What are you listening to Part the Third

[Dusty Chalk]

They could have at least put it in the "discontinued" section.

But you compared it with the Benchmark, so you're using it as a DAC?

[Dusty Chalk]

Any idea why they discontinued it? A quality $300 pre/pro pretty much has no competition at its price point.

EDIT: My guess, if I had to make one, would be that one of the many new multi-channel standards was impossible to update onto it.

[Dusty Chalk]

Now on a Piazzolla/Tango/Bandoneon kick, starting with Zoe Tiganouria, Tanguera, and probably to be followed by Concierto Para Bandoneon/Tres Tangos, La Camorra: The Solitude of Passionate Provocation, Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night, and Tango: Zero Hour. Probably well into tomorrow.

[Dusty Chalk]

That's at work. Now at home: New Wet Kojak (Girls Against Boys side project from the same era).

[mikeymad]

Yes - Live at Montreux

Yeah it should be watching now - but I am at work - so just listening.

[cutestory]

Goldfrapp — Supernature — You Never Know

[Voltron]

[Dusty Chalk]

Emmalee Crane, Formantine, Crux, and "Pretty in Pink" -- great swathes of washy goodness, a la John Foxx's Cathedral Oceans series and Lisa Gerrard's Whale Rider soundtrack; ambienty goodness. "Pretty in Pink" appears to be based on the same chord progression as the Psych Furs tune of the same name, although I didn't put a lot of thought into it, so could be wrong. (I was too busy blissing out.) (After all, that's how I discovered this artist -- I had searched on Pretty in Pink and played some of the versions, hoping for a cool cover.)

[mikeymad]

Retro Family - 2012 - pid Soundtrack

[Dusty Chalk]

Within Temptation cover Bruno Mars, Gnarls Barkley, Lana Del Rey, Gotye, and Enrique Iglesias...whut?

EDIT: Also David Guetta ft. Sia, the Who, and Coldplay.

I stand by, "...whut?"

link

[Aura]

and Enrique Iglesias

Right now - Passion Pit - Gossamer

I can't quite get into this group. I think it's the vocals.

[Dusty Chalk]

Hawkwind

I can't stop thinking about Tap.

[en480c4]

Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit

Edited November 5, 2012 by en480c4

[Hopstretch]

Next!

Keane -- Strangeland

[Dusty Chalk]

Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.

Very Glass-ish. Glass-ian. Glass-esque. Inspired by Philip Glass.

Up next: Mouse on Mars, Parastrophics

Also a bunch of Ghostly International and Spectral Sound stuff.

[Dusty Chalk]

Got home, switched to The Puppini Sisters -- this is wonderful. They do old-style retro multi-part harmonies along the lines of Mary Ford (they even cover Mr. Sandman), sometimes accompanied by ukelele and apply it to old standards, new covers, and originals ("I Can't Believe I'm Not A Millionaire", "I Will Survive", "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" [they do the whole thing, including the slow part] and "Crazy In Love (Real Tuesday Weld remix)" are all superb).

[Dusty Chalk]

Pink Floyd 1988

[aardvark baguette]

mega overtime week, so pulling out the staples.

[aardvark baguette]

[aardvark baguette]

oingo boingo - nothing to fear

[Voltron]

Are you enjoying the Pinnacle and other recent purchases? You've been posting here more than usual, so it might be evidence of happiness.

[aardvark baguette]

some was on an ipod at the office, but in general yeah.

I haven't even got to jazz or classical yet, I've been enjoying lots of rock on the (new to me) LCD2 with the pinnacle. Zero buyers remorse whatsoever. There is a growing voice in the back of my head that I need to buy a second one for the office. I'm ignoring it for now, but it scares me sometimes.

Pinnacle + LCD2 + Oingo Boingo = pulsating pop bliss

[Dusty Chalk]

Oingo Boingo! <3

Me: Collide, Bent & Broken

[blessingx]

Then...

Now...

Vinyl from recent box.

[Dusty Chalk]

(squints) Why is it fucsia?

Me: Fear and the Nervous System -- kinda post-metal, lead singer sounds like he's constantly on the verge of howling Nu-Metal style, but he keeps it just barely reigned in. Me likey. RIYL Neurosis, Giant Squid, The Ocean (Collective), et al. There's some really nice clean singing in there, too, not something I would normally associate with the genre.