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| External hard drive for expanding iTunes library? Hmm... Michael, isn't a terastation a "file server"? If you can put together a two drive RAID1 for $500, you are doing pretty well. But, your net cost is $2/GB--$500/250GB (this is assuming you are buying 250GB drives and using RAID1, which nets y... | |
| External hard drive for expanding iTunes library? In my application, I was running several different music servers off the same basic library of data files; leaving then on 24/7 is a lot easier than running downstairs to turn on a drive. If this isn't the case, then by all means turn it off. I'd ... | |
| External hard drive for expanding iTunes library? I've had too many external drives fail--three 250GB drives by Lacie and one by Maxstor. I just do not believe those drives are designed to be on 24/7.I highly recommend the Terastation RAID boxes. The 1TB version is down to $600, and nets you abou... | |
| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 Here is an interesting point of view as reported by http://blogs.reuters.com/2006/12/04/media-leaders-were-ipod-crazy-too/:"I like music. I have iPods everywhere. I had the whole bunch of (the Warner music collection) files put on before we sold i... | |
| Invert Polarity in Digital Domain Based on your "I hear it when its done by the CD player but not when its done by the preamp," I believe your observations may be purely psychological manifestations. Either that or the phase invert button on your preamp is nonfunctional. Phase inv... | |
| Distance/Screen SIze Formula? I sit about 10' from my 61" plasma. Works for me, doesn't seem too large, and I'm not one of those types that sits in the front row of movie theatres either...TVs typically don't come close to the field of view that you get in a movie theatre, whi... | |
| For all of you X fans I think the last time I saw Exene play, it was in Detroit in the late 80s and she was probably 8 months pregnant. Wonder if loud music can cause hearing loss for buns still in the oven...Odd side note... Did you know her ex-husband is Viggo Morten... | |
| Preamplifier: Yes or NO ? +1 votes for pre-amps.I would also note its not just a matter of impedance matching. I have a dCS Delius that, at least according to the specs, should have had no problems driving my ARC VT100s. But, I had the classic "no pre-amp" problems--music ... | |
| Cheap and easy way to downmix 5.1 to PCM? I've got a comcast HDMI box that downmixes to PCM, controlled by the menu settings (its a Sci. Atlanta 8300HD?). I've also got one that doesn't downmix (8250HD?). Have you called Comcast to see if they have a box with both HDMI and PCM downmix in ... | |
| Cable box to outboard DAC Until cableCARD compatibility is truly here--and it isn't--there is no guarantee that a 3rd party cable box will work with your cable provider's system. Before plunking down money on a cable box, I would ask your cable company techs for compatibil... | |
| What dynamic spkr. did you go to from electrostat? MLs to Proacs. Actually, I've always kept some Proacs around, but ditched my big MLs in favor of a pair of 3.8s a year or so ago and haven't looked back. I've always like the transparency and speed of Proacs, which is probably what led me down the... | |
| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 Actually, the quoted section was misquoting Herman's post before yours... ;)B'sides, "[n]one agreed on the interpretation of the copywright law as it applies to the area we are discussing" is basically where blog comes out. I think my point in cit... | |
| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 Fair enough, we can differ on whether the RIAA is on a general hunt to track down and sue consumers; if you do some research, I think the facts there *are* objectively pretty dismal.Dismissing Patry's blog as "just another blog" or saying you don'... | |
| Cable box to outboard DAC On one box I have, "other" = PCM. On the other box, its some strange format and I have no idea what it is. No way to tell for sure w/o hooking it up to a DAC, unless you find a really, really good tech in your CATV company's tech support...You mig... | |
| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 Tvad, the "copyright police" aren't going to believe anything you say, if past precedents hold true. They simply sue you based on some evidence of some kind, and then you are locked in litigation. The judge, theoretically, will weigh the facts and... |