Dusty Chalk

You ended up not liking the Pure Reason Revolution? I am definitely a fan of post-prog, although I wouldn't call it that. I used to buy everything on ProgRock Records, Laser's Edge, and InsideOut. There are definitely some more generic ones on there -- I wouldn't list Riverside among them. But yeah, it might be a matter of perspective.

They're not laughing at you, those are the voices in your head.

Ooh, ribbons. But...US$1K, best deal, really?

Stanislaw Lem -- just...bizarreness (and yes, I realize they are translations -- doesn't help).

Again, I disagree -- I think it's just a matter of what you value in terms of the sound you're going for. "Musical" is exactly what I would call my Special 25's.

I completely disagree with you on the Special 25's -- I own them, will keep them, and they've made me smile for many an hour.

It's the Flying Dutchman's aquarium! Pretty colors.

closed == want == wishlisted

The stands I have actually bounce.

I'm having a harder time with this one, but see my post in the Moving To Monitors thread, some of the information still applies (esp. Focal/JM Labs & Dali).

JM Lab? (Note misspelling -- when searching, I tend to try all of: Focal, Jmlab, jm lab, jmlabs, jm labs.) I haven't heard those specific speakers, but I'm a big fan of the company, they have stuff in pretty much every price bracket that's a darn good value (well, I wouldn't call the Utopia line "a good value", but...whatever). See also: Dali. And the Quad L & L2 lines. Also Dynaudio, and they have active speakers used for studio stuff. I would try to get a local dealer so that you can hear them -- buying speakers is an extremely subjective and personal decision. Specifically, I loved my little Spendors, but they didn't go loud well. I don't usually listen loud, but for those few occasions when I do, I would like my speakers to be able to hold up (the Spendors got compressed and distorted -- really only good for nearfield listening, but that was this specific model).

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That.

I was just tired of saying 'NTTAWWT', so I thought I'd channel Stuart Smalley for a change. Vampires, on the other hand, suck.

An Imeem playlist of Abakus tracks. PS Found this interesting: For those who have images turned off, it says A Fine Frenzy, new album, Bomb ina Birdcage available 9/8...hey wait, that's today!

And...that's O.K.

What Operating System? Version? Browser? Version? Linux/Ubunutu/latest, Firefox/3.5.2 here, works fine for me. I use http://mail.google.com/mail/ as my bookmark, try that.

Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, Days of Mars -- time told -- this is by far my most frequently listened to album from 2005, from 2006 to the present. Classic old school arpeggiator-driven trance-y synth stuff. Very Tangerine Dream-y.

MINI-mini-mini meet.

That's too bad, because a lot of progressive rock songs would meet your "long song" criteria.

Condolences. Hooray!

The only issue -- and it's a minor one if the intended is going to place the main unit in a well-ventilated area -- is that having the transport and the power amp in the same box can sometimes cause heat issues. Never a problem for us that care about our gear, but frequently an issue with mundies. So the intention is CDP->integrated-> passive speakers or CDP -> pre -> active speakers? And expecting reasonably high bandwidht bookshelves, as opposed to a really nice pair of bookshelves and a sub later? Nearfield listening, or full room? How loud? Type of music?

Dude, I could listen to stuff like that all day and never get tired of it. Thanks for posting that description.

[running gag]Have you had your wisdom teeth pulled?[/running gag]