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Ruh roh

Beck -- Modern Guilt

It is. Particularly since they include the alternate, original ending. And the movie than makes some kind of sense.

Just to be a douchebag -- what's the difference between a DA-217 MKII D and a DA-218?

Already do. Someone elsewhere has, with that inimitable HF diction, already put his finger on why the graphs were a dumb fucking idea in the first place.

The Doors -- L.A. Woman DCC Gold.

I hate your faces.

You can't go home again. (Wanders off to try and find that Neil Finn album.)

One more graph from me. I'm puzzled by the varying scale of the x-axis in these individual graphs and the implied position of the 0dB point. I'd assumed it was supposed to be indicated by the very slightly thicker/darker gray line, but here the labeling certainly makes it look like that's +2dB and that the 6kHz peak is at or above +4dB. Poor printing? Poor interpretation on my part? These graphs were not, apparently, "crafted for perfection."

My MX Revolution has been fine. The Logitech Control Center software is a big bag of hurt on a Mac, though.

Comment fail.

You distract him, Al. I'll steal his brief. Happy Birthday!

We Were Promised Jetpacks -- These Four Walls Like it. Spiky, fun. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ZhBAylbN4]YouTube - We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices[/ame]

Mojave 3 -- Out Of Tune So after the UK shoegazing scene blew up, the two guys and one girl from Slowdive left Berkshire and the wall of fuzz behind and started making incredible and (to me) deeply American records full of Hammond organ and pedal steel guitars and alt-country tropes. Did I mention they're incredible? This one is as sunny and hazy as the day on the cover.

MX Revolution

Malcolm Middleton -- Into The Woods This is lowish-fi, but I think some of you would probably dig it too.

They're those tallish, hard, see-through things behind the bar, Jim. They usually have liquid inside, unless Reks has been there before you.

Send it to me and I'll be happy to verify that.

Feist -- The Reminder

Any hints on what cost-no-object might actually cost, roughly?

Dexter Underfoot. He's a good friend.

John Marks really liked the Nova in the latest issue of Stereophile. Said it drove his Aerial 5Bs well (and they are just 85dB and 4 Ohms nominal) and the DAC section was excellent. One interesting tidbit, he tried very hard to spot the difference between S/PDIF input from a nice Luxman transport and USB input from his PC and could not do so.

So, now what are you going to buy with all that money you just saved?

He's a bit of a twit, but probably no more so than most career audiophiles. TAS's ethical practices are by repute extremely shady though, even by the low standards of the hi-fi industry.