I've had a Yamaha RXV1000 Receiver for the last 9 years that has always pleased me sonically, but is now well behind the latest technology (connections, switching and codecs).

NBC has anounced a new show:

"My Name is Eldrick."

Lying in a hospital bed, under the influence of morphine, Eldrick develops a belief in the Americanized concept of karmic retribution when he hears about karma during an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly.

He decides he wants to turn his life around, and so makes a list of every slore he's ever done in an attempt to un-screw them, as he believes that this is the only way he can gain positive karma.

http://www.steorn.com/orbo/what/

Worth watching checking out the traffic and so forth. Definitely comes with a cool factor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k&feature=player_embedded

Not quite getting digital audio, when for example, JA notes the Asus sound card processes 192 hz--but there's really good stuff at 177 or 188 (these are notional.)

But getting ahead of myself. Until the broadband duopolies (Comcast & Verizon) half monthly fees, I'm buying CDs. So in that context, is using a workstation and whatever drive (Plextor, e.g.) and the Asus card, a preferable solution to, e.g. Oppo 83.

I guess the little black "rocks" are dust particles...

From: http://www.synthgear.com/2010/audio-gear/record-grooves-electron-microscope/

thoughts?

JA?

Meijas?

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02...icials-say.html

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0218102stack1.html#theLink