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Post by Lee de Parade on Jan 8, 2010 8:40:05 GMT -5
I never forget. I make choices.
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Post by Steven H Christ on Jan 8, 2010 8:50:58 GMT -5
I never forget. I make choices. Ah... YOU'RE my cuckoo. |
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Post by Lee de Parade on Jan 8, 2010 8:57:21 GMT -5
No I'm your dingo and I'd eat your baby any day of the week.
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Post by Steven H Christ on Jan 8, 2010 9:23:02 GMT -5
No I'm your dingo and I'd eat your baby any day of the week. We have dingos, you have ABBA. |
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Post by checkmate on Jan 8, 2010 12:03:20 GMT -5
My place is getting overrun with cds. Been thinking about getting a Squeezebox , ripping the cds to the pc and then playing the music through my stereo system. Has anyone have experience with a Squeezebox?
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Post by Steven H Christ on Jan 8, 2010 20:30:35 GMT -5
My place is getting overrun with cds. Been thinking about getting a Squeezebox , ripping the cds to the pc and then playing the music through my stereo system. Has anyone have experience with a Squeezebox? I prefer audio files to audiophiles. I have most of my music in iTunes now, and listen to it either through the computer or in the car on the iPod. I don't even bother with a traditional hi-fi system anymore. Within a few seconds I can be listening to any song I can think of that I want to hear. It sure beats going through 7000 cassettes, LPs or even CDs to find the right tune. I do still have a lot of 60s punk that hasn't been digitized yet, but I figure someone else will do it all eventually. What's a Squeezebox?? |
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Post by checkmate on Jan 9, 2010 9:23:10 GMT -5
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Post by Freakrusted on Jan 9, 2010 11:55:59 GMT -5
what's the difference, than connecting digital device that you already have (computer or MP3 player) DIRECTLY to your stereo? We offer a line of products designed for music lovers, not computer experts. A range of players that complement any décor, with controls that are simple and intuitive in other words, thing designed to people, who have enough free money to spend, but not enough brain just simply connect their computer or digital player to stereo?  |
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Post by Freakrusted on Jan 9, 2010 12:22:54 GMT -5
you can buy simpliest cable to connect your PC and stereo for a few $, and if even you go for better quality cable and spend a bit more, it still be a huge difference, than paying $ 200 or more for unecessary intermediate device, which I believe, is designed to extract money from lazy brainless morons.
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Post by checkmate on Jan 9, 2010 15:04:13 GMT -5
Do you feel the same way about people that spend $200 or more for a rare garage 45 on eBay when they can download the song for free? To most that sounds brainless too. Different strokes for different folks.
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Post by Freakrusted on Jan 9, 2010 16:07:45 GMT -5
Do you feel the same way about people that spend $200 or more for a rare garage 45 on eBay when they can download the song for free? To most that sounds brainless too. Different strokes for different folks. Rare garage 45 is real original thing with colectable value and different sound quality from digital song. As for Squeezebox, I asked you what's the difference. Because I see it only as unnecessary toy, when you simply can plug your computer to stereo with cable and play music. Maybe I dont understand something, but what does it gain in aspect of playing music from computer to stereo? |
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Post by Lee de Parade on Jan 9, 2010 16:30:58 GMT -5
All cables don't sound the same. And I think the cpu don't deliver as strong a signal as you'd like if you plug it directly into your stereo - or something like that. I actually have nooooo idea, I never was an audiophile. Not that there's anything wrong with it.
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Post by checkmate on Jan 9, 2010 18:16:41 GMT -5
Do you feel the same way about people that spend $200 or more for a rare garage 45 on eBay when they can download the song for free? To most that sounds brainless too. Different strokes for different folks. Rare garage 45 is real original thing with colectable value and different sound quality from digital song. As for Squeezebox, I asked you what's the difference. Because I see it only as unnecessary toy, when you simply can plug your computer to stereo with cable and play music. Maybe I dont understand something, but what does it gain in aspect of playing music from computer to stereo? I don't know the difference that's why I was asking. Maybe I'll try a just a cable...is that all you use? Someone told me " you have three options, one of which is the Squeezebox, the second being some kind of music server that you either roll yourself or buy off the shelf and the third being a feed direct off a computer audiophile sound card." |
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Post by Steven H Christ on Jan 9, 2010 20:59:14 GMT -5
I find that merely plugging the iPod into the TV sounds better than playing records through my crappy old hi-fi. Simply for the fact that it has good speakers. Indeed, it sounds awesome and for 60s punk, couldn't rationally be improved upon. In fact it's overkill, and playing though the computer is perfectly adequate.
It's also possible to wirelessly transmit music from your computer/ipod to FM on your stereo's radio, although this can be prone to interference. I don't see the need for a "squeezebox".
As for spending $200 on vintage 45s, I used to do that a lot. Back in the 80s/90s that was the only way to get the music in the best possible quality, or even to get it at all in many cases. It was also nice to have a genuine 60s punk artifact, and they generally held their value.
I'm not convinced that there will always be a market for obscure garage 45s, especially once the current crop of aficionados fades away. If anything, most collectors have already given up and there doesn't seem to be any new "players" coming along. The other factor is that many high-end records actually lose value once the few major collectors have snagged their own copies, i.e. the few guys who can/will afford to spend thousands per disc.
Do audio files sound as good as the original 45s? Well, if done properly I certainly can't pick the difference. I doubt that any non-superhuman being can, although your dog may be more discerning. The Gyro recordings sound just fine to me. That's thousands of dollars worth of killer records that nobody has to buy. It's probably as much as the average fan will ever need, and all for free.
Obviously, obscure 60s punk records weren't rigorously well-recorded/produced in the first place. It's not as if these are delightful crystal-clear audiophile/enthusiast soundscapes to be savoured with your Chardonnay-sipping polo-playing chums.
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Post by michaelw on Jan 10, 2010 9:29:31 GMT -5
It's not as if these are delightful crystal-clear audiophile/enthusiast soundscapes to be savoured with your Chardonnay-sipping polo-playing chums. You just described Saturday nights at my place old chap. |
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