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Sneaker Pimps - Splinter https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_meuxpDubS1qXE9aapp3nqaLm-GsXFJC7g&si=DE5mkArDctRQgbHG

The rebooted series of Mock The Week. TLC are helpfully uploading full episodes to their YT channel View: https://youtu.be/ibCgk-gZKic?si=UHQID76C4CI_s-bf Less than 2.5 mins in and a dig at the BBC for cancelling them from Ed Byrne 😃

In what order? Gigaclear and VM both use Openreach's PIA (Passive Infrastructure Access) offering, i.e they pay them for access to their duct and pole infrastructure where possible because it's cheaper, quicker and less disruptive than doing their own civils.

Doesn't matter how many times he says this doesn't make it anymore accurate. Because audiophiles... Let's be absolutely clear! Yes, video streaming services are 'adaptive' i.e they use different amounts of compression/quality based on the network speeds/conditions at any given time, but all...

Aside from the lack of content... Given that most (in the UK at least) either don't sit close enough or go big enough to fully benefit from 4K, 8K is largely pointless in a domestic setting anyway. Then there's the limitations of the human eye...

Winter Olympics Mixed Doubles Curling - Team GB vs Korea

Angine de Poitrine (Live on KEXP) View: https://youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?si=ctKWtT_jKXlht83E A new discovery thanks to KEXP, and I need to hear more from these Canadian weirdos.... They rock!

I think if I had to do it again, and had hundreds rather than the several thousand I had to rip, I'd seriously consider employing the services of the likes of Ripcaster to do it for me. https://ripcaster.co.uk/cd_conversion_service £720 to rip 800 CDs doesn't actually sound unreasonable to...

Kula Shaker - Wormslayer https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n--QoIe65YSlo4ESV6B_gLBIPKm3OtAxw&si=mwt11Ecu5d6xZQQR

The Damned - Not Like Everybody Else https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l4t41f8cK9_4JrXfaaneXWr-zEmB1hnEw&si=h7sUcxq1uFg7bqh8

Only if you go for the monthly rolling subscription option, otherwise you're stuck paying for 12, 24 or 36 months...

Kruger & Dorfmeister - Konzerthaus de Vienne - ARTE Concert View: https://youtu.be/FeXz1UqAuRg?si=rc8lW_32x4aRwHY7

And no Roon or MQA support. Which is no bad thing imo and I would have bought them instead of the LSX II had they been available at the time

Khruangbin - Live on KEXP View: https://youtu.be/0PsOJ_fRckg?si=eO5QQVobA3eB4EGG

Things have moved on somewhat in the 10 years since you last owned an Android phone. Samsung's Galaxy S range get 7 years of updates. Not sure about their budget ranges. Budget Chinese phones will still only get a few years, but then you can buy 3 or 4 for the average cost of an iPhone