Episode 017 (09/17/2007): Click to Download (19 MB mp3)
Episode Length 40:16

«» Upcoming Conferences (1:37)
I'll be at both the Digital Life Conference on September 29th, and the Audio Engineering Society Convention on October 7th, both in NYC. If you'll be in the area and would like to meet up, drop me an email.

«» Is Analog Audio better than Digital? Two cases in which you should leave the Toslink alone. (7:35)
Why you shouldn't hook up a $2000 CD player via digital audio to your receiver, and why Analog is your secret back door to Dolby TrueHD sans HDMI.

«» HD-Disc vs. SD-DVD? Who wins the REAL war? (14:23)
Some say the real war is not HD-DVD versus Bluray, it's HD-Disc vs. SD-DVD. We have a face-off between the formats to find out who comes out on top. The winner stands to occupy the consumer market for quite some time...(Disagree? Email me.)

«» Hot Fuzz (28:17)
4.5 out of 5 stars:
A thinking man's parody that turns out to be a fantastic movie in it's own right, with a showpiece soundtrack to boot.

«» The Pogues: Rum, Sodomy, and The Lash (32:38)