Dusty Chalk

It's in Columbia, MD, not the place that grawk mentioned.

Raffy -- wtf is wrong with you -- that is my favorite beer. Al -- glad you liked. I know it doesn't make up for the mudslide, but here's to hoping it's the beginning of a trend of things you enjoy. Me -- finished the Fraoch. Meh. I'll give it another chance later (especially since I bought two bottles right away).

Saw The Joy Formidable last night -- fucking rawked.

Perfect Pour, dude. I'd offer to go up there with you tomorrow after your lesson, but I don't really need anything right now. But I'll go with you if you want to go.

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald porter Sent from mah Droid

Wouldn't there be a problem with sending it to the EU without having distribution in the EU? Or can you still sell direct?

Oh, fuckme. I'm only at 48, but I was really hoping the same thing. I fully suspect one of the higher levels to be nothing but a bunch of coffee mugs.

Let's put it this way -- you won't catch me arguing with that. And yes, they are associated with Absolute Sound, HiFi+, and ...hmmm...I thought there was a home entertainment one as well.

I liked it -- I was hoping for a little more body, but I didn't mind the mild sour. Errs on the side of inoffensive, but I'm glad of that.

Fraoch 20

Actually, now that you mention it, that does remind me of that scene from the movie, Poltergeist.

You should also get a pair of Sony MDR-V6/-7506 for comparison.

(sends painkilling vibes in Al's direction)

Playback's Guide to Earphones & Custom Fit IEMs

Done. I crack me up.

Yes, I live in a noisy environment -- do you live in a monestary? Or a ...wherever it is that nuns are? Or an abandoned velvet-lined stone fortress? Because short of that, headphones are almost always quieter than a speaker environment. And even when it is, you had to have gone to a lot of effort to achieve that, which adds a psychological, "waiting for the other shoe to drop" pressure. To me, anyway. I listen on relatively low volumes with both. And yes, I totally agree that there's the whole isolation vs. background noise thing, but to me, it's more than that. I have heard excellent speakers on a well-controlled room, and they still seemed more diffuse than headphones. I mean, when you're straining yourself to understand lyrics, don't you subconsciouly do the ear equivalent of squinting your eyes, and try to lean up closer to the speaker? You're already doing that with headphones. I'm not saying that speakers aren't more enjoyable for you (and Jacob and most of the rest of the population), but you touched a nerve when you said "critical" listening.

DT800? Or do you mean DT880? I think you've been typing '800' a lot, because of the Senns, that's all.

I actually find headphones better for critical listening, mostly due to the isolation. For example, discerning hard-to-understand lyrics in complex, layered contemporary pop/rock, I find much easier on headphones than on speakers, all other things being equal. So yeah, disagree.

Didn't we have a whole thread for apps? Or was it this thread? You may want to go through that. Of course, that's assuming you want to hear recommendations from others than Ric.

That's the greatest article ever written, evar.

So I take it it wasn't anyone here? Sorry. If it's any consolation, it suddenly gets easier again after 30.

OH COME ON!

If you like hoppy, it's worth trying.

Can you use a visual editor to look at the exact spot and see if there's anything there in the file? (And yes, we would need more than the second, otherwise I'd do it myself.) I'm listening on linux, and I hear nothing unusual, except a weird divide-down artifact/synthetic warbling sound @ 2:44, not a snap, crackle, nor pop.

(makes a mental note to visit that bar)