundstage.com/synergize/synergize041999.htm). I tested the...

Happy birthday!

Thanks for the rec. Indeed, low bitrate music -- but it's good, free music.

Hey Darth! Great to see you back after so long... Excellent article. I'm going to need some time to digest it. Have you considered submitting this to Stereophile? I think this is a unique article that deserves some exposure!

The Simpsons are still excellent and I hope they stay on TV. They made something of a comeback in season 14. The Sopranos are one hell of a fantastic show, in my opinion, but I hope they only stay on the air as long as they can keep their artistic integrity. From what I've heard, season 4 was...

I say yes, but no recommendations.

-- It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone - "to relax," I told myself - but I knew it wasn't true. Thinking became more and...

Quote: If you have a question as to why a thread was closed, why not ask a moderator? But how do you know who closed it? Wouldn't you have to post another thread asking who closed it and why? And even if you knew who closed it, is it elegant to make each person PM the moderator...

Thanks Duncan. I posted a poll on the topic here.

Just wanted to gauge community sentiment on the issue.

I think it would be extremely helpful if, before moderators closed threads, they posted a final message explaining why they did so. Just a sentence or two would be enough. It shouldn't matter how inane the thread is -- it's a matter of courtesy. Any chance this could be made standard?

Just found this website today. I really like it -- some nice classical pieces. Those two recordings, at least, seem to me to be sparingly done, very clean, very pleasant. Better than a lot of CDs!

Good work. Quote: Maybe I was wrong to even create a rock category. I didn't want there to be much in the way of sonic evaluations, which can be SUBJECTIVE. I completely agree. These types of categories are way too controversial to be stuck in this kind of document. I suggest you...

I've read the myth too. Interesting stuff.

Why the question mark?

Have you tried a lot of different recordings? It could just be the distortion on the particular records you're using. Try also asking this question on the Vinyl Asylum at http://www.audioasylum.com/

Quote: Anyone who have ever listen to the HD600 with the Blockhead would and could never, ever call them veiled. I dunno, I've heard the HD600 on a Blockhead and I would still say it's a touch veiled compared to some of the other top headphones out there. Don't get me wrong, the...

Quote: Clone? Do you mean home-built computer? Sure. Or computer bought from some no-name place. Quote: I built mine myself and I've had ZERO probelms. It's pretty powerful too. Well that's good. I'm sure some of them are problem-free. But in my experience the...

Hey, if I were you I'd get a Dell with some kind of on-service warranty. I haven't seen a powerful clone yet that hasn't had some kind of problem under stress. I've seen clones that close relatives have assembled, that other companies have assembled, you name it. Maybe it's just bad luck, but...

If I could have a dream headphone system, I would hire Stax or Sennheiser to *build* me custom headphones, including amp and an ultra-sophisticated DSP system/equalizer. Ditto for the sources. Get a few of the best audiophile engineering companies in the world to build me prototype sources, then...

Sorry to hear that, PinkFloyd. My condolences on your loss.

Can't say that I didn't enjoy the books, but: "Harry Potter: Pampered jock, patsy, fraud." has quite a bit of truth to it, too.

Quote: but i find it upsetting that it's all the "wrong" people who do which will keep this great headphone from the rest of the world. I think we can agree here. There's evidently a strong demand for this headphone. Grado could probably name its price if it put out a new and improved...

Quote: i checked the profiles for those headwizers and they were all using the ra-1 as amplification (though one guy has a creek ). plus reviews from gradolabs.com? gee, they can't be biased at all! ... i can guaran****ingtee that if these reviewers had heard the hp-1000 on a melos...

I don't have a dog, but I always liked the look of this guy: