Guardian_Force

So, based on recommendations in this thread, along with some input I read across various other forums and reviews, I decided to plunk down $160 on a pair of Audio Technica ATH-M50's as my starter set of headphones. So far, I'm extremely pleased with what I'm hearing. These are no question a billion times better than the $20 Sony headphones I'd been getting by on (just for listening, not creating). These sound (to me) crystal clear. I realize now that cheap pair of Sony headphones in fact sound like mud by comparison. I couldn't say anything truly specific about their range, since I'm by no means anywhere close to knowledgeable in those realms yet, but for newcomers like myself, I feel that if you're used to a massive amount of bass in consumer headphones, you might find the ATH-M50's a bit light in that area by comparison. I think someone at a different forum stated the ATH-M50's have bass in "quality, not quantity", and that feels right from what I'm hearing. That said, I'm just powering it out of my laptop's headphone jack alone right now (no amp yet or external soundcard), playing lossless audio files in Foobar. I plan to make those items my next purchase. I'll update my thoughts as a newcomer when I get a chance to demo some other solid pairs of headphones, since this thread was quite helpful in my purchasing decision. Thanks, all.

Ummmm...just to clear up whatever confusion you had, these Uploading sites are free to all users (both the uploaders and the downloaders). So there's no payment involved by the people trying to get (download) the music - there's simply compensation for the uploader of the files.

I'm not sure I have all these terms right (I'm just starting to dip my toes into the wonderful world of audio), but here's my opinion. I don't recall every bit of the original Mysterious Woods tune, but I do vividly remember the scene from the game where you first met the Owl upon trying to head north into the woods. The original song immediately gave a vibe of entering a dangerous area. In this remix, around 0:32, a repeating theme(?) starts up which to me, clearly reminds me of the Zelda 1 Underworld (Dungeon) theme. That caused my mind to immediately signal "DANGER". The whole remix seems to have a very low-quality feel to a lot of it, and that's not usually my thing, but here it works. It actually reminds me quite a bit of the sound from the "Mako Reactor" FF7 song. Industrial, perhaps it's called? (someone also mentioned a DnB feel, and I agree with that assessment too) I don't like every remix to feel like it needs to be able to fit perfectly into an existing category. This might not be an every day listen for me, but I can totally appreciate it for it's unique twist on a memorable tune. Kudos to the Remixer

Okay, just wanted to throw out a quick idea that came to mind when I saw that other Torrent thread here (which is closed, thus the reason for this thread). (yes, I realize this could *possibly* been discussed here before) The main point I'd like to bring up is that in certain locations, torrenting is expressly forbidden, or at the very least, frowned upon. Some places throttle a user's connection when torrenting is detected, amongst other reactions. My suggestion would be to shop around a bit, and settle on one (or two, or three, for backup/redundancy purposes) upload site, ideally for the benefit of OC-Remix. An upload site being one which gives out small amounts of money per X amount of downloads (think MegaUpload, MediaFire are the two that come immediately to mind, but so many have cropped up that again, I think it's best to shop around and check the price / X amount of downloads at each site). The idea basically, besides providing an alternative to torrenting, would be to generate a small amount of revenue for the site to help with server costs / hosting fees, etc. It's *probably* not going to pay for the entire thing, but if it was encouraged as a way to help keep the site running smooth (and funded), I imagine that it certainly would help, especially as OC-Remix becomes more and more widely known. (yes, I know OC-Remix has been around quite awhile, I've known about it for years personally, I'm mainly referencing the fact that these upload sites work on a per-download basis, so the more an album got downloaded, the more revenue OC-Remix could generate) I feel this *potentially* nails 2 birds with 1 stone - providing an alternative to torrents (for whatever reasons users may have to avoid them), and assisting with funding for OC-Remix. This could also be expanded to individual songs / mp3s, or as a way to provide FLAC (lossless) versions of the regular OC-Remix songs that aren't included in a full album / collection. Just throwing this idea out into the void. Any thoughts?