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At the time Logitech had no expertise in making anything of quality other than remotes. IMO the squeezebox touch would still be on the drawing board, if even there, without Logitech's capital. They were successful by keeping the squeezebox division seperate. I see no reason to panic at this time. Edifier, while lacking "audiophile prestige", does appear, from my meager information, to have a fair amount of business acumen. I just do not see them doing much more initially than dumping some much needed capital into Stax. Maybe enough to release some nice new amps. Of course, I could be wrong. It has happened once or twice before.

I put this in the same category as "Oh noes, logitech is going to kill the squeezebox!".

As Ric said it is pretty much the same as the five. So you could use the wireless adapter or the 3.5 audio out from the airport express directly to the 3.5 input on the A5+. I would probably do the latter.

Audioengine 5+ http://audioengineusa.com/Store/Audioengine-5-Plus#overview

Bastard! That is from my wallet

A nice standard double old-fashioned to join Mike and Al. Will be nice to have you back mixing again Shelly.

Perfect time. That is old enough to be retro.

Oh, so "thought leader" is a synonym for douchebag.

My Marantz AV-7005 I went from a huge rats nest of cables on the old pre/pro to 3 HDMI in, 1 out, a pair of stereo in from TT, coax in from squeezebox (though that may be on the way out as it is AirPlay enabled), 1 network io and 6 preamp out. Since it has a built-in phono stage and tuner I got rid of my outboard tuner and phono stage. Basically everything is simpler. Having it network connected is awesome as it has a built in web interface which works excellently with the iPad and makes switching sources and setup, quick, easy and painless. Plus it doesn't sound half bad. Highly recommended.

The PCBs arrived today. They are so damn cute.

The music list needs to be three pages, followed by the three sentence comparison.

Call up Fitz to get you stuff.

Wait! I thought the O2 was the one amp to rule them all, but only with specific phones? How can this be?

Glencairn whisky glass. You can get them on Amazon for a lot less than the Reidel. I do have a couple of Reidel Bourbon glasses but I still prefer the Glencairn.

You are not confused. They are at least 5 years behind the times.

That's a beauty Al. Congrat.

Raising a Little Italy to Vicki's dad.

Impressive, that is.

Congrat Shelly!

Nothing special. Actually pretty meh. A Little Italy would have been better. You need to hire your own personal bartender. Isn't that covered as part of your rehab?

While checking the recipe for the Little Italy I ran across a recipe for a Little Italy Manhattan 2 oz Maison Surenne Petite Champagne Cognac 1 oz Cocchi Barolo Chinato A goodly dash Bittercubes Jamaican #2 Bitters Stir and strain into a coupe

Happy Birthday Todd!

Happy Birthday Todd!

Really great pictures Jeff and Colin. Looks like a good time for you and the animals.