mapman
Responses from mapman
| Apple and Privacy issues i have done web and predictive analytic marketing projects as part of my work. as performed normally bymost private companies, they are harmless to the individual consumer and used mostly to better determine target groups that may be more receptiv... | |
| The CD player is dead....... i listen almost every day and cannot remember the last time i used my cd player. it took me about 8-10 months to rip all my cds to server. i did it several at a time as stanndard procedure prior to listening. 12300 tracks total now and growing. | |
| Best way to get accurate rake angle on speakers Use your ears to determine speaker orientation that sounds best where you listen from. | |
| The CD player is dead....... WHoops, I meant to say I use two 1.5 Tb+ USB drives, not 1.5Gb+. 1.5 Gb would only buy you about 3 CDs or so I believe whereas 1.5Tb should hold 1000X as much or about 3000 CDs. | |
| The CD player is dead....... How long does it take for a cloud based backup service to back up 1Tb worth of files I wonder?Also, how long to restore 1 Tb of files as well if needed, I wonder? I would think it would take a long time. If it has to go over wireless G it would ta... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Sweet, Bondman.That Mac is a nice piece! Pretty reputable company to go along with it.Enjoy! | |
| The CD player is dead....... For sure music file server devices that are also user friendly will become increasingly prevalent and popular as the technology matures.So far, you can do it yourself which is less expensive but still significantly complex to do well and in a fail... | |
| Apple and Privacy issues Interesting.Apple does what is best for Apple.Not that other competitors do not as well, but the proprietary nature of Apple technology has always led me to steer clear as much as possible."Predictive Analytics" means that the data will be mined f... | |
| The CD player is dead....... CD players and all audio for that matter often sound much better after a couple of martinis.A much more effective tweak often than power cords, ICs, new amps, etc.IS there anybody that does not believe we hear differently day to day depending on m... | |
| Experienced audiophiles best speaker "I ignore speakers that cannot be driven easily with tubes or are built around the Voltage Paradigm, as such speakers rarely sound like real music. The exception so far to that has been the mbl and I do believe there are others. "Atma, if you took... | |
| The CD player is dead....... " For these people (who download mp3s), clearly convenience trumps quality"Not true. The quality of mp3s is often quite good for the types of music that most people listen to even on a good system. I would be challenged to distinguish mp3 from hig... | |
| The CD player is dead....... The distribution model for CDs has changed drastically and downloading of individual tracks is gaining momentum, but I think there wil always be a demand for music that is packaged and you can see and touch. After all, the internet and downloading... | |
| What stands work well for tiled floors & monitors? I use Dynaudio stands in my tiled floor sunroom.Realize though that the only thing unique about a tile floor in ergards to stands is that the tile floor is very hard and has no give which makes getting stands to rest firmly without rocking harder ... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl Learsfool,I believe in many cases where digital does not sound as good as vinyl, a big part part of the problem (alongside jitter) is that the amp's transient response is not fast and accurate enough to handle the digitally produced signals transi... | |
| The CD player is dead....... My music server is my modern remote control jukebox that I always wanted.I just need to add a Wurlitzer logo, some neon lights and chrome trim.Happy Days! |