This might seem blatantly obvious, though I'd like to remind readers to clean their fps.   I use Diamine's registrar ink on my Pelikan and got lazy on my previous cleanup(s). I'm not sure how it is with other ink types (since I've only used this one) but given time the iron-gall will form a...

Quote:   Sorry to hear that and I hope you'll fix that ear completely! I'd probably be quite upset if this happened to me since I look for detail and precision regardless of available setup.   Quote:   Aye, I find the viral marketing thing hideous.   Fortunately I didn't get to...

I'm surprised there are people here willing to discuss the Silmarillion.    I think whoever attempts it in the future will have to pick and choose out of the short stories (which do NOT focus on deities) to make any sort of impact on the general audience. The creation aspects are at the deep...

Just wanted to take a detour from The Hobbit films. For me, this is probably the most enjoyable part of the behind-the-scenes feature from LoTR. Reading the trilogy actually made me appreciate [even more] the film making character realization process. And it certainly helps that Gollum's...

I think anything above two headphones can be considered too many. One earbud to lug around plus a good headphone or IEM for your full setup. Anything more, you better have some specific genre in mind or at least good recordings to back it up.   But that's just my opinion.   If you're a...

I watched the second movie last night. When I got home, family asked how the movie was and it took me what felt like minutes to produce a reaction.   Anyway just one more to go. Hopefully they'll get more Tolkien in and less of Michael Bay.   p.s. Srsly why the [...] is Tauriel even in there?

I've kept this stuff mostly to myself so I don't think I've ever been called anything specific (nor have I ever cared to assign myself into one).   Now I just listen to music wherever and however I find them... So I guess in many ways I think I've went around the circle with this music...

  Well there are always risks with online trading and you're talking about two different stages here. From my experience both should be context specific like customer location (are they overseas?) and obviously the amount of money involved.   I'd say as item value goes up, buyer and seller...

  Right on. Different readers will render different aspects of the book differently, though I think it becomes more troublesome when filmmakers deal with more intricate worlds (which is true for Tolkien).    I know last year it was rather difficult for me to watch The Hobbit the second time...

I watched both Star Treks - 7/10   Don't really care for the characters or plot, just the final frontier aspect of it  

Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston - Alchemy (Myon & Shane 54 Redemption Mix).     I like this mix a lot.

Damn 36 bids @ US $4250 on a zero rating seller out of eBay?   Still not even at the sniping phase yet.   ---   lol two late snipes concluded the auction with 41 bids @ US $5151. That's a lot of faith, if you know what I mean.

Wow, I didn't know this sort of discussion was taking place at head-fi. I watched the youtube clip followed by the pf articles... and a few thoughts came to mind, so I'll try to distill it down into a post.   I think Mr. Pearson [and you too Mike] were hitting the mark explaining how...

Not sure if this band belongs squarely in the metal (or even rock) genre but gosh... 2001 SOAD could sing and play some amazing music. This is probably the best live performance I've ever seen from them.  

Siren's Call   

Honestly, it sounds like you need a workhorse of a headphone. If you're going to lug and run with this thing, I'd suggest buying a decent isolation earbud and some USB DAC. I'm actually using older variant of the item below while on my laptop.     ...

I hope OP found a good pair.    p.s. A word of caution for readers, please note that both models mentioned are OOP.

***cleaning this post up***   It appears that this film trilogy is very much an action oriented interpretation of the book. Nevermind the script, the general feel and pacing of the former hardly resembles the latter. This was true for the first film, even more so for the second, and probably...

Like others have stated, comparisons and choosing well known albums always helps.   As for its length, it depends on what you what to do with it. You could be extremely thorough or be critical on certain aspects like construction (lots of reviews floating around the internet). For forum...

I still have my pair and loving it. I've treated it as a gaming workhorse so I haven't done many listening sessions with it. It's quite amazing what it does though considering the price.

You'll have more chance for a worthwhile reply on these bigger threads, so no need to create another.   I was going to type a very short reply but after seeing your join date, and how head-fi has changed since I became a member here this must be said. Feel free to skip to the tl;dr statement...

Quote: Absolutely! I'm actually going to cite this video by lovesredness.   Treasure Planet - I'm Still Here   It's been some eight years since I first heard this song, and I'm still getting the chills.

  This thread has been bugging me ever since I discovered head-fi and now at twenty one years of age, I've become ever-more certain that there's still too much music I'd like to get my hands and ears on. My tastes are still maturing and preferences ever changing but what I, as a novice...

Aja by Steely Dan.     In my opinion, what a wonderful album! 

Browsing Youtube, easily. Many of the post-80s songs I've hunted down were actually decent for casual listening standards.