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Those are both great points. I guess it really depends on your situation and what adapters you're willing to deal with. Just a note on the Caldigit and displays... Can I use multiple monitors with my Thunderbolt Station? Yes, the Thunderbolt Station can support two monitors if one of them is an Apple Thunderbolt Display. You cannot use a monitor with a mini display port to DVI/VGA/HDMI adapter while using the HDMI port on the device for a multiple display configuration because only the first display that is detected will function. For example 1. Thunderbolt Monitor and HDMI Monitor - Yes 2. Mini-Display Port Monitor and HDMI Monitor - No 3. Mini-display port adapter to DVI Monitor and HDMI monitor - No 4. Thunderbolt Display and HDMI adapter to DVI Monitor - Yes

A Belkin arrived today for work (why I looked that that sale was still on for home), but I don't have 10.8.3 yet so can't use. That may change next week. I guess it comes down to port choice, but FW is more important than HDMI for me. Or put another way with Apples current offerings your next machine is much more likely to have HDMI than FW. Course those with several monitors.

$199 for Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock ($299, $100 off in cart). Requires OS X 10.8.3 or later. http://www.belkin.com/us/F4U055/p/P-F4U055/?text=Save100-Jan-thunderbolt-F4U055ww-page&utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=SSave100-Jan-thunderbolt-F4U055ww-page&utm_campaign=cj-Save100-Jan-thunderbolt-F4U055ww-page&ref=CJ#

For what it's worth.... Hey MOG Listeners, We owe you an update. We wanted to give you more details and clarification about what you can expect over the next few months. If you’d like to try Beats Music, please sign up for a free trial and check it out. You don’t have to wait until we send you the free month code – you can add that credit to an existing Beats Music account in March. We wanted to allow as many of you as possible to take advantage of the AT&T offer first. We’re also building a playlist transfer tool so you can bring your playlists over from MOG to Beats Music. Favorites will not transfer because Beats Music’s feature “My Library” works a bit differently. We wanted to take a moment to highlight how Beats Music has incorporated some of the best features of MOG. The 320kbps high quality audio streams across platforms, competitive 20+ million track catalog available to search-and-play on-demand, and killer personalized recommendations are still essential to the new music experience we’ve built. New releases are also available on Beats Music, but now we divide them up so you can browse by genre — we got this feedback from you back in the MOG days, so we hope you like this change. You can browse them by genre from the “Find It” section. “The Sentence” is a powerful way to create a practically never-ending radio station based on your chosen mood and the genre you’d like to hear. We think it’s a big improvement on artist radio. Also, artist radio fans please check out the “Intro to…” and “Deep Cuts” playlists for artists instead. We’ve found them to be just like human-curated artist stations. More to come! Lastly — we really want to highlight our expert curation. Please check out our playlists. They’re really, really good. “Find It” and “Just For You” are two great places to start. Like we said before, MOG will shut down on 4/15/14. Thank you for being a part of it, and thank you for reaching out to us with your feedback over the last few weeks. Seriously. We are humbled by how much you care and we hope this makes the transition easier. Ian

Nice gift. They're good. Difficult with current toddler-proof vinyl/speaker setup to be very critical. No complaints though.

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Ugh, the first Beats reviews on each... App Store: "MOG users will be disappointed." Play Store: "If you love MOG you will hate this."

Dupe post.

And adding another video to the Rob Ford list:

Forget jetpacks, we almost had the Pontiac Stinger. The future was so bright.

Moe Tucker - Snapshots of the Velvet Underground

Shelly, it doesn't help your SB need, but just saw Rdio has a 50% off price for those with an .edu address. Gets you back to $4.99 for streaming across most platforms, including mobile. That said the bitrates are unknown.

^ The forums video settings keep changing, but just make sure the link follows this format: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= No 'https' or 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/'

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Big night here with lots of high fives and dancing. Ms. Esmé climbed up on the throne and for the first time did her duty for god and country.

Though to be fair there is no real open service to rely on for the other 95+% of MOGs value either. Anyone know if there's anything similar to the below for moving between services? http://resp.in/

... or looking at it the other way the same price/functionality as MOG Primo (mobile, download, etc.). EDIT: Shelly, going into Spotify Setup or Upgrade I see only Free and $9.99 Premium options, but if you go into account settings/manage subscriptions there is a $4.99 choice there (at least in my old dormant account). Not sure if it shares the same bitrates as the Premium.

Hoping with MOG ending and Beats beginning there will be someone who does a new survey of Spotify, Rdio, etc. and publishes a review. Here's an early one for Beats - http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/1/20/5319322/beats-music-vs-spotify-dr-dre-streaming "When you first open Beats Music, it asks if you identify as a..."

Have a great day!

That was fun... MOG to close in April as subscribers offered (small) incentive to move to Beats Music http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/21/mog-subscribers-offered-incentives-before-service-closes/?ncid=rss_truncated