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Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
Like this:
http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:25:52 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. Remember when these were cool? http://tinyurl.com/yo4rz3 Would he be satisfied with one? -- John H |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Dec 19, 12:25 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
Like this:http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...t_detail&iprod... or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...or-iPod-Silver... The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. My DIL has the iHome clock radio from Circuit City. It sounds really nice, has some pretty cool features. I'll bet he'll like it alot. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
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... On Dec 19, 12:25 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Like this:http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...t_detail&iprod... or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...or-iPod-Silver... The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. My DIL has the iHome clock radio from Circuit City. It sounds really nice, has some pretty cool features. I'll bet he'll like it alot. OK....I saw some other good reviews for that one. I'm also looking at an Altec Lansing unit that's supposedly has better bass response than the iHome, based on just one iHome review in which the user bemoaned the lack of bass. He could've been deaf, though. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:19:24 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: wrote in message ... On Dec 19, 12:25 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Like this:http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...t_detail&iprod... or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...or-iPod-Silver... The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. My DIL has the iHome clock radio from Circuit City. It sounds really nice, has some pretty cool features. I'll bet he'll like it alot. OK....I saw some other good reviews for that one. I'm also looking at an Altec Lansing unit that's supposedly has better bass response than the iHome, based on just one iHome review in which the user bemoaned the lack of bass. He could've been deaf, though. FWIW, most of us near deaf people suffer from high frequency loss, which means most music sounds like it has too much bass, 'cause we can't hear the treble. -- John H |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Dec 19, 1:19 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Dec 19, 12:25 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Like this:http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...t_detail&iprod... or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...or-iPod-Silver... The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. My DIL has the iHome clock radio from Circuit City. It sounds really nice, has some pretty cool features. I'll bet he'll like it alot. OK....I saw some other good reviews for that one. I'm also looking at an Altec Lansing unit that's supposedly has better bass response than the iHome, based on just one iHome review in which the user bemoaned the lack of bass. He could've been deaf, though.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - In my opinion, having only heard the thing for an hour or so, seems the bass is not bad. It isn't the earth shaking amplified crap you hear coming from cars with a trunk full of amps and speakers, with the windows rattling! What I really like about it is there's a lot of simple pleasures, like the ability to use the alarm function with a certain song on the playlist, etc. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"Don White" wrote in message
... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know? |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Dec 19, 2:28 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...t_detail&iprod... or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...or-iPod-Silver... The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - How can he be always right? My 8 year old son and 12 year old daughter are both always right. So if three people are always right, that means they'd have to agree on everything, and that's impossible. My two can't even agree on what to have for supper! |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
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... On Dec 19, 2:28 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...t_detail&iprod... or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...or-iPod-Silver... The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - How can he be always right? My 8 year old son and 12 year old daughter are both always right. So if three people are always right, that means they'd have to agree on everything, and that's impossible. My two can't even agree on what to have for supper! As of August, my son said Dave Brubeck was a snore. Last week, he said Dave Brubeck was god. It's amazing how much Brubeck changed since August. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:25:00 -0400, "Don White"
wrote: "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. Some don't care, especially if they have to pay for it. Of my seven, only one has an Ipod. She paid for it after she found her whining about how she just "had" to have it meant just that. Wife was bugging me about buying one son an MP3 player. I looked around on the net and couldn't make heads or tails about what to buy. Finally told her to shut up, give him a hundred bucks and let him buy it himself, since he would know what he wanted. A couple days later we found he already had what he wanted. A 1 gig thing he got from Newegg for $12.95. Doubles as a thumb drive, plugs into his car stereo, blah, blah. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. Not sure about that. Most of the music kids have is pirated stuff. --Vic |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
