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So I'm thinking about trying a Marantz PM-8004 integrated amp in my TakeT setup. I'm particularly drawn to the 8004 because it has extensive tone controls. Being able to potentially dial back or dial up the bass of the H2+ is appealing.
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The thought of pre-ordering the SRH1940 is really started to grow on me. Their being described by HeadRoom as laid back and warm while still detailed is what does it for me. Lately I'm finding my sensibilities are moving toward darker and / or more laid back headphones (LCD-2 rev. 1, the SR-007mk1, and the TakeT H2+).
On a more depressing note, my partner keeps hinting to me that she wants me to sell some of my collection. To be honest, I've been thinking about doing so anyway. Our new place is bigger than the old, but the room that is allocated for my audio gear is smaller. Go figure. The result is that it's hard to even move around in there right now. It's going to be difficult to try and figure out what to let go though.
I think you're ready for a classic Marantz receiver now. Though I suspect you'd be happier with a Pioneer SX-1280.
The SRH 1840 intrigues me but I am loathe to buy it unheard. Actually, I'd like a week with one before deciding to buy; The HD 800 needed about that long for me to both find its faults and be happy with it despite them.
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Eh, that's not too depressing. Think about what high-end speaker enthusiasts have to go through trying to find speakers that will meet that old 'wife acceptance factor'. Though I often do daydream about meeting a guy who is ALSO into headphones.
My WAF is pretty simple: If it fits in my office, and it doesn't bring financial ruin, it's fair game. I've imposed stricter limits on myself mostly to keep my packrat tendencies at bay. But I'm in the same boat as MuppetFace, in a way: New, larger space and for the first time clearly-delineated personal space, but less effective room for retaining my own stuff.
The secret, I've found, is a lot of plastic baggies and bins to stuff 'em into. I've seen Jude keeps his vast collection of headphones (at least the ones not in boxes) each in zipper-top plastic gallon bags, and I've taken to doing the same. Does wonders for neatness and cable control. And once everything is binned away the collection ought to be taking far less space. So then you can justify more stuff, and more plastic bins.
One of the downsides of having a partner who's into exactly the same thing you're into is that you don't necessarily get the alone time you might need. On the one hand, you can share your collection with your partner and have access to twice as many headphones. On the other, if this means you both keep fighting over the same great headphone you pooled your money to get, it ends up not being as satisfying. So it depends, really. I've found that a relationship can be happier when your personal pursuits allow you to each be happy with your alone time, so that you don't get sick of each other too quickly from excessive togetherness.
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I end up just chasing interesting leads from things I hear on the radio or in stores though. For me music is a process of fun discovery; I generally love finding obscure and very off-beat stuff.
Oh yes, and I remember they halcyon days of college radio in the States for exactly that.
The Internet has brought the celestial jukebox to us, but sometimes I feel a little like the thrill of discovering yet another thing to love that I'd never heard before is lessened.
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Also dub isn't the same as dubstep. Dub is island music closer to reggae, but with the influence of heavy editing and electronic device processing, and dubstep is so named because it derives influence from the pioneers of the genre who used similar editing and mixing techniques to achieve the same kind of spacey ambience. Basic Channel and their offshoot Rhythm 'n' Sound are kind of the most famous example of the link between dub and what would eventually become dubstep.
(Just imagine I'm adjusting my nerd glasses as I say this.)
How's this, then?
Dance the Spiral Never Ending by Kalya Scintilla, with the self-applied genre tags
dubstep electronic glitch hop gypsy organic belly music dubstep glitch hop gypsy middle eastern psychedelic spiritual Australia I suspect Kalya's tired of the comparisons to Shpongle, but personally I mostly had mixed feelings about the extended borrowing of Cut Chemist's "Swing Set" on one of the tracks in the middle. And it doesn't sound particularly glitchy to me. It's decent background listening though; if nothing else it rises above the new agey implications of the title.
Dibs on the Qualia j/k
