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Someone very smart once said that people want to own their music, but I can’t remember who https://t.co/Fv2hdltGmb — PolitiTweet.org

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@Chad_calcagno I just set one up yesterday, haven’t listened to it a ton yet. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bcoops222 It’s always an appropriate time, I think. Cc @MicahSingleton — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mslopatto: I love it when a reporter DOES THE MATH on someone’s big bullshit talk https://t.co/sfwPm796L6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s @bcbishop reporting out the MoviePass / AMC drama — MoviePass is bluffing a weak hand. https://t.co/FuI5NmpTjd — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndyMontag It should change because it’s ridiculous and inaccessible. The language of wine has changed dramatically; wine’s still wine — PolitiTweet.org

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@jwiechers That’s what’s so funny - arguing you’ve built a better PCM decoder is like…. what — PolitiTweet.org

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@jwiechers CDs are PCM though. I think it was just a shorter, cheaper decode stage that got hyped up. — PolitiTweet.org

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here’s the same 1990 nyt just tying itself in knots trying to explain one-bit cd players https://t.co/7yDunAXbxe https://t.co/pJftylNjtS — PolitiTweet.org

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what does spending twice as much money on a stereo get you, according to 1990 NYT? here is a lot of words that say… https://t.co/h75TfcQyB2 — PolitiTweet.org

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In 1990 the NYT suggested spending $450 on a “midprice” CD player ($842 in 2017 dollars) to get “one-bit decoding.”… https://t.co/s2dOQfGbHC — PolitiTweet.org

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@DelRey @Tim_Stevens @mgsiegler guess i got lucky! — PolitiTweet.org

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@mgsiegler i’d never gotten a flu shot before this year and now i’m wondering why i was previously such a dummy — PolitiTweet.org

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@rchrdnsh that’s the theory most people have but 1. is it true and 2. that’s just real-time audyssey 3. which is a fancy loudness button — PolitiTweet.org

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@rchrdnsh ha, i know, i made music for years — PolitiTweet.org

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@rchrdnsh Sure so it’s basically a loudness button? — PolitiTweet.org

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@andrumarino @andyjayhawk lol perfect — PolitiTweet.org

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@edlundart That lifting motion seems very fake — smoothy sliding one set of tires horizontally on the ground like that? meh — PolitiTweet.org

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@chd this is my moment — PolitiTweet.org

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@andyjayhawk i hate steely dan, i did my best — PolitiTweet.org

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i hate it when my other speakers add synth lines and 808 kicks to steely dan https://t.co/Y6zsQ9SLi9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@jbella @minute44 sure, i am very excited to review it. i’m just noting that the language of audio hype is ancient and obvious — PolitiTweet.org

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@loudmouthjulia did anyone laugh — PolitiTweet.org

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@octothorpe that’s fun — did you have to change the preamp up? i think my ortofon red is matched well to my 70s ken… https://t.co/En3ZttgfwK — PolitiTweet.org

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@loudmouthjulia julia — PolitiTweet.org

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@hindsight_5050 oh god i have a lot of calibrating to do before this kid gets here in april — PolitiTweet.org

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@octothorpe i love it with my whole heart. what cart did you get? — PolitiTweet.org

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btw this is from the review of a 13-speaker atmos rig that EQs itself and costs $48,000 https://t.co/geH6S4nopJ — PolitiTweet.org

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The HomePod review cycle is going to turn a lot of people into 1970s stereo dealers, I think — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m reading high-end speaker reviews and my god the language of this industry has just not changed at all in 30 yea… https://t.co/c48AK9wwdc — PolitiTweet.org