... My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. Not sure about that. Most of the music kids have is pirated stuff. --Vic They're shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. In interviews, lots of musicians complain that they go to the trouble to create albums, not just individual songs. Some kids never get to hear the albums. And, they never see liner notes, which can lead to new musical discoveries. Buy an album, and find that maybe it's got Victor Wooten on bass. Buy a Victor Wooten album, and discover a drummer you like. Buy his album, and find a guitarist you never heard of. Pretty soon, you're broke, but you have lots of great music. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:02:18 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message .. . My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. Not sure about that. Most of the music kids have is pirated stuff. --Vic They're shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. In interviews, lots of musicians complain that they go to the trouble to create albums, not just individual songs. Some kids never get to hear the albums. And, they never see liner notes, which can lead to new musical discoveries. Buy an album, and find that maybe it's got Victor Wooten on bass. Buy a Victor Wooten album, and discover a drummer you like. Buy his album, and find a guitarist you never heard of. Pretty soon, you're broke, but you have lots of great music. Dunkin' Donuts had the same effect on fine pastries. Whatcha gonna do? I'll be sure to tell my kids what you said, and they'll probably say they can find the liner notes on the web if they're interested. Or that they don't care about liner notes. You musicians have to look out for yourself and get people arrested and tossed in jail for stealing music. It's a dog eat dog digital world. --Vic |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
... On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:02:18 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message . .. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. Not sure about that. Most of the music kids have is pirated stuff. --Vic They're shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. In interviews, lots of musicians complain that they go to the trouble to create albums, not just individual songs. Some kids never get to hear the albums. And, they never see liner notes, which can lead to new musical discoveries. Buy an album, and find that maybe it's got Victor Wooten on bass. Buy a Victor Wooten album, and discover a drummer you like. Buy his album, and find a guitarist you never heard of. Pretty soon, you're broke, but you have lots of great music. Dunkin' Donuts had the same effect on fine pastries. Whatcha gonna do? I'll be sure to tell my kids what you said, and they'll probably say they can find the liner notes on the web if they're interested. Or that they don't care about liner notes. You musicians have to look out for yourself and get people arrested and tossed in jail for stealing music. It's a dog eat dog digital world. --Vic Actually, if you read past the headlines, you'll find that the majority of musicians are not pleased with the legal nonsense perpetrated by the big record labels. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:22:39 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: Actually, if you read past the headlines, you'll find that the majority of musicians are not pleased with the legal nonsense perpetrated by the big record labels. Yeah, but that's a different issue. I'm all for artists getting paid for their work. It's not just kids who think anything digital should be free. I worked with a guy - highly paid, outwardly high morals - who could not understand how using ??? - I forgot, but it was the big peer to peer that soon thereafter got outlawed - was stealing. He was more in love with technology than I, and he just about blew his top when I said most internet use was for porn. That was fun. --Vic |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Dec 19, 2:43 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Dec 19, 2:28 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Don White" wrote in message . .. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...t_detail&iprod... or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...or-iPod-Silver... The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - How can he be always right? My 8 year old son and 12 year old daughter are both always right. So if three people are always right, that means they'd have to agree on everything, and that's impossible. My two can't even agree on what to have for supper! As of August, my son said Dave Brubeck was a snore. Last week, he said Dave Brubeck was god. It's amazing how much Brubeck changed since August.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Ah, enlightenment! |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
... On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:22:39 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Actually, if you read past the headlines, you'll find that the majority of musicians are not pleased with the legal nonsense perpetrated by the big record labels. Yeah, but that's a different issue. I'm all for artists getting paid for their work. It's not just kids who think anything digital should be free. I worked with a guy - highly paid, outwardly high morals - who could not understand how using ??? - I forgot, but it was the big peer to peer that soon thereafter got outlawed - was stealing. He was more in love with technology than I, and he just about blew his top when I said most internet use was for porn. That was fun. --Vic If he was using Kazaa, chances are good that he paid even when he didn't think he was paying. So many people's computers were turned useless by Kazaa's spyware, and required reformatting/OS reinstall. Lots of geeks made money doing that for customers. