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Everything posted by Voltron
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For some reason I love listening to Shpongle on airplanes. Just seems to fit the setting.
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They didn't like you stealing their image. - Dusty
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VanJam will arrive in LA late afternoon Friday and rolls back North on Monday. It is looking like blessingx, neilvg, and maybe others have joined the crew. Should be quite a trip!
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Gene and I offered you the couch, fold-out, floor, tub, or whatever we will have available in our room. You're set, buddy.
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Hi Rez selections from Linn Records, Reference Recordings HRx, HDTracks, and Blue Coast Records. Got some Kinks, jazz, and folk stuff.
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What's the word on the Skipjack, Dinny? Have you been doing fun stuff with it this week? Looking forward to those comparisons you were talking about with the spdif/toslink deal in play.
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I hate his face too because United screwed me over on my flight home that day and I had to haul ass from airport directly to this much-anticipated show. I ended up getting about 30 minutes of bliss but missed 60 others.
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Didn't pass, just didn't have time to counter. Enjoy them but make sure they get to you for CJ09.
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That is very cool Dinny. When you decide to come to CJ09, please be sure to bring both because we could do some neat comparos.
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No spatula needed. I'll use this: Duet deal might work.
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Cool. I hope one is for me. I just bought this stuff for my hi rez audio project: + 2GB RAM
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Bobby Hutcherson -- Head On
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Good to hear you are still investigating, Dinny.
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I am not sure why you think there is no more discount, but I would be persistent on that one. They slot in a block of rooms at the discount, then when those are filled they add more. Ping 909 or jp11801 for a definitive answer.
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Tell us what they sound like when you hit n_maher. I bet that haz the best smudge factor.
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I met Jonathan Reichbach at Sonic Studio's office and got a good introduction to the features of the Amarra software and hardware. I cannot give you any more technical data but I can say that I am buying a Mac Mini and will have Amarra and a Model 4 of my own or on loan as of Friday. And either way, Jonathan will make sure I have an Amarra for CanJam. If Dreadhead has a Mytek and/or Weiss unit or if I can get something on demo then we could do some comparing as well. The integration with iTunes is easy and yet impressive. The ease of handling tracks with a variety of sampling rates on the fly and without hiccup is great. The mixing, EQ and other features with and without the Model 4 are going to be fantastic for needle-drops. The additional features are too numerous to list and I don't think I know a tenth of them. Sonic also seems to have lots of plans for unlocking features already in Amarra and adding more. This system is going to be very robust from what I can tell. And the sound is great although I hardly had time or ability to do any real comparison on gear and speakers I am completely unfamiliar with. It will be very easy to compare iTunes to Amarra and Model 4 to any DAC given the ins/outs and ability to switch from Amarra to iTunes by clicking a dialog box. I intend to do some of the comparing next week. Sonic is taking it slow and trying to get everything figured out before they do a real, full-fledged launch. They are a pro dealer, after all, so this retail audiophile stuff is new to them as far as I can tell. Sonic has a number of early adopters who are getting the software to use with Weiss and Alpha DACs and some that are also getting the hardware unit. I cannot speak for the company but my guess is that they are getting some things worked out on the hardware and software ends during a limited launch. Good idea in my opinion.
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That was my other guess. :b
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Black eyed peas?
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Bob Dylan -- Together Through Life
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I would slap you with my gauntlet, sir, if I only could find it under all of this money!
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Heaven and Hell -- The Devil You Know
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Still unrelated to the original topic of this thread, but I am going to demo the Amarra system today at Sonic Studio's office. Really nice of them to do this, and I will be hearing to Model 4 unit that combines all of my requirements for hi-rez ad/da, firewire connectivity, and improved music server integrated with iTunes. Should be interesting and I am going to work on getting a unit to CJ09 as well (either Sonic will participate, or they will send a demo with me, or I will own one by then ). Unless I am completely sold on the Amarra immediately, I will also try to procure some demo gear from Vintage King so we can compare Weiss or DAD options...
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The only cool place is the meet hotel. Plenty of people out there who might share a room or a couch or whatever.
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Happy 364 days until your next birthday Ryan! Cheers!
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Contemporary Jazz Monday: Brian Blade -- Moma Rosa (ok, so I didn't know that one of my favorite drummers was releasing his singer/song-writer/guitar player albums when I played it on Rhapsody, but it is pretty good in that light) Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band -- Season of Changes (known quantity post-bop instrumental ) Roy Hargrove -- Earfood Roy Hargrove -- Nothing Serious