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I think it's the open wall on the one side that is screwing him up. Seems like a good place to use EQ, since it's probably changing the frequency response as well.

Tapping the Vein are awesome -- Heather is one of my favorite vocalists in the genre, if not ever. She can go from little-girl coo to full-on scary scream in the course of a single song, and sound good no matter what she does. Ian will tell you more about Scarling...he's a fan, IIRC. I also heartily recommend Kidneythieves. Mediggy. If you're going to get Trickster, go ahead and get the Reprocess, I think (though I still haven't gotten it myself, yet). I've had Hungry Lucy on my radar forever, looks like I need to check them out. Jack Off Jill are industrial -- so of course mediggy. I forget Rhea's Obsession and Darling Violetta, although I have albums by both of them. Kittie and My Ruin head more into metal and nu-metal territory, IMHO.

I have an IDE drive (DVD burner with lightscribe) that I'd like to use in my SATA-based machine (has no IDE whatsoever). Any adapters that you can recommend or disrecommend?

Start with the head -- it makes the victim all...fuzzy.

Anyone have any idea whether any of these are any good? For some reason, amazon is recommending it to me:

You may also want to contact PartsConnexion. And no, it doesn't completely defeat the purpose*, just the primary reason. *He is right in that if he can get a DAC that would be compatible with the output stage, it is a good one, and we all know how important that is.

x2 (on the blaming Ian)

Happy Birthday!!!1!

Please tell me you're kidding. EDIT: OMG

No, I meant I have a cat for getting my headphones furrier. J/K...

Bummer, dude.

Oh, that's awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHU_4TLkkl4

I think of her more as the girl next door with plain jane face who, when you finally get her home, has a smoking hot body and is a wildcat in bed.

$350 receiver and speakers $150-$200 Blu-ray player (depending on whether or not you're willing to settle for a refurb) I mean, jesus christ, the best speakers we can come up with are at least ...what is it? The AudioEngine ones? So you're not going to be able to get those and a blu-ray player and a pre-pro...or speakers and a receiver (which is how I'd do it) for $500. I mean, come on! I recommend separating out the player and receiver, instead of getting a one-box solution -- heat is not a transport's best friend.

I have a cat for that.

Listening right now to Blue Man Group straight outta the iPod through ESW10's. Jesus, these sound good. I bet they don't scale for shit. So -- which ones seem to have variance from one to the next, that's the ESW9's, right, not these?

Blue Man Group, The Complex Duggeh -- another one you should investigate if you haven't heard it yet -- very much reminds me of QE2 -- start with Audio first, though.

Seagate 1TB for US$80 Cavalry 1TB with latex catsuit for US$90

Dell 3008WFP for only $40 than the refurb Damnit, I hope this is still on when my tax check comes in. This is exactly the sort of discount I have been waiting for.

If you have a cat, then don't even worry about it, its finish will be camouflaged by cat hair within a week.

Well, shit yeah, don't you?

[bernard black]Demand away...[/bernard black] PS I agree with Jacob -- start by not substituting anything, and try just adding green tea to the rotation. You want to live forever? I've got two words for you: fish oil. Also: vinegar, specifically the apple cider variety.

And for those of you (er...us) too lazy to track down a ...uh... advance copy, here's a legal streaming link of the entire album.

Uh...you know there's no such thing as "flawless". There's better and worse, but there's absolutely no such thing as flawless. You might listen to a system and think it's flawless, and it's probably pretty good, but you'll hear flaws in it eventually, if you listen to enough different musicks on it.