All this heavy discussion going on about specs and DBTs, and quantum physics has me itching for some software discussion. In that spirit:

What are your top songs to close out an album?

I'll start (in no particular order):

1) A Day in the Life (Sgt. Peppers)
2) Echoes (Meddle)
3) Hurt (Downward Sprial - juvenile, I know)
4) Desolation Row (Highway 61 Revisited)
5) Flightless Bird, American Mouth (The Shepherd's Dog - Iron & Wine)

New "indie rock" (whatever that means nowadays) band, that is more specifically like "chamber indie" like, say, the Decemberists. Anyone heard them?

I picked up their album "Animal!" because it is only released on Vinyl (okay, downloadable too). Apparently, there was disagreement with their label on what cut of their album to release, so there are two versions "Animal!" (artist's choice) and "Not Animal!" (label's choice). 5 of the 12 songs are the same. I have never heard of this happening before. Anyone?

For many years I have patronized manufacturers that have exhibited a stable product line and also one that has a logical progression in its offerings.

Many manufacturers seem to offer new or evolved products every 3 or 6 months. I cant remember how many times I have read a review where the manufacturer states that the reason for the Mark II version is that they

Swallowed vocals?

Eerily similar.

Listening to Trinity revisited, and Natalie sounds like Eddie on Premarin.

I find something very compelling in good Bhangra, but it is a style of music where I don't yet have my feet.

Anybody here really dig and have some favorites lists they can share?

I'll get my act together and list my favorites to compare...tomorrow.

Tonight has been too full of 2001 Les Dix and Alaap and Labh Janjua to remember anyone else.

At the risk of sounding ethnocentric, you could have fooled me into ordering some Alaap with naan and a side of Labh Janjua and I wouldn't have known better when I was a young buck.

Aloha,

I used to say, "Necessity is the mother of strange bedfellows."

Now, it's the mother of home brewed record cleaning.

Any of y'all invent your own fluids?

I been trying to the last few days and have come up with Buddha's Fluids V1.0.

Thusfar, I have arrived at:

10 Oz distilled water.

6 Oz. 91% Isopropyl alcohol.

3 drops Cascade Crystal Clear (sheeting agent.)

1 big drop (thick drop?) Sun Light "Oxi Action" dishwasher liquid.

"Micro Fiber" towels and round cleaning pads from Auto Zone.

First, after looking at the in-room response of the Harbeths at JA's Brooklyn home I was surprised that he was not raving about their sound. I can understand the issues at AD's home, even with the Audio Notes. but AD loves his Audio Notes, as JA did. Even taking that into account, the photos show the stand heights for both seem approx. the same, but the Audio Notes woofer is considerably higher, more removed from the floor boundary.

When he recorded his TT to CD-R, cus you know CD blanks sound different, these are teh good sounding ones, they say so, must be, and they cost lots more. http://www.audioxsell.com/CDR/

Any plans to review the new Cambridge Audio DAC Magic or the Musical Fidelity VDAC? The DAC Magic is getting some really great reviews in the UK... so I'm really dying to see a Stereophile review... and how it would compare to more expensive DACs such as the Benchmark DAC1...

Made in Germany nonsense. How can Focal claim to be teh best these are more money at $199,000 then ya add a bunch of amplifers, WALLOP, I like the sound of that, but they call the drivers MELLONS......MELLONS, can I see your mid range MELLONS? http://www.mbl-usa.com/View.aspx/2154/mbl-101-X-treme-