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Can't stop laughing at the dog picture! We've bred denial out of our pets. Canines can't confess fast enough,. Cats are like "So?".

Don't know the details but I'm glad you're home Jacob!

RIP Rip! They don't make um like that anymore!

If that picture is real, it should be on the cover of Time!

Love the banjo

Happy Birthday Mike! It's crazy to think that some folks around here won't remember what an important member of the headphone community you are (and how important the Fl team is). Have an awesome holiday!

Happy Birthday Biggie!

Damn it! That little shelf thing that's holding the electronics looks like an Ikea Rast end table. Popular for using as a diy platform for small 19" rack installs. Not freakin' longer sold!!! It's like this picture is taunting me!

That is indeed a dark day for the American auto industry. RIP Lee Iacocca

Got my new i9 iMac installed, up and running. 8 core i9 processor with Radian Pro Vega 48, 512 ssd, 64 G ram (2 sticks so I can go up to 128 if I go crazy). My external drives are in a Blackmagic Multidock 2 (thunderbolt 2). A Caldigit TS2 for an extra Ethernet connection for my Metric Halo interface plus some of my numerous USB thingys. The clean install went pretty smoothly and I've got it down to just a few days of hell. So far the Logic Pro X benchmarks I've run show that it'll run twice as many virtual instrument tracks (122 vs 58) compared to my old girl (2012 Mac Pro 6 core). Running nice and cool (I only heard the fan once during some installs and it was barely audible). I absolutely love the 5k 27 inch but I've been using a dying 24 inch, old Asus ProArt for freakin ever!

Happy Birthday Velo!

Looks good Jeff! I'm sure your mailman will be thanking you unless they crawl on their bellies in your neck of the woods.

If any of you guys missed it, todays Austrian GP was one for the ages! So, if you've been ignoring F1 all season, take a couple of hours and watch this one.

Happy Belated Justin! You have my permission to continue celebrating as long as you like! Really.

RS1800. Rare Bird! Anyone who knows me didn't have to guess that I couldn't leave this picture alone for long. Current state of my tape rig; RS1500 with modified tape path, Flux Magnetics half track playback head (on this headblock), internal playback amps are bypassed so the heads are direct to,.. Bottlehead Repro Amp- all tube IEC/NAB playback amplifier Below is a Micom/3M Flutter Meter/Analyzer Cued up- Tape Project #11 Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel

Here's a NYT article from 2011 about a donation that UMG/Sony made to the Library of Congress. Instead of "Library of Congress Gets A Mile of Music" the subject line should read something like " UMG Tricks Library of Congress to Preserve and Archive A Mile of Music for Free,.. Forever!" And of course when they say Library of Congress guess who's footing the bill? Also, it would seem that UMG got some help from the LOC regarding their cover up of what was lost in the fire. Note that 3/4 of the way in the article they mention the Chess tapes, all of which were lost in the fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/arts/music/10masters.html

There have been fires and worse, master tapes thrown in landfills because they were taking up space that could make more money another way. I hang out on some archivist forums/mailing lists and I remember when the Universal fire happened. There were lots of questions about what was stored there and just a few hints about stuff like the Chess tapes. UMG did a great job of covering up the whole thing by starting rumors that the claims of priceless masters were folks trying to spin a big story out of a minor one. It wasn't until this NYT story was released that the true depth of the tragedy was beginning to be reveal to the general public. Thankfully, other labels haven't been so careless and take their stewardship seriously. A lot of these disasters have been allowed to happen because of the endless shuffling of record labels and copyrights ownership.

I finished this one a couple a weeks ago (when it was still spring) and I'm just getting around to uploading (lot of low freqs here).

Wow! Too many choices (I do kinda like the Krammer though). https://www.etsy.com/listing/668370208/dave-grohl-prayer-candle-dave-grohl-gift?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_d-home_and_living-home_decor-candles_and_holders-candles-container_candles&utm_custom1=1f48ce82-ec3c-4904-bdd5-7af4ad0abf65&utm_content=go_1844702802_69827698775_346429634069_pla-336271753804_c__668370208&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo7foBRD8ARIsAHTy2wmEK67bVRoHdi97pgFsRJRl9qyZD4vQpz1VYwtiBGQRdBols76thz0aAv9TEALw_wcB

4 Absolute winners there Pete! I'd pay a pretty penny for one of those communion candles!

Kind of a followup of the article on the Universal fire, here's a video on the Packard Campus where the Library of Congress collection of audio visual assets are stored and preserved. One thing that isn't covered is the range of items and programs there. Here's a link to their site if you want to dig deeper. https://www.loc.gov/avconservation/packard/ BTW The British Library and many other countries have their own programs for preserving culture.

Have a great Birthday Kerry (and I'm not just asking young man!).

On All Things Considered, they had a bit about the perfect Father's Day Movie. I decided it was a good time to watch mine.

Here's a little something I thought was pretty entertaining!

Thanks for the heads up on the TS2 Plus Apple pricing! With my AES discount, it comes down to $225 us. When I first read your post, I didn't think I was going to need a thunderbolt 3 device but unfortunately, the monitor that I use with my 2012 cheesegrater took a turn for the worse. That and the release of the new mac pro (conceding that it is way more machine than I need) I put in an order for a i9 iMac 5k, a 4 bay ssd enclosure and 64G of ram from OWC (I was hoping to wait till spring or black friday but oh well). Since I'm going to be using all ssd's in my rig, the last HD (contains my home folder) is going to be replaced by a Crucial mx500 drive. It's only $239 for 2T! It wasn't that long ago that I paid twice that for the 2 Samsung 850 2T drives I use for samples. M.2 won't be too far behind since the price on those is dropping pretty fast so I'm going cheap for now. I can't see needing much more speed past sata lll but I wouldn't refuse it.