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On 1/13/2014 7:46 PM, Hank© wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:14:38 -0500,the celebrated boater, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:



I like 'em sounding clean.

Good explanation

LOL. I just noticed your attribute. "Celebrated boater" Ha ha.

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On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:55:45 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 1/13/2014 9:40 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/13/14, 1:04 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/13/2014 12:27 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:26:58 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 1/12/14, 11:51 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:25:52 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

That's cool...are those M-Audio speakers? They look very much like
mine.

I bought my wife a set of Bose speakers that are the size of a Spam
can and sound like a boom box.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aYSHGKCwL.jpg

A typical Bose sound.
The only problem is you can hear the flaws in low bit rate rips ;-)


I know they are very popular and highly rated, but I've never been fond
of the sound that emanates from the Bose speakers I've heard. I don't
know why that is. My "main" stereo speakers are electrostatics, about
six feet tall, and I like they way they sound. I've got a pair of
M-Audio speakers on my computer desk, and they're adequate for that
purpose.

Like I said, the Bose sound. It seems to be aimed at people who have
very good hearing in the higher ranges. The sound is very crisp. I
worked on line printers long enough that my hearing has a bit of a
notch in that area.
I like that good old 70s deep sound you got from ARs or Sansui with
cabinets that could hold a small child.



Over the years Bose has earned a (often deserved) reputation for phony
sounding speaker systems but that was not always the case. Way back
when the original 901 speakers were introduced, they were met with very
positive reviews by audiophiles of the time. Also, the Bose sound
reinforcement designs in small sound system packages have been copied
and emulated by many other small speaker and/or radio/CD/mp3 players
manufacturers over the years.

Back when "hi-fi" was the rage, there were two distinctive speaker
"sounds", the "West Coast" sound and the "East Coast" sound. The West
Coast sound emphasized the mid range and tended to be brighter sounding.
The East Coast sound was a more mellow sound with the mids somewhat
de-emphasized.

The original 901 and even the original 501 Bose speakers were pretty
good for their time. Obviously technology has advanced and, to me, the
most natural sounding speakers today are ribbon types and some
electrostatics.



I do admire the ability of Bose to market grossly overpriced gear these
days to Americans...the under-TV set sound systems, radios, small
stereos, earphones, etc.

I agree. Americans are easily led and fooled.

That sounds like an ethnic slur to me!!!
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On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:16:52 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Monday, January 13, 2014 1:04:50 AM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/13/2014 12:27 AM, wrote:

On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:26:58 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



On 1/12/14, 11:51 AM, wrote:

On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:25:52 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



That's cool...are those M-Audio speakers? They look very much like mine.



I bought my wife a set of Bose speakers that are the size of a Spam

can and sound like a boom box.



http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aYSHGKCwL.jpg



A typical Bose sound.

The only problem is you can hear the flaws in low bit rate rips ;-)





I know they are very popular and highly rated, but I've never been fond

of the sound that emanates from the Bose speakers I've heard. I don't

know why that is. My "main" stereo speakers are electrostatics, about

six feet tall, and I like they way they sound. I've got a pair of

M-Audio speakers on my computer desk, and they're adequate for that

purpose.



Like I said, the Bose sound. It seems to be aimed at people who have

very good hearing in the higher ranges. The sound is very crisp. I

worked on line printers long enough that my hearing has a bit of a

notch in that area.

I like that good old 70s deep sound you got from ARs or Sansui with

cabinets that could hold a small child.







Over the years Bose has earned a (often deserved) reputation for phony

sounding speaker systems but that was not always the case. Way back

when the original 901 speakers were introduced, they were met with very

positive reviews by audiophiles of the time. Also, the Bose sound

reinforcement designs in small sound system packages have been copied

and emulated by many other small speaker and/or radio/CD/mp3 players

manufacturers over the years.



Back when "hi-fi" was the rage, there were two distinctive speaker

"sounds", the "West Coast" sound and the "East Coast" sound. The West

Coast sound emphasized the mid range and tended to be brighter sounding.

The East Coast sound was a more mellow sound with the mids somewhat

de-emphasized.



The original 901 and even the original 501 Bose speakers were pretty

good for their time. Obviously technology has advanced and, to me, the

most natural sounding speakers today are ribbon types and some

electrostatics.

Wasn't it the 901s that had a special sound processor box that hooked up between the pre-amp and amp? Basically an equalizer that shaped the audio to compensate for the speaker's lack of a flat frequency response.

Yes, unless you had the Bose receiver. I loved the sound of the combination. Of course, that
combination is probably one of the major reasons I have to wear hearing aids today. The Bose
receiver had the equalizer built in.

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Bose-901-Spe...1314034/g.html

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjY2WDEyODA=/$T2eC16VHJIQE9qUHtHBcBR%28JJmH%28,w~~60_1.JPG?set_ id=2


I always thought they sounded impressive... for a while. Then listener's fatigue set in, and I didn't like them anymore.

I've been running a set of NHT's for a few years now. Great sound, very accurate.

I loved mine, until they got so old paper on the cones began turning to powder. Had to get one
rebuilt when my daughter jumped out of the bed onto the floor above the ceiling into which the
hanging mount was screwed. All nine speakers came loose when the speaker hit the floor.
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F.O.A.D. wrote:
In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came
up with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

Also, sent my 2003 vintage iPod off to a service center for a battery
replacement. 10 years off a single battery on an often-used device
ain't bad.