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Dec 19, 3:02 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. Not sure about that. Most of the music kids have is pirated stuff. --Vic They're shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. In interviews, lots of musicians complain that they go to the trouble to create albums, not just individual songs. Some kids never get to hear the albums. And, they never see liner notes, which can lead to new musical discoveries. Buy an album, and find that maybe it's got Victor Wooten on bass. Buy a Victor Wooten album, and discover a drummer you like. Buy his album, and find a guitarist you never heard of. Pretty soon, you're broke, but you have lots of great music. Exactly! I like having the liner notes from CD's. I'm sometimes amazed at who has played on certain songs with the lead artist, who produced, etc. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... As of August, my son said Dave Brubeck was a snore. Last week, he said Dave Brubeck was god. It's amazing how much Brubeck changed since August. (Chuckle) Eisboch |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:41:53 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: If he was using Kazaa, chances are good that he paid even when he didn't think he was paying. So many people's computers were turned useless by Kazaa's spyware, and required reformatting/OS reinstall. Lots of geeks made money doing that for customers. Yeah, that's the one. My son was home then, and put it on my computer, which was the only one in the house. Being a geek, I fixed it myself with no reinstall. And he got his first computer. --Vic |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
... On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:41:53 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: If he was using Kazaa, chances are good that he paid even when he didn't think he was paying. So many people's computers were turned useless by Kazaa's spyware, and required reformatting/OS reinstall. Lots of geeks made money doing that for customers. Yeah, that's the one. My son was home then, and put it on my computer, which was the only one in the house. Being a geek, I fixed it myself with no reinstall. And he got his first computer. --Vic I did a clean reformat/reinstall for the parents of a friend of my son's. The computer was trashed by spyware. A week later, trashed again. Fixed it again, but this time, I got paid for the work, with $100 worth of tools from the father's Snap-On truck. You'd think that would've made the parents more vigilant. Nope. The computer was phuqued again about a month later. Their solution: Buy a new computer. Duh. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:08:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: I did a clean reformat/reinstall for the parents of a friend of my son's. The computer was trashed by spyware. A week later, trashed again. Fixed it again, but this time, I got paid for the work, with $100 worth of tools from the father's Snap-On truck. You'd think that would've made the parents more vigilant. Nope. The computer was phuqued again about a month later. Their solution: Buy a new computer. Duh. Yabut. Maybe it came with anti this and that and a restore disc. And he don't have to give you tools. --Vic |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:25:52 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. http://www.bose.com/controller?event...ltimedia_index http://tinyurl.com/2lnex6 |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:25:52 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. While I don't really like Bose at all for larger sound systems, no one does the small system sounding big better than Bose. A friend of mine has this: http://www.bose.com/controller?event...ltimedia_index and it's pretty amazing. Yes it's pricey, but if you hear one you'll pay the extra $100 or whatever the street price difference is between the bose and the rest. Steve |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Dec 19, 3:02 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. Not sure about that. Most of the music kids have is pirated stuff. --Vic They're shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. In interviews, lots of musicians complain that they go to the trouble to create albums, not just individual songs. Some kids never get to hear the albums. And, they never see liner notes, which can lead to new musical discoveries. Buy an album, and find that maybe it's got Victor Wooten on bass. Buy a Victor Wooten album, and discover a drummer you like. Buy his album, and find a guitarist you never heard of. Pretty soon, you're broke, but you have lots of great music. Who cares really now. Like I tell my kids, if it was written after say, 76, I don't care anyway;) |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:02:18 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. Not sure about that. Most of the music kids have is pirated stuff. --Vic They're shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. In interviews, lots of musicians complain that they go to the trouble to create albums, not just individual songs. Some kids never get to hear the albums. And, they never see liner notes, which can lead to new musical discoveries. Buy an album, and find that maybe it's got Victor Wooten on bass. Buy a Victor Wooten album, and discover a drummer you like. Buy his album, and find a guitarist you never heard of. Pretty soon, you're broke, but you have lots of great music. Dunkin' Donuts had the same effect on fine pastries. Whatcha gonna do? I'll be sure to tell my kids what you said, and they'll probably say they can find the liner notes on the web if they're interested. Or that they don't care about liner notes. You musicians have to look out for yourself and get people arrested and tossed in jail for stealing music. It's a dog eat dog digital world. --Vic Actually, if you read past the headlines, you'll find that the majority of musicians are not pleased with the legal nonsense perpetrated by the big record labels. And the price fixing on albums. Seems as if they are all about 19.99 minimum to $30+ these days. Costs about 25 cents to produce a CD with liner notes and jewell case. Maybe the artists should do some realistic pricing on their work. But then they could not live in the $20,000,000 house and pay for all the attorneys they need for the jams they get into. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
