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| Headphones at work Good point, Swamp. Another good argument for IEM's which are the best at isolating. | |
| Headphones at work There's a few portable amps that put out quite a bit of power. I don't have direct experience to say whether they're enough for your 650's, but you could find input on the headphone-specific forums. Ray Samuels SR71B,and iBasso PB2 Pelican are bot... | |
| Tube DAC Conundrum I'm sure glad that's settled! | |
| Melody Gardot Live She is a class act for sure, and definitely not to be missed live! | |
| Selecting headphones and a headphone amp There are a few headphone forums where you'll find a whole lot more bandwidth noise than here and even more conflicting opinions. But the subject matter is very specific to what you are looking for, obviously. If you plan on doing a whole lot of l... | |
| Album Of The Year 2011 Rok2id - As far as my pick; Diamond Mine is a pretty raw, and unconventional recording. Not your typical audiophile fare. In general, I do prefer acoustic music and smaller arrangements myself (though my tastes are not limited to that), both with ... | |
| Album Of The Year 2011 You already know mine, bro.Diamond Mine, King Kreosote and John HopkinsIf it weren't for you and NPR I might not have given it a try.Good choices, yours. Like the Gillian Welch but she and Dave have done better. | |
| Need Some DAC + Headphone Advice If I were advising a friend, I'd suggest they look for a pair of Audeze LCD-2's on the used market rather then the Senns. They would be a better choice than 650's, and not a small difference IMHO. DAC/amp to go with them for around $500? Perhaps a... | |
| Mark Hollis/ Talk Talk Phil - I couldn't agree more. Both albums are among my top twenty or so. To expand on differences for the benefit of others: While Mark Hollis unique fusion makes a nod to jazz and pop, with other entirely unique elements thrown in, Creosote and H... | |
| Mark Hollis/ Talk Talk His solo effort IS nice. I just ordered it.Hope you enjoy it. It is haunting and ethereal. The sound is kind of home-spun with lots of environmental ambiance and sounds. Very RAW. I love it. Not uplifting by any means though so those who are seeki... | |
| Chicks With Guitars Kami ThompsonThis is the daughter of Richard and Linda Thompson so there are some damn fine musical genes at play here.And lets not forget her brother, Teddy Thompson, who is also an excellent musician. Of course he's not a chick, but he does play... | |
| Mark Hollis/ Talk Talk His only solo effort, which is self-titled, is one of my very favorite albums. Better than anything I've heard with, Talk Talk. Perhaps more stark and somber if you can believe it. It's a damn shame he didn't continue with the solo work. | |
| headphones-amp combination I'd certainly agree with everything in Tonkay's recent post. By all means, listen and decide for yourself. I only offered my input in the form of an opinion and it was not even remotely disguised as anything else. I didn't see Danlib agreeing with... | |
| Itunes keeps stopping Agreed, it's probably the network or interference from some other device (portable phone, remote printer, etc.). It could also be in some of the buffer settings within iTunes. I can't recall which are the usual suspects but you might do a search o... | |
| How do we remember 1970s amplifiers? I think my ability to afford higher end gear was transitional in that decade. My memories are limited to the early 80's and NYAL which was my first experience of the warm, lush sound of tubes, along with the Dynaco 70. What I have set in my memory... |