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The yearly Amazon HD individual subscription comes in at under $10.75/mo vs $19.99/mo for Tidal, I am testing up to my monthly TIDAL charge day and if satisfied by the content and app switching will be a no brainer,

Looks like MOG will live a little longer which is great news for me. The ECM stuff is gone though, most other streaming services too. That's too bad. I hope the industry can come up with a financially viable (for the streaming service and the artists) high quality streaming service. I don't mind paying more then the current ongoing rates. My current cable TV garbage is $60/mo and I watch very little TV and very few channels. Why $60/mo? Because that is the package that contains the channels that I occasionally watch the rest is stuffed down my throat. So I am willing to pay a premium for a good music streaming service. Anybody else?

Extremely disappointed at the loss of MOG myself. Their catalogue was almost perfect for my taste, especially the ECM stuff, which by the way started disappearing (Stanko, Garbarek etc). My trial of BeatsMusic so far was disappointing and I canceled, their app is next to useless for me. I was hoping that the MOG catalogue will transfer to BeatsMusic more so because of this recent development: Beats Music opens up, making its API public | Internet & Media - CNET News Yes, BeatsMusic will provide an API to their service which means that somebody can write an app to access their catalogue directly or through another music player. Think JRiver with a BeatsMusic hook-up, assuming their catalogue remains relevant. Wow.

I think all the issues are related to first day of service launch woes. I got a notification from MOG about the transition, tried the web version after registering and did not work, tried to download the app from Apple, could not find it. An hour later both worked just fine. To the bigger issue I have is that I find the new app, how should I put it, underwhelming. I am using the service because of the music library and the streaming sound quality and both seem intact at this point, which means I will continue to use the service. I just hope that the apps improve over time.

I would be interested to give it a try.

Finally! http://mog.com/logitech

Is it just me that finds the premise of this thread juvenile?

Remote Controler iPhone/iPod style for people over 50 with severe vision problems? I am willing to pay for something like this.

Eloise, after the AVGuide advertorial I looked at Micromega's site and went through their material including their user manual. There is no mention of Airport Express at any point with the exception of the setup where it's done obviously out of necessity (with name preset to WM10_xxxx). The specs look pure Airport Express in the manual so no DAC. Best case scenario an audio buffer and a coax output. So going back to your point of disagreement you don't find this statement posturing? "Predictably, the DAC/analog audio section of the WM-10 leverages Micromega’s extensive experience in building high-end CD players". I think we spend more time than this thing deserves, people can draw their own conclusions. I will leave you with one thought. There are a lot of well respected people and companies that make money by modifying (hopefully to the better) already existing equipment with full disclosure as to what they modify and what their modifications do to improve the performance of the equipment. Why couldn't they do the same? Let's go back to music.

Eloise, what I said is that I am jaded after the Lexicon/Oppo debacle. There is no mention in their literature that there is a hacked (ok re-phrase for marketing use) Airport Express in there. And there is all the posturing about the technology that they developed, at least on the AVGuide anouncement (did you read it by the way?). Now lets compare with Ayre. They are using the Oppo engine because they think it is the best for the function it provides to them and they disclosed it up front and then they go ahead to build their system based on their engineering principles. Sounds at least respectful towards the consumer.

This is what I thought too when I read the 24/192 but it got me more suspicious as what it really says is that it's "prepared for expected Apple upgrades" to do this, does not do it exactly now. I magnified the image and the circuit board on top is 100% a hacked Airport Express (can't make the identifiers on the wireless cage which would make verification easier). There is a little IC next to the large PCB output which looks like an opamp to buffer analog audio or maybe for the coax digital. It looks like they tapped into both the analog and digital out since there is no cable leaving the combo line/toslink out of the Airport Express Visible last after the ethernet and the USB. The read of their technology now is just too funny. Wow, this is some technology they developed these guys.

I was on the AVguide site looking around and stumbled on this anouncement http://www.avguide.com/article/ces-micromega-s-airstream-wm-10-wireless-digital-music-player#comment-25580 for Micromega's AirStream WM-10 wireless player. Reading through I looked at the pictures and there is one with the cover open. And then, as will anybody that ever looked at an Apple Airport Express circuit board, did a double take. Did these guys just stick an Airport Express in a bigger case with a power supply? Anybody willing to check on this? Because I am jaded already after the Lexicon/Oppo debacle.

Assuming that Reimyo would attempt to keep their signature sound going in their product line did you look into their new DAC DAP-999EX? There is a review here: http://www.enjoythemusic.com/SuperiorAudio/equipment/0409/reimyo_dap_999ex.htm it's listed at $9,000 but I guess if you spent the money for the CDP-777........ or maybe a trade in?

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1264294258 Enjoy!

You are being sarcastic, right?