Dusty Chalk

Definitely audition anything by them before you buy -- they are all over the place from full-on Japanese-style noise to Wax Trax style guitar/industrial crossover to some beautiful gothic stuff. Others of my favorites are: Can You Smell the Rain Between? Gilded Shadows Golgotha Songs from the Ashes Songs from the Drain Songs from the Vault -- I might have one of these confused. Dub Songs from a Shallow Grave Our Journey's End Stuff like Bladder Bags and Interludes and Knees and Bones you can save for last. I haven't picked up Before the Quiet yet -- as a matter of fact, I just got my monthly allotment, perhaps I'll get it this iteration.

Nice domain name.

"U.N. Owen was Her?" -- over and over and over and over again. (Also: remixes of same, especially the Ranorudo remix.) Latest favorite version is "Cool & Create"'s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePLnz9AHqeU

I'm a huge Controlled Bleeding fan. I even like their basement recordings (recorded quite literally in a basement, someone interrupts, says, "What is this crap? I'm trying to study..." etc.). But The Poisoner is one of my more favorites. Me: nada.

I do declare: posty-post-of-the-day.

Quixotic Equine!

That and the Police box set are really good ones. I should put them both on my iPod.

With onomatopoeia and alliteration.

...but no tubes.

I don't have a problem with that -- why would you have a problem with that? Don't you believe in the "complete overkill" school of engineering? Even given your stance of "you can't hear it", if it's not there to not here, all the better.

Name your own Ubuntu upgrade! 9.10 is already named (Karmic Koala), I say: Lamentable Llama! Melancholy Marten! (I got nuthin' for en.) Opulant Ostrich! Petulant Possum!

Happy Birthday!

I just get the same thing over and over again. (Although yes, sometimes that trick works. Just not now. For me, anyway, using Firefox 3.0.9 on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope.)

You should try something organic. Or recycled. Or both.

I was defending my citing of a couple of examples to counterpoint your: I think it's legitimate to include OOP DACs when one makes sweeping generalizations like that.

I wouldn't worry about it. Some people are their gear, no matter how loudly the external voices try to drown out the inner ones.

Alright, I guess I didn't realize that. How about just "very moddable", with no attempt at comparison? Basically, it's designed to be opened and mucked with. And I thought they still made the Link DAC III? Well, looking here, they still make the Nelson variant for under $1K ([radio announcer voice]1380 w/USB input![/radio announcer voice]). And besides, I don't think those Parasounds are still in production either -- I wouldn't compare apples to oranges. Do they even do 24/96?

Congratulations?

I'm with you on that. Not enough is just as unrealistic as too much.

Didn't the Benchmark DAC1 have some internal jumpers to alter gain? Or am I thinking of something else?

I don't know if I'd go that far. I've had the 1600 and the Audio Alchemy, and I kept the Audio Alchemy. It's a little more rolled off, but what it gets right, it gets righter, IMHO. I also mucho the MSB Link DAC III (which I believe I have 2 of, now), which, at the same time, has better frequency extension in both directions, and is much more moddable, to those with a DIY inclination.

That's what I was trying to say!

Whut?