Don White wrote:
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. That's sad. -dk |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... As of August, my son said Dave Brubeck was a snore. Last week, he said Dave Brubeck was god. It's amazing how much Brubeck changed since August. (Chuckle) Eisboch I remember Brubeck playing a performance at my high school. He grew up not far from my home town. Loved his music then and still do. Best live performance or at least in the top five in Brubeck at Carnegie Hall with Joe Morello's solo still the best drum solo I think ever played. I grew up in El Cerrito, which at one time, 1940's and 1950's had more jazz and music clubs than just about any venue in the West at least. Kona Club, Six Belles, It Club (also a strip joint), first strippers I ever saw and I was about 10 years old. Family friends owned the clubs. They had to wear pasties in those days. Counter rotation too. So we got lots of good groups performing at our high school as they were on the rise. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:37:39 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote: I remember Brubeck playing a performance at my high school. He grew up not far from my home town. I heard him play at Carnegie Hall back in the early 70s. He lives in south Florida now, not too far from where we are. He still drops in and plays at a local jazz place on Sanibel Island once in a while. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
On Dec 19, 9:25�am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
Like this:http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...t_detail&iprod... or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...or-iPod-Silver... The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. You want to dock an iPod? I'd suggest appropriate fenders, and and adequate number of suitable sized mooring lines. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
Without any compression? Are you sure about that. Cause the lossless
formats only achieve about a 70% reduction in file size so you get around 2 cds or so per gig. Default ripping with itunes uses the apple acc compression which is a lossy algorythm. Mp3 is also lossy. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know? |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
You can have both. I feed my full size stereo set up from one of these
http://www.slimdevices.com and have my entire 700 cd collection on a second hard drive in my pc. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
jamesgangnc wrote:
Without any compression? Are you sure about that. Cause the lossless formats only achieve about a 70% reduction in file size so you get around 2 cds or so per gig. Default ripping with itunes uses the apple acc compression which is a lossy algorythm. Mp3 is also lossy. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know? MP4 320 kbps |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
Still lossy. I haven't found anyone that could really tell the difference
though. The problem comes in when you want to switch formats from one lossy to another lossy. That's why it's always better to go back to the original uncompressed source. Also why I very seldom buy music off itunes, because then you never get a copy of the uncompressed song. "HK" wrote in message ... jamesgangnc wrote: Without any compression? Are you sure about that. Cause the lossless formats only achieve about a 70% reduction in file size so you get around 2 cds or so per gig. Default ripping with itunes uses the apple acc compression which is a lossy algorythm. Mp3 is also lossy. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know? MP4 320 kbps |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"jamesgangnc" wrote in message
... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know? Without any compression? Are you sure about that. Cause the lossless formats only achieve about a 70% reduction in file size so you get around 2 cds or so per gig. Default ripping with itunes uses the apple acc compression which is a lossy algorythm. Mp3 is also lossy. That's why I included the words "that he's applied". Although we have different purposes in mind when we rip a CD, we both begin use Windows Media Player as our starting point, with options set to do the least damage to the files. Even if it's doing a little compression in that process, my ears still tell me the results are better than some of what he downloads or shares with friends. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"JG2U" wrote in message
... On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:08:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:41:53 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: If he was using Kazaa, chances are good that he paid even when he didn't think he was paying. So many people's computers were turned useless by Kazaa's spyware, and required reformatting/OS reinstall. Lots of geeks made money doing that for customers. Yeah, that's the one. My son was home then, and put it on my computer, which was the only one in the house. Being a geek, I fixed it myself with no reinstall. And he got his first computer. --Vic I did a clean reformat/reinstall for the parents of a friend of my son's. The computer was trashed by spyware. A week later, trashed again. Fixed it again, but this time, I got paid for the work, with $100 worth of tools from the father's Snap-On truck. You'd think that would've made the parents more vigilant. Nope. The computer was phuqued again about a month later. Their solution: Buy a new computer. Duh. Snap-On? That's about one screwdriver. .....and a refrigerator magnet with the dealer's phone number on it. :-) |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"jamesgangnc" wrote in message
