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we watched an episode on demand, very funny stuff. but the real story on IFC is Portlandia. PUT A BIRD ON IT !

hapyp brithday cloin!

happy birthday steve!!

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs available for $3.50 (FLAC) from the bands website.

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Trust me I'm feeling guilt for not coming here and posting more. I always find it difficult to review a source, way easier to review a headphone or speaker. Bottom line is I really like the BDP-95 and am excited for it to be my primary digital source for a very long time to come. DVD-A and SACD sound fantastic, very aggressive in that Sabre way, which I like quite a bit, though I know its not going to be for everyone. I also watched a live NIN Blu-Ray (beside you in time) and March of the Pigs was crazy. I thought my room was going to explode and Robin Fincke was gunna kill me. What I still haven't done is try the USB input. I can't find any of my USB flash drives!

happy birthday man!

I like all kinds of computers!

thanks!

anybody recently studied the market for HF-2 to see what they are fetching? Hard to tell judging by the HF for sale forums, though I am watching to see how vcoheda audiogon auction wraps up. Thinking of selling mine to cover the Oppo purchase, and I do all my headphone listening on the PS1000 now anyhow.

Hot Chip - One Life Stand yes!!

yeah, very nice! I've bought some tickets recently: http://hangoutmusicfest.com/ Rusko @ Contemporary Arts Center - New Orleans, LA Wilco @ Saenger Theatre - Mobile, AL

every year that passes this gets closer and closer to being my favorite album of all time. its just brilliant. stoked to see them in May right down the road from my house at the beautiful Saenger Theatre! now: The Beatles - Let It Be BC-13 vinyl

theonion is always funny, but that is one of the funniest articles I've read from them, right up there with the little girl who wants to be a tractor.

I'm liking all the excitement over these ssd drives. I'll have to make sure whenever I do buy a laptop that it has one. all I really need room for is an OS and Office anyway.

ok it's definitely worth the tradeoff then.

yeah I ticked it for DSD in the menu but it still displays as PCM on the screen when the SACD is playing.

Great packaging on Oppo's part, simple and effective. Included is a power cable, HDMI cable, and even a cool little USB dongle. Nice touch. Since the USB input is on the back, you can run this little "dock" from the back, supposedly for plugging in flash drives and the like, which is nice because thats how I plan to use it. The player has a good weight to it but isn't incredibly heavy. One thing is for sure, it looks sharp as hell. Clean, simple, and solid. Easy initial setup, the menus are slick and a huge step up from the EGA looking graphics on the 970HD. Haven't done to much listening, threw on the obligatory Ryan Adams "Heartbreaker" MFSL SACD. I checked the menu for DSD output, but it still is reading SACD PCM on the screen. Off the bat the sound is great, super detailed, I kept thinking it was "aggressively" detailed. Doesn't seem to favor any part of the spectrum, which is great: no muddiness, no overt brightness (though it got bright when it needed to). Throws a great big soundstage, great depth and width. Ryan's vocals aren't the warmest I ever remember them being, but they sound correct and alive, and leap out at me like they are supposed to in this mix. Next and finally for this evening was a real treat: The Social Network OST on Blu-Ray audio (Reznor). I've been listening to the FLACs of this a lot (free download with Blu-Ray purchase) while I waited for the 95 to arrive. The sound on this disc is really quite marvelous, even my girlfriend walked in the room and said "that sounds great!" Of course its all digital effects and samples, but I listen to a lot of this kind of electronic crap so its important it sound great to me. Again it had a real marvelous soundstage, almost filling the room with a cool soundscape, and tonally it was just downright pleasing. You know when a sample or even a guitar sounds so awesome and midrangey its like someone scratching your back in just the right place? It was like that, very nice. So much more listening to be done, and much more brain burn in required. Tomorrow I hope to play some King Crimson DVD-As, classical SACD, Hoffman jazz SACD, Grateful Dead HDCD, and some FLACs via USB.

it's here! well it's in my trunk. I get off work early tomorrow so hopefully I'll get in some listening. in class now, will hook it up later tonight. get ready for a lengthy and very creepy unboxing video with lots of mouth breathing!

happy birthday!

I still think "Discipline" is one of the most infectious singles he's produced.

ah good to know, thanks!

well I had it shipped to work, and work is closed tomorrow. so if they don't deliver Monday, then its Tuesday. eh it'll be all good soon enough.

The unit did not arrive today as was scheduled. I'm guessing weather delays. Bummer, was hoping to have it for the weekend. The Fedex tracking now has no expected delivery date, but I'm hoping that means Monday.

try flats!