Update on the slighty used, holy boat shoe sale: bids are now up to
$2.73, leaving me only $3000 and change short of my goal of the
purchase price of a new Apple Mac Pro! I don't need such a powerful
desktop, so I'd only buy one with auction proceeds. Or maybe a raffle.
I'm beginning to think a raffle might work...hmmm. 1000 tickets at $5
per...hey now!
That would be illegal.

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On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:12:45 -0500,the celebrated boater, "Mr.
Luddite" wrote:
On 1/13/2014 7:46 PM, Hank© wrote:


On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:14:38 -0500,the celebrated boater, "Mr.
Luddite"
wrote:




I like 'em sounding clean.

Good explanation


LOL. I just noticed your attribute. "Celebrated boater" Ha ha.

Twerent me what did it

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On 1/13/2014 9:13 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:50:04 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

"F.O.A.D." wrote:

Sort of church-related, but not. The last time I was in New Haven, one of
our hosts played a CD of Bach he had being played on the 1928-1929
Skinner Pipe Organ at Woolsey Hall (you know that place, right?), and he
was playing it over a Bose 901 system he's had in his house for years.
Well, the "lackabass" of that sound system was really noticeable, because
what we heard through his Bose speakers didn't sound anything like the
Skinner, which I've heard dozens and dozens of times. The pedal notes
sounded like intestinal gas being passed. :)

Pipe organ will show up lack of low frequency quicker than anything else.
The low sounds are below human hearing, so they are more felt, than heard.
Had a friend in the 1960's who played pipe organs at a few venues in San
Francisco as a side hobby to programming.

This set we have has a gut rumbling sub woofer. It does a great job
with "Top Gun". I think it is missing some of the "middle" if
anything.



Yeah, a lot of the newer sub woofers are designed for low frequency
effects in home theater applications and not so much for music reproduction.

As previously mentioned, I noticed that in the 18" servo driven
Velodyne that was a newer model compared to my older 15" Velodyne. The
18" had incredible effects for movies like "Top Gun" and "Das Boot" but
sorta sucked for music. The 15" is much, much better for music
reproduction.

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On 1/13/14, 8:30 PM, Earl wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came
up with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

Also, sent my 2003 vintage iPod off to a service center for a battery
replacement. 10 years off a single battery on an often-used device
ain't bad.

Update on the slighty used, holy boat shoe sale: bids are now up to
$2.73, leaving me only $3000 and change short of my goal of the
purchase price of a new Apple Mac Pro! I don't need such a powerful
desktop, so I'd only buy one with auction proceeds. Or maybe a raffle.
I'm beginning to think a raffle might work...hmmm. 1000 tickets at $5
per...hey now!
That would be illegal.


Raffles are illegal?

Well, might not be necessary...the bids are now up to almost $6.00... :)

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On 1/13/14, 9:33 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:49:10 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


Arrgh. I don't have the desire or energy these days to cope with
extraordinarily complex software. It's why I dumped Photoshop
entirely...much too complex for my relatively simple photo processing
needs.

I am using Sound Forge 4.5, pretty old but it does all I need and lots
more with a fairly simple interface.


I don't do any real sound processing. I have a few thousand songs from
the "do-wop" era I convert a hundred at a time to CDs for a couple of my
totally non-techy friends up north, and they pop them into their car's
CD changer. I use iTunes for that. It's pretty much automatic.

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On 1/13/2014 9:33 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:49:10 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


Arrgh. I don't have the desire or energy these days to cope with
extraordinarily complex software. It's why I dumped Photoshop
entirely...much too complex for my relatively simple photo processing
needs.

I am using Sound Forge 4.5, pretty old but it does all I need and lots
more with a fairly simple interface.



My problem is that I enjoy the technology of creating and mixing music
using these various software tools but I am a crappy musician. I'll
spend hours working on a composition and then delete it when I am finished.

What I get a kick out of is the ability to generate and mix multiple
tracks of various instruments using a simple keyboard controller. The
keyboard does not produce any sounds ... they are all generated from
samples in the recording software.

The latest Garage Band has a very authentic sounding B3 Hammond sound,
complete with drawbars, percussion and a Leslie controller. Played
through a decent sound system it sounds very close to a real B3.

Here's an example of one I attempted a week or so ago when I first
started using Garage Band. For those not familiar with how this works,
there's no organ, no Leslie, no drums, no bass or any instrument used.
All the tracks are created using a keyboard controller (I use a Samson
Carbon 49) and the instrument sounds are generated by the software. You
can then go back and modify effects like the Leslie spinning up or down.
Fun to play with but you have to excuse the lack of musical playing
ability:

https://soundcloud.com/rerik/gb-pale-4/s-WMlTp

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On 1/13/2014 9:16 PM, Hank© wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:12:45 -0500,the celebrated boater, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
On 1/13/2014 7:46 PM, Hank© wrote:


On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:14:38 -0500,the celebrated boater, "Mr.
Luddite"
wrote:




I like 'em sounding clean.

Good explanation


LOL. I just noticed your attribute. "Celebrated boater" Ha ha.

Twerent me what did it

OOps. It was me. I forgot I set mu phone to do that.