The Monkey

Thanks Ric. I went ahead and did it. It was still chugging along when I left home. My main reasoning for doing so is to be able to have access to my library at my parents place without constantly bringing HDDs over to import new tunes, which will be pretty cool. Also, I am always forgetting to sync my songs on my various iDevices, so this may be useful in that regard.

Yes, I do have those things.

I feel like an old big dummy, but I don't get iTunes Match, how it will help me, and how it won't fuck up my library.

Got this from the misses for my birthday.

Balvenie.

Best of luck Shelly, all will be ok. Make sure they don't skimp on the pain meds because they will definitely try to do so.

For Brent (from the other night):

I think we can leave hf LCD-x posts over on HF. If I want to wander into that morass I will do so. This thread already is beginning to resemble those others in a depressing way. One man's opinion.

Most people are stupid.

Replace your 1G Nano by filling out the form here. Unfortunately, it looks like you get a 1G Nano in return.

Is this a good P&S on Woot?

Hey gang! Thanks for all the kind words and wishes and Kool Monkey Pics. Had a nice weekend and a good day (which the Jets will surely ruin).

I agree. High West is putting out some good stuff.

^That sounds pretty good despite the indifference.

Not trying to be obnoxious, but what does it matter if it is "low balling"? You have a notion of what you will accept, and that ain't it. At the same time, the offeror is trying to see if he can get a bargain. Nothing wrong with that, if a little annoying. Just tell him thanks for the offer, but that it's not close to what you will accept and move on. Or just ignore him completely. Now if you are getting a lot of "low ball" offers at around the same price from different people, then maybe you need to reconsider your pricing.

Rendezvous rye rocks -- Sorry Chris, for your family's loss. I like the Rendezvous rye A LOT. But I felt that it was making a rather sweet Manhattan, so I had an Old Potrero Manhattan (thanks Dan!) earlier. That was tasty.

Happy Birthday, Chris!

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

So would I be better off seeking out those DVD-As or just looking for well-known "good" master versions regardless of res?

Four Roses Single Barrel Special Private Reserve Double Specialness or something like that.

And here's the ALAC file from the regular CD.

stray from your hovel and get the shovel.

Over at Computer Audiophile there are all kinds of things being alleged, I guess mostly upsampling. See here: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/HD-music-fft-atlas-reference-thread I edited the grab to be consistent with the linked thread.

I just bought Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" from HD Tracks. It is supposedly 24/96, but with some of the recent hubbub about what is really going on inside the tracks, I downloaded Audacity and ran a Spectrum Analysis on "Never Going Back Again." The screenshot is attached. I don't know how to read these things. Can someone let me know what, if anything, can be seen here? EDIT: Added Plot Spectrum.