Peter Brawley
peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 20 14:20:51 CST 2013
Hi Gary, A receiver that incorporates network & settop box logic is terrific. Firmware that doesn't support FLACs, not so much :-) . PB ----- On 2013-02-20 1:30 PM, Gary Kjos wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Thanks for the input. The receiver - a Yamaha Aventege RX-A2020 - has > built in networking and built in Airplay - so I'm using those > capabilities with no added hardware excepting the PC acting as a > server. I probably didn't choose the right format when i ripped all > the CD's to WAV using Windows Media Player. While Media Player does go > and get album art and store it along with the music tracks, not > everything will take advantage of the separate file with the art in it > or use the naming convention used for the individual tracks. My > receiver uses the track names fine though and displays the track being > played on it's front panel or on the TV connected to it if I'm not > watching another video source. In "play from network server" mode it > won't play random tracks from the entire library though - or at least > I haven't figured out how to make it do that. So that was why I went > back to iTUNES which does a fine job of selecting random tracks as I > want it to. I'm not really feeling caged in by Apple, I have used > iTunes and continue to as a iPOD user although I sync my IPOD's to > libraries on different systems than I'm using for this. The space > isn't currently a problem for me but I suppose over time that could > change. > > My neighbor is a musician, has a recording studio in his home and a > lot of high end gear and he also has recommended the FLAC format. When > I go to my next ripping exercise I will have to consider that as a > better choice than what I've been messing around with I suppose. > > > GK > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Peter Brawley > <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote: >> If you can free yourself from Apple's control, FOSS software (like >> mediaMonkey and maqny others) losslessly compress CDs to FLAC files, approx >> 50% of CD filesize; then a small settop box like the Kdlinks HD700 will >> stream them all from your server to your receiver or preamp, with no >> corporate predator restraining your choices. >> >> PB >> >> ------ >> >> >> On 2013-02-20 8:46 AM, Gary Kjos wrote: >>> Congratulations! I'm jealous. So nice to have a system that you can >>> play at any volume level and not need to wonder about distortion or >>> what is being left out due to sampling constraints etc. I recently >>> bought a new receiver which has networking built in and so could >>> listen to the music on my PC's. I hadn't bought in to the MP3s are >>> noticeably degraded idea and so thought all would be well and good as >>> I had enjoyed these same tunes via my iPOD and from memory stick in my >>> vehicle without noticing significant loss of quality. When I listened >>> to them on the Big System though I certainly noticed! So I've since >>> reconverted all my CD's to WAV and am in the process of doing them >>> again another time using iTUNES Lossless format for playing via iTUNES >>> Airplay which I like for it's random play capability and have been >>> enjoying the music as it was intended to be heard again. >>> >>> Enjoy your new speakers! >>> >>> GK >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> More than 30 years ago when in the audio business, two of our clients - >>>> audio-visual producers - asked for new top-notch monitor speakers for >>>> their >>>> studios. We toured several suppliers listening to the well-known brands, >>>> quite expensive, and then we stopped by at Technics as they had gained >>>> much >>>> attention due to a major lift in quality. >>>> That settled it. I still recall how we listened carefully to our >>>> selection >>>> of "difficult" music but our real test was the reproduction of >>>> high-quality >>>> recorded human voice which is far more difficult to reproduce than most >>>> are >>>> aware of. There was no doubt - the SB-7000 speakers with the >>>> phase-correcting speaker alignment were convincing and the price couldn't >>>> be >>>> matched: >>>> >>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/technics-SB-7000.html >>>> >>>> At that time I neither had the money nor the space for such speakers but >>>> ever since I've dreamed of obtaining a set of these. By pure accident, >>>> Saturday I browsed a local second-hand site, and there they were, right >>>> in >>>> front of me on the screen, at a bargain price - and I have the room. >>>> Through >>>> the years I have struggled with some compact wife-friendly speakers - >>>> very >>>> good of course, but still - nothing beats a 15" high-quality speaker >>>> (except >>>> an 18" but they are so rare). >>>> >>>> Now, this set could really be anything - burned out units or misbehaved >>>> in >>>> many ways. So I had to go and listen: I brought some music that can bring >>>> down most systems and reveal any sort of misbehaviour: Chick Corea, My >>>> Spanish Heart, and Miles Davis, Tutu, on CD: >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Spanish_Heart >>>> >>>> It was like coming home! They reproduced perfectly and exactly like I had >>>> imagined with the transparent and completely neutral sound I remembered. >>>> They've two owners only, and no disco youngster had succeeded destroying >>>> them. >>>> So, today I picked them up and can hardly wait to get home and power them >>>> up. Should this day come? From time to time I thought No and resigned ... >>>> but today: Yes. >>>> >>>> Through the years I've kept (some sort of intuition or instinct?) this >>>> bright Sony amplifier to power them: >>>> >>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TA-N86B.html >>>> >>>> Though I have quite decent equipment to feed this, I might be looking for >>>> the matching preamp: >>>> >>>> http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TA-E88B.html >>>> >>>> But that's another story. >>>> >>>> /gustav >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dba-Tech mailing list >>>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >