Dusty Chalk

Is your BHSE on without having headphones plugged into it?

Pete Namlook, DJ Criss, Sequential, on Fax...

Now you're talkin'.

Stretch, how did you let me get away with this? Ultravox, "Vienna", "Sleepwalk", "Lament", many others. Clan of Xymox, "A Day", "Stranger" New Order, "Sunrise", "Age of Consent"

I'll be reading it, but my eyes will be rolling so much, I'll probably get a headache.

Pffft. You mean, "...for an off-the-shelf commercial product...", right?

Love is such an easy game to play.

No, they were a little more complicated before, you just know that now. (I mean, seriously, how else do you blow a fuse on a speaker, unless you got amp problems?)

I love the new one (except for the track "Disconnect" -- blech), that was my guess as to whether or not Deepak would like it.

No worries, I was talking about The Dark Third, the new one won't win you over on its own, I don't think.

Sampled that Gothminister -- good stuff, gonna get. Me: the replacement for the Pathetique had the same problem, so I'm on to: Franck Symphony/Stravinsky Petrouchka, RCA Living Stereo SACD

You ended up not liking the Pure Reason Revolution? I am definitely a fan of post-prog, although I wouldn't call it that. I used to buy everything on ProgRock Records, Laser's Edge, and InsideOut. There are definitely some more generic ones on there -- I wouldn't list Riverside among them. But yeah, it might be a matter of perspective.

They're not laughing at you, those are the voices in your head.

Ooh, ribbons. But...US$1K, best deal, really?

Stanislaw Lem -- just...bizarreness (and yes, I realize they are translations -- doesn't help).

Again, I disagree -- I think it's just a matter of what you value in terms of the sound you're going for. "Musical" is exactly what I would call my Special 25's.

I completely disagree with you on the Special 25's -- I own them, will keep them, and they've made me smile for many an hour.

It's the Flying Dutchman's aquarium! Pretty colors.

closed == want == wishlisted

The stands I have actually bounce.

I'm having a harder time with this one, but see my post in the Moving To Monitors thread, some of the information still applies (esp. Focal/JM Labs & Dali).

JM Lab? (Note misspelling -- when searching, I tend to try all of: Focal, Jmlab, jm lab, jmlabs, jm labs.) I haven't heard those specific speakers, but I'm a big fan of the company, they have stuff in pretty much every price bracket that's a darn good value (well, I wouldn't call the Utopia line "a good value", but...whatever). See also: Dali. And the Quad L & L2 lines. Also Dynaudio, and they have active speakers used for studio stuff. I would try to get a local dealer so that you can hear them -- buying speakers is an extremely subjective and personal decision. Specifically, I loved my little Spendors, but they didn't go loud well. I don't usually listen loud, but for those few occasions when I do, I would like my speakers to be able to hold up (the Spendors got compressed and distorted -- really only good for nearfield listening, but that was this specific model).

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That.