A list of stuff I've been listening to lately, at home and at work:

James Blackshaw: The Glass Bead Game
John Fahey: Voice of the Turtle
Julianna Barwick (my new music crush): Florine
LA Vampires/Psychic Reality: 12" split
Noveller: Red Rainbows
Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me

So these are all the albums that have had a profound effect on me..combination of great sonics, killer songwriting..

I keep them separated from the rest on a special shelf my Dad and I built. Truly Desert island discs!

joshua judges ruth- lyle lovett

wilco- a ghost is born and YHF and Mermaid Ave VI

joe henry=blood from the stars

Pedro The Lion - Control

Iron And Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle

Slowreader on Fueled by Ramen Records

Neutral Milk Hotel-in an airplane over the sea

Sheby Lynne's "Suit Yourself"

I stumbled over this weird plugin. Sounds like pure idiocy to me. "...and the silence has a great vintage roundness to it that I haven't heard in a long time. Kudos for taking silence to the next level of quietness."

What a load of crap. If there's silence there's silence. You can't add more quietness to silence. This must be a pull-my-finger-plug-in.

http://www.sonicfinger.com/DeadQuietenator.html

I am experimenting with these DIY basstraps, one in each corner behind the speakers. They do have some kind of influence on the LF, but in what area, I have no clue. The deeper bass seems to wander less back and forth in my listening room though. It's more dry in a way, like the majority of the pressure waves are less noticeable. I have made them with both inner and outer membranes, in order to increase their effectiveness.

http://download.cnet.com/SuperEasy-Codec...&tag=button

I just downloaded this program for free. It shows all properties of any audio or video file of your choice, on your computer of course. Example:

It might perhaps be of interest for some of you guys.

I am really intriqued by the 24 bit version of the stereo box set of the Beatles that you can get. It is only 44kHz, but the 24 bit should make a big difference. Has anyone heard this???????? What does it sound like?

I have decided to spend my free time devoting my energy toward my family and community. These forums seem to bring out the worst in everyone and very infrequently enlighten. The world is what we make of it, and I will try to make it a better place for my children and for all those souls that have yet to enter this world. They will inoccently expect freedom, personal rights of expression, thought and religion. They will wish to be able to pursue their dreams unhindered, and not to live under the oppressive atmosphere of an elitist "Nanny State".