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Shelly, did you consider the Sigma dp2 (or dp1/3) Quattro (out next month)?

What do you guys think of this player breakdown? http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/2014/07/03/world_cup_player_introductions_a_deep_analysis_of_how_soccer_players_fold.html

So over at http://audaud.com/2014/07/audio-news-for-july-4-2014/ ... "PonoPlayer Coming October – Neil Young’s Kickstarter campaign has been the third-highest-funded Kickstarter project ever, with over $6.2 million in pledges. The triangular-shaped PonoPlayer (larger than an iPod Touch) will be $399 when it comes out in October and will accept most any music files up to 192K/24-bit. It will come with 128 BG of memory and accept removable SD cards. Ayre Acoustics will make the player, which will have a high-quality DAC and headphone output as well as an output for a higher-quality separate DAC in your home system. The associated Pono Music store won’t offer any MP3 files—just 44.1K/16 up to 192K/24, at quality-tiered pricing. The main source for the files will be the original analog master tapes of the top recording artists. Yes, it looks like Young has done it right for hi-res; but wait, Apple is also going hi-res about the same time, so let’s see what they come up with." So I thought Neil said you paid once and just redownloaded if higher res becomes available (which would seem to counter the tiered pricing) and did I miss a big Apple announcement?

Moar Yod. Expansion. I really think Wayne needs a photo like this.

Speaking of analog... Impossible Instant Lab for Apple iPhone $75 off - http://dealmac.com/Impossible-Instant-Lab-for-Apple-iPhone-for-125-free-shipping/1092601.html

Father Yod and The Spirit of '76 | All or Nothing at All And now... Father Yod and The Spirit of '76 | Contraction

So Vinyl Me Please and Feedbands don't exactly have the same pricing targets I see. What do you guys think?

Great (and thanks for getting before I was too tempted)!

Apple got "The Sentence" with the Beats purchase. Google just picked up "Concierge" by buying Songza http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/01/google-buys-songza/?ncid=rss_truncated

RIP Paul Mazursky "A gentle satirist of contemporary society, Mazursky at his best chronicled the social trends of the late 1960s and the '70s, including its touchy-feely self-improvement fads, shifting rules for love and sex, drug experimentation and other excesses. In the process, he created characters memorable for their struggles and vanities: the well-heeled couples in his 1969 directorial debut "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" who believe spouse-swapping is the cure for their hang-ups; the divorce lawyer in "Blume in Love" who thinks sexual freedom is great until his wife wants it; and the divorcee in "An Unmarried Woman" who steps gingerly into the singles scene after 15 years of what she thought had been a happy marriage." http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-paul-mazursky-20140701-story.html#page=1

Hey Coens, Fargo II idea. Call me.

My internet connection, laptop, browser and Photoshop are not boxed up. I've now heard the LS50s enough (most recently when picking up) to know I can be a fan. Just hope new space and bridged Zamps will work out. Impressions shortly after move. Scouts honor.

Like most of the rest of my gear they're unfortunately sitting in boxes waiting on a move in a few weeks.

^ Definitely feels that way. Nice little piece on Womack... Bobby Womack’s Sexual Democracy: The Late Soul Legend Preached Mutual Pleasure http://ow.ly/3mjWNO

Hope you have a great day!

http://vimeo.com/98984399

Thank you Craigslist!

Goodbye Aperture.

Have a great one!

That's great Haj. Congratss.

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation. Plenty of albums I like better (hell, even SY albums), and I rarely listen to this anymore, but honestly this may end up being the most important album in my life for hitting when I was the right age to appreciate, clearing cobwebs and setting a stage for the future. Plus always thought the term/genre "Artcore" was pretty badass. Strangely, I think The Pixies (no slouch) narrative has overwritten some of the Sonic Youth ripples.

That's interesting. I latched on to the very related necessity of resistance in Art angle (which he also touched on in 'It Might Get Loud'). Probably heard it first from Matthew Barney, but White is the articulate one.

The first 17 or so minutes is pretty old news, no? It's why Pono seemed like such a great idea, years ago. Even the new systems are rapidly evolving. Had a conversation with another yesterday about Spotify v. Beats organizational choices and how the former seemed more designed for a personal collection expanded, where the latter more discovery system improved. Like 'Stretch hope his later comments about future audiophile subscription models comes to be. Even if not, we live in a really interesting time. For all the bitching on MP3, we have access to soooo much music through subscription models. So fun to explore. As speaker said, we just need to improve curation and metadata. Course I'm discussing from consumers perspective, not speakers audience.

Also... Terry Richards, stuntman who fought Rambo, Bond, Indy and Skywalker, dies at 81 http://yahoonewsdigest-us.tumblr.com/89897297764