This is basically me stealing a question I liked from one of my favorite music blogs, www.powerpop.blogspot.com. What is some music that you found after it was popular or produced that you instantly loved and regretted that you had not heard it sooner?

Ivy is one of those groups for me, as are The Strokes. Once I heard these bands, I wanted EVERYTHING they had recorded! Fountains of Wayne was the same way, but now I have everything they recorded, so I am good.

What about you guys?

Trey

I have been an HDtracks supporter with hundreds of dollars in downloads. I have endured their security breaches where their solution was to cancel your credit card and get another one. I have given them a pass on their deceptive claims about the real "HD" source of their 24/96 downloads.

I'm looking at this Numark TTUSB (http://www.numark.com/ttusb) for several reasons. Will this player give me decent sound quality without tearing up my records?
What attracts me specifically to this product is the built in preamp. I have a set of powered Audioengine A2's right now, so in my eyes, this would make listening to vinyl affordable and simple, since I can hook the player directly up to the speakers. I don't really have money for a receiver as of now.

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Got the lastest issue the week before last and read the Gradient Helsinki review in full by Art Dudley the other day. First off, I find the comments "graceful and elegant" to be an oxymoron for a speaker that looks so much like a toilet. Everytime I see it I think of the 'ole Armitage Shanks (or I would if I lived in Britain).