thomasedison
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| Mac vs. PC differences to Airport Express? Thanks for all of your advice, guys. I have decided to get a Trends UD-10.1 USB converter for now. I will use my iBook laptop attached to an external hard drive. I will goMac iBook >Trends USB converter > S/PDIF cable > Benchmark DAC-1 &g... | |
| Mac vs. PC differences to Airport Express? Steve, Which would give me better sound:PC>Airport Express>Pace-Car>unmodded Benchmark DAC-1orPC>USB>supermodded Benchmark DAC-1(w/ additional mod to add USB)?Anybody:Since either of the above would be done 'down the road', what wou... | |
| Mac vs. PC differences to Airport Express? Thanks for all of your responses so far. Audoiengr: Thanks Steve, for answering my first question. It's good to know that iTunes Windows XP to Airport Express is the same quality (however low) as Mac iTunes to Airport Express. The Pace-Car at $140... | |
| How Do You Organize Your Music? I've always wrestled with organizing music by genre. Record stores do this, but I often have artists whose work or particular albums cross genres. That's where it gets messy. Is Clapton "rock" or "blues"? Is Dylan "folk" or "rock"? Is Ry Cooder "w... | |
| Max Roach - You Will Be Missed Thanks for alerting me to this sad news. I loved Max Roach. I learned about him when I was a freshman at University of Massachusetts and he was on faculty. He held several amazing concerts there that year. One was a solo 'lecture' concert in which... | |
| Leave an amp "on" permanetly Those who don't believe the science of global warming, or who feel its pace is too slow to worry about, may still want to conserve energy for several reasons:1) $$$. You can save hundreds if not thousands per year in energy bills by conserving. Ho... | |
| Leave an amp "on" permanetly Today's New York Times has an article on how much energy is used by electronics devices that are left on vs. putting to sleep or turning off. Even if you choose to leave your audio components on 24/7, you may want to look at your practices with co... | |
| Leave an amp "on" permanetly I can see how it will not harm components to turn them on and off. But I am curious about the following: How long does it take the average solid state system to 'warm up' and sound its best? Will it shorten their life to leave them on 24/7? And ho... | |
| Wizard of Oz / Dark Side of the Moon The amazing thing is that I can believe that it is just coincidence, and still be amazed and think it's cool when watching The Wizard of Oz with Dark Side of the Moon. That's why it would be fun to try playing other movies and albums together. And... | |
| Wizard of Oz / Dark Side of the Moon I am not a musical theorist, nor do I pretend to know much about how the minds works. I don't mean to come across that way. I don't know if there is a specific visual correlation between a key change in the music and some visual change in a movie.... | |
| Wizard of Oz / Dark Side of the Moon I have tried this several times. I completely DO NOT believe that Dark Side of the Moon was composed as a soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz. Popular music in general, and Dark Side of the Moon in particular, has many key changes, tonal changes, and l... | |
| Belkin TuneFM for iPod I won't belabor the point any longer. I just know that running the ipod with rca's to an auxillary-in in the head unit, directly to the amp through an auxillary-in, or with a splitter between head unit and amp, will sound much better than an fm tr... | |
| Belkin TuneFM for iPod Another option is to install an amp under the passenger seat or in the trunk. Get an A/B RCA splitter and keep it in the glove compartment or any convenient place. Run the stock head unit to the splitter. Run the Ipod with rca cables to the splitt... | |
| CNN article about Hi Fidelity taking back seat At least they reported that some people notice the sound difference and that "high-end gear is like a Ferrari for sound, and run-of- the-mill stereo equipment is a Honda, an iPod is a moped." I know they also reported that "128 is pretty darn good... | |
| What music do you & your spouse/partner both love? Speaking of deceased classical singers, I must play my spouse some Elizabeth Schwartzkopf singing Schumann lieders. |