Hey, no problem; glad to help out and share knowledge. I couldn't begin to do the audio wizardry you do, but I do what I can.
One thought about newsgroups for you to consider: I think they're actually a perfect vehicle for you to use as a sharing option (probably not the ONLY way to share, since a lot of people don't use them, just as not everyone can use Megaupload or Rapidshare or Torrents), for a couple reasons. Once they're uploaded to a newsgroup, they're there for a very long time. You don't need to worry about Rapidshare or Megaupload deleting them soon after you upload, or from seeders stopping seeding a torrent, which takes away a lot of the "please upload them again!" comments. Also, you don't have to upload them to alt.bin.starwars, and you don't have to label them accurately. For instance, I understand you're trying to limit the sharing of your work to people you're fairly sure already own the originals, so to help limit that, you (or someone more familiar with the newsgroups), could upload them to a different group (not Star Wars related), using a name that's not going to make people want to download it. That way when people on this board ask, they could be pointed in the right direction.
After people get the set, of course, it's impossible to control what they do with it (post it to Rapidshare or Megaupload or TehParadox or other message boards, or even make a torrent out of it), but that's something no one can contol anyway. This way (posting it to the newsgroups), there is a copy available for two years, with no need to upload again and again because it's been deleted, and if it's uploaded "correctly" (non-Star Wars newsgroup and misleading name), then there's little chance that random people will stumble on it by accident.
Just a thought.
Also, I probably haven't said this before, since I was only answering the other poster's request for Return of a Jedi, then answering your post, but THANK YOU so much for your work! I love the Salvage remasters, the LPs from 7FN, and especially love the Audiophile edition. The sound is so much clearer, so much fuller, that it's amazing it's the same score, and that someone at Sony or someone in Lucas' camp wasn't able, or interested enough, to do the same thing. It's sad, actually, and I'm really grateful you took it upon yourself to "fix" things for everyone here. :-) And I'm also really excited to hear your new project, whenever that eventually happens.
Anyway, thanks again for so much great work! And if you think about the newsgroups some more and come to the conclusion that they might not be that bad of a choice as one of the ways to share your upcoming Imperial Audiophile Edition, I'd be happy to help out. I've never uploaded to the newsgroups, but I think I could manage it.
Either way, thanks!
Eric
