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Got to cover the what ifs or you’re being negligent. 🤫🤔🫡🤐🤨🫢🤪😇😉

What if the machine they were using had something on it, unbeknownst to them? You would only need one error at some point in the chain by one provider to bring the whole method into question. Hmmm, indeed!

Well, they may not do so deliberately or even knowingly.

You could search for armoured or military-grade ethernet cable.

Big difference: A USB stick can have embedded executables which run automatically when it's inserted. An mp3 or flac download is a data file.

Sofa so good with this thread...

You don't need to do the flash stuff to be brilliant. A few weeks ago I went to a Hi-Fi show where one of the rooms was playing this and it sounded great; I looked around and Mike Lindup had wandered into the room and sat down behind me!

How to play it simple.

Fragile and Close To The Edge by Yes feature the best bass playing ever recorded.

Fly By Night, by Rush

Electric Blight Orchestra

I agree about his tone; whilst he's acknowledged as having done great things for the bass as an instrument, the sounds coming out of the instruments don't do much for me.

The key word is "quality" digital there. There's a band I quite like (https://whenriversmeet.co.uk/) and I have one of their CDs which is really good on the Hi-Fi, but their downloads are only mp3.

King

Plush

Two blokes having a chat. Gordon Giltrap's Fear Of The Dark is a great album.

Certainly an mp3 should not be the only release format.

Short stuff.

The problem is doing a sound check to an empty hall and then finding out it was different with people in.

Well, you've just said that people have downloaded and then bought. Also, I've been to see bands based on having listened. I'm not inclined to share receipts, but you can take my word for it as evidence (or not, as you choose).

It's up to the trademark/copyright owner to instigate any legal proceedings. As for the Muppet owner, the term has become common usage and the image style is pervasive. From an alternative perspective it might be the case that these images actually generate interest in The Muppets. I remember one of my most active musical times was when I used to download from Pirate Bay - I'd try stuff and buy albums or go to gigs. Technically it was verbotten, but factually it generated income for the industry.

Questionable, since most people doing sound checks can only count to two.

Blah, blah, blah.

eBay aren't interested in dealing with counterfeits, so paying extra for some buyer protection scheme is a nonsense. The idea of automated positive feedback is quite bizarre. As a buyer, I don't trust them.