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Alternatives? Kola Bear head?

STAX starting to show on Massdrop: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/stax-srs-4170?mode=guest_open&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Massdrop%20-%20Master&utm_campaign=Product%20Announcement%202014-03-17&utm_content=Final

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Close calls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnp1e3tMTFo

"Had Jack A. Kinzler not built model planes as a boy, had he not visited the post office as a youth and had he not, as a grown man, purchased four fishing rods at $12.95 apiece, Skylab — the United States’ $2.5 billion space station — would very likely have been forfeit." http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/us/jack-kinzler-skylabs-savior-dies-at-94.html?_r=0&referrer=

Pogues vinyl also over at PopMarket. If I Should Fall From Grace With God Rum, Sodomy & The Lash

15 Antiquated Words for “Happy” We Should Bring Back “CHIRKY” From the late 19th century, meaning “cheerful.” “IN HIGH SNUFF” An expression for “good mood,” used from the late 17th century until the 1930s. “OVER THE MOON” Before humans literally went beyond the moon, this popular phrase from the 1930s means “overjoyed.” “GASSED” Started out meaning “intoxicated,” but by the 1950s it just meant happy. “TICKLED” As in “tickled pink.” “MERRY-PIN” Also started as a reference to tipsiness, this referred to a general good ol’ time in the 19th century. “RICOCHET” In the 19th century, this bouncy term also meant “splendid.” “ALL CALLAO” This 19th century sailor’s slang either referred to the Peruvian port of Callo or acted as a play on the word alcohol. Or both. “GAUDEAMUS” From the Latin for “let us rejoice,” this oldie refers to a merry jamboree. “KVELLING” From the Yiddish for “so happy and proud my heart is overflowing.” “CHUFFED” This current slang in the UK certainly needs to make a trip across the pond. “DELIRA AND EXCIRA” A term the Irish use to mean “delirious and excited.” We need to borrow this one too. “GLADSOME” This classic from the 14th century doesn’t get used enough anymore. “TO LICK THE EYE” This confusing 19th century gem was used to describe someone who was extremely pleased. . . . “COCK-A-HOOP” From the phrase “to set the cock on the hoop,” meaning open the tap and let the good times flow.

^ This and use regularly. Didn't realize they had a Mac version.

Side A, B, repeat.

Errr... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-teach-1000-kids-that-death-is-wrong http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/03/death_is_wrong_the_transhumanist_kids_book_by_gennady_stolyarov.html

From today's audio news... HDTracks and Liztic LLC Partnership - The two firms have joined forces to bring hi-res audio to every music lover thru Liztic’s cross-platform music technology. It basically manages and synchronizes all of someone’s music, across several libraries and operating systems. One can have their music on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows devices, mobile and not, all at a moment’s notice. The Liztic app also allows users to play uncompressed and hi-res audio files, as sold by HDTracks, up to 192K/24bit (FLAC/AIFF/WAV) thru external DACs. Music from cloud-based storage can also be accessed, and the free basic Liztic version gets you up to 250 tunes on three devices. One-time upgrades ranging from $2.99 to $24.99 offer increased sync capacity for more devices. Both firms will also offer discounts to one another’s customers.

Just in case... Sylvania MusicLites Speaker Light for $50 (half off) http://dealmac.com/iphone/deals/1005213.html

Different strokes of course. I don't own every album, podcast, radio stream, etc. ever created so a server doesn't get me there on its own. And so much music really is disposable after a month or two. But yeah carry as many devices as you want. And yes, I bought three more LPs today.

I'm probably failing the audiophile team, but a non-network player and 'owning' all your music seems so limiting nowadays. Streaming audio and video services have certainly changed things for me for 99% of the stuff out there. Still good to have options for the special 1%.

'Mats vinyl over at PopMarket. Pleased to Meet Me Don't Tell a Soul All Shook Down

http://youtu.be/wrBG8kIiMC0

Maybe?

On the note a Dave Brubeck iTunes Radio mix.

And I love this...

Moar VM

The opening 11 minute video where everyone talks about the sound.

Slightly more info here: http://www.ponomusic.com/

It's live... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003614822/ponomusic-where-your-soul-rediscovers-music Setting the expectations a tad high.

A Mercedes SLS is a Chevy Camaro to a McLaren P1 owner.* * Or something like that (I don't really know cars).