Hopstretch

One good thing about all the arse-ing about -- the sound from the analog rig is now by far the best its ever been. I'm amazed at just how much difference getting the table set up right and the cart dialed in better has made. I mean, yeah, I'd heard people say sweating the details was the key with turntables -- but always rather dismissed it as the gospel of tweak for tweak's sake. Once again, happy to admit error. Must play ... more records!

I would do that. It looks like by far the best Verizon phone. One possible wrinkle, no lossless audio support except WAV. You're gonna need a big SD card.

For the price, that better be a fuckin' OLED touch screen in the middle there.

Not sure I buy that. Apple (read Jobso) is obsessed with ease of use. Look at his crusade against physical buttons. Unless it's thought controlled and you have to train your brain not to think about naughty stuff so it doesn't keep taking you to dodgy Web sites.

Used a couple of the Vinyl Engine protractors to check my setup today and found that my cart has been pretty significantly misaligned. Don't think I've used it enough to do much damage, happily. And the vinyl setup sounds quite a bit better now that it's (more or less) correct. So I'm going to chalk it up to experience. Also have the Hi-Fi News test record on order now and am going to do more work on some of the other parameters when that arrives. Still slouching toward Bethlehem...

Definitely cuts in quicker now, too, when you cue up the first track of an album. No more two second silence. Small annoyance, but still nice to see it fixed. I'd like to hear some word about Amarra Vinyl -- very keen to see that.

Installing the new version now. "Improved Sound Quality" is a little nonspecific as a release note.

Boat.

Steely Dan -- Aja 30th Anniversary Vinyl.

Turntable tweaking again. I am getting better at it.* (* i.e. nothing actually broke.)

I have a similar program for the indoor rower and it's pretty cool. It's also seen pretty much no use in the last year or so.

Oh snap! Congratulations?

Boards Of Canada -- The Campfire Headphase

It gets better. "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out!"

I ear you wanna stay dynamic anyway.

Buy them some headphones. Everybody likes headphones.

Sorry Colin.

It will work with AT&T but will not have access to their 3G network, because that's on a different band that its radio doesn't support. Suspect that's a nonstarter for most people. The only thing I covet is the N wireless. EDIT: Penger > Stretch.

So, you're why Craig can't finish the damn phono stage!

Windex and a paper towel work wonders.

Yeah, we could use someone even more fiscally fucked than California!

Pinocchio loaded up fine, and is playing fine. If it's just this title that's a problem, then I think you have a dodgy disc. If it's other Disney titles too, you should probably call Oppo support and see what they think. Update to the latest firmware anyway and have another go.

That's weird. My BDP-83 has yet to choke on a single disc and it's recently gobbled through everything Pixar has put out plus a bunch of the latest Disney BDs -- Bolt, Sleeping Beauty etc. We have the BD of Pinocchio here but haven't tried it on that machine. I will do so right now, but I'm guessing you have a unit-specific issue as Oppo are very proactive with firmware fixes for known glitches with specific titles. BRB.

The Band -- The Band AF Gold.