... "HK" wrote in message ... jamesgangnc wrote: Without any compression? Are you sure about that. Cause the lossless formats only achieve about a 70% reduction in file size so you get around 2 cds or so per gig. Default ripping with itunes uses the apple acc compression which is a lossy algorythm. Mp3 is also lossy. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know? MP4 320 kbps Still lossy. I haven't found anyone that could really tell the difference though. The problem comes in when you want to switch formats from one lossy to another lossy. That's why it's always better to go back to the original uncompressed source. Also why I very seldom buy music off itunes, because then you never get a copy of the uncompressed song. At the "better settings", it's difficult to tell the difference. And, whether it matters or not often depends on the purpose of the file you're creating. If I need to send a song to a band member, to settle the "Are we talking about the same song here?" question, and he's one of these people whose email is always close to fill, I'll shrink a 15mb song down to 1mb. It sounds hideous, but at least I get the answer I'm looking for. If I have to listen to that same song on my stereo every day for a week, while learning it, then it has to be the original or very close to it. Otherwise, it grates on my nerves. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... That's why I included the words "that he's applied". Although we have different purposes in mind when we rip a CD, we both begin use Windows Media Player as our starting point, with options set to do the least damage to the files. Even if it's doing a little compression in that process, my ears still tell me the results are better than some of what he downloads or shares with friends. I recently set up a music system using a pair of SL3 Martin-Logan's that have been stored away since we moved into this house because I didn't have a good room to set them up properly in. I decided to do the surround thing as well and bought a new Denon receiver/amp, some Mirage surrounds and, believe it or not, a decent sounding Bose center channel speaker. Immediately ran into the problem I discovered the last time I used these speakers. Many of the CDs that sound ok on a couple of other systems we have using conventional speaker drivers sound terrible on the electrostatics. But, the "good" ones sound spectacular, showing off the acoustically transparent nature of this type of speaker. Then, to my surprise, I found a royalty free, MP3 version Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" somewhere on the 'net. It was reported to be a high quality file, recorded at a higher than normal bit rate, (don't remember what it was). Anyway, I burned it to a CD and it sounds excellent. Lots of dynamic range and you can clearly hear every instrument being played. In terms of fidelity, it's better than half the commercially produced CDs I have. Eisboch |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
Ok, so what settings are you considering close to the original? And what
equipment do you run it through? I'm using just 256kb mp4 and running it through a dbx223 crossover set at 700hz driving an adcom 555 amp for the woofers and an adcom 535 amp for the midbass and ribbon tweeters. And I can't really tell any difference between the uncompressed and the mp4. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "jamesgangnc" wrote in message ... "HK" wrote in message ... jamesgangnc wrote: Without any compression? Are you sure about that. Cause the lossless formats only achieve about a 70% reduction in file size so you get around 2 cds or so per gig. Default ripping with itunes uses the apple acc compression which is a lossy algorythm. Mp3 is also lossy. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know? MP4 320 kbps Still lossy. I haven't found anyone that could really tell the difference though. The problem comes in when you want to switch formats from one lossy to another lossy. That's why it's always better to go back to the original uncompressed source. Also why I very seldom buy music off itunes, because then you never get a copy of the uncompressed song. At the "better settings", it's difficult to tell the difference. And, whether it matters or not often depends on the purpose of the file you're creating. If I need to send a song to a band member, to settle the "Are we talking about the same song here?" question, and he's one of these people whose email is always close to fill, I'll shrink a 15mb song down to 1mb. It sounds hideous, but at least I get the answer I'm looking for. If I have to listen to that same song on my stereo every day for a week, while learning it, then it has to be the original or very close to it. Otherwise, it grates on my nerves. |
Anyone got a docking thing for an iPod?
The itunes acc format is actually considered to be better at the same rate
than mp3. Mp3 is pretty old now. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "jamesgangnc" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Like this: http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64 or: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys. Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room. The prince doesn't agree. The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie. No point fighting it. My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00 + taxes for it. It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s. If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not interested. He's always right, ya know? Without any compression? Are you sure about that. Cause the lossless formats only achieve about a 70% reduction in file size so you get around 2 cds or so per gig. Default ripping with itunes uses the apple acc compression which is a lossy algorythm. Mp3 is also lossy. That's why I included the words "that he's applied". Although we have different purposes in mind when we rip a CD, we both begin use Windows Media Player as our starting point, with options set to do the least damage to the files. Even if it's doing a little compression in that process, my ears still tell me the results are better than some of what he downloads or shares with friends. |
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