Dusty Chalk

It's the rapture.

hirsch, thrice, stevieo and I have all heard them, and I think the other three actually owned them for a while. They were a rather special headphone, but I never got into it, and don't really remember it that well. They might; I don't know, you'd have to ask them.

Pffft.

Amazon

I have A Go Go and the Medeski Martin & Wood collaboration under the name Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, Out Louder, and enjoy them both immensely from a musical standpoint (I love fusion). What else should I get next?

A subconscious reference to our childhood, perhaps ("glow balls")?

How about Radiohead? J/K...

He might've been, I'll let him answer for himself, though. Also: Kimber PBJ, but they can have a hint of edge with the wrong systems.

I'll second the Cardas Neutral Ref recommendation. I don't know how "syrupy" they are, but they are warm without erring on the side of veiled.

Does that mean you finally have amplification, speakers, and wires, all set up together correctly? Huzzah.

I demand live feed!

I have globs of money, but they're mostly ones...and they're wrinkled, and sometimes if I've had Chinese recently, they stick together. Seriously: how much?

Awesome. What do you play? My first instrument (in both senses of the word, 'first') is the piano, but I play a lot of synthesizers.

Nodoze, then.

You know, you don't have to read every fucking thread on Head-Case. I know I certainly don't want to get a case of induced narcolepsy.

You and me both, dude. Too bad it doesn't come in black.

You're a musician? I go to my own concerts, as well. I am my own favourite musician.

Alright, we'll take lolcats to the next level: loljesus:

I had a fling with a Canadian chick once. Chicks >>> dollars any day of the week.

I approve.

It depends which $300 cable and which $3000 cable you're talking about. There are some right good $300 cables, and I have another threshold called "ah can has no monies" that prevent me from even trying $3000 cables, so I couldn't honestly tell you. I also have another threshold called "ahm def", which keeps me out of golden ears territory, but I do honestly believe that there are people who can hear better than I do, and to them, there are certainly better cables at higher price points that they are willing to pay. To me, once you get past a certain point, I stop being able to tell them apart -- they're not even different. I don't see the point in me paying more than that. But I do see the point in someone else paying that, if they can hear a difference. And yes, you're right, once you get into stratospheric prices, there is a certain amount of truth to the fact that they stop being so much "better" and start being just "different" -- Cardas has their house sound cables such as the Golden Reference, and they have there less house sound cables such as the Neutral Reference, just to cater to different tastes. Also: UsedCable.com -- in addition to the usual suspects, audiogon, etc. Audiogon is a favorite for cable flippers, so the selection will be better there.

There's this activity called "flipping". You buy something on the used market, and that's how you audition it. If you don't like it, you sell it. It's that simple. Pffft. Usually, they're not. You're definitely getting into the point of diminishing returns when you talk those numbers. So it's not that anyone who buys a US$3K cable actually believes they're 10 times better than a US$300 cable, it's that he believes they are some small amount better, and that he is willing to invest the extra dosh for that little bit better, because to them, they have a mental threshold of "better" that they want to surpass, and they believe they can afford it.

Well...it's not so much about "for now" vs. "later" as IMHO cables are more subjective than just about anything else, and he should try things. There is a good chance that he will like Blue Jeans (or something else of similar ilk), so yeah, he should try those first. I would also throw White Zombie and Anti-Cables out as supposedly good entry level options (although I have personal experience with neither). Those are a couple that I've been meaning to try myself. I also have tried Pure Silver Sound Quartet interconnects myself, and have been very happy with them. I've been meaning to try their speaker cables, although I'll probably go with White Zombie's.