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    Favorite movie quotes

    in Movies

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    Harlem Knights (Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Della Reese).
     
    Hi this is Richey, put your mother on the phone. Hi honey (to his wife), I'm never coming back home again." (After getting the best piece he ever had in life) 

    Best setting for ripping in iTunes, help I am confused.

    in Pure digital

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    I have not read every post on this thread but my advice is to use MP3 coding and select 320 kbs for the sampling rate. I have used ITunes for a long time. Applelossless works well but if thats what you use and run out of hard drive space that's it. You can dreate another library but you will loss the other. There is no switching back and forth, especially if the new library is on a nother drive. Using the MP3 format, atleast you will then have the option to move the library and still be able to play it using other players besides ITunes.

    The Recording Industry Death Spiral

    in Music

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    The digital generation behind us don't care about reading album or cd covers; who the musicians, song writers and producers are. All they care about is listening to the music. I too have an Ipod but unless you spend alot of money on the earbuds/phones it's like listening to a transistor radio back in the day which I think really sucks. We have always shared music with the introduction of the cassette deck.  They didn't realize that many time that helped sales. You would get something you liked from a friend and just had to have the original. So IMO as far as loosing a sale was a wash. Same goes today with CD's being copied to CDR. I like to have the original but want to know if I like it before I buy it. If a good product is released it sells. How many times have you bought a CD only to find 1 maybe 2 worthy songs on it? That opened the door for Napster, Rhapsody, ITunes and more. $1 per song and pick what you want.

     

    The record industry is also it's worse enemy. They worried too much about CD's being burned to CDR. A SACD burner wasn't available and I do not remember one being sold. They could have lowered the selling price and moved the format to SACD or DVD-Audio. They would have been safe for awhile. The SACD's failure was also because it really didn't hit the masses. What's funny is even to this day you can find people that do know what a SACD or DVD-Audio is, much less heard one. The other factor was the cost. The price was so jacked up people would pass it by for a plain old CD version. I know I passed a many of them unless it was something I really wanted. I think I ended up with about 50 of them before it started dying out. It may have a better chance now since HT in a box is cheap enough for most to buy which gives them the speaker setup needed. The sound quality will be lacking but the hardware is there.

    The best way to clean a CD

    in Physical digital

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    As I do not play X-Mas music but once a year on my Sony Juke Box. I have found some of the CD's needed cleaning. Anyone have a BEST REMIDY for this? I have seen many on the market, needles to say. Along with this I would ask, "What is the best way to clean the interior workings of the Sony Juke Box"?

    Thanks for your thoughts as always.

     

    Mine stay preety much in mint condition. However, I have borrowed a few or the wife on ocassion may leave a finger smudge. I use a dab of dishwashing liquid and cold to warm water, gently washing it with me finger. Rinse it thoroughly and dry from inside circle toward the outside edge. All the gadgets out there are no more then money makers for big companies.

    My new M-1.0t Review

    in Carver Amp Reviews

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    Guess I need a few more post:) Does this one count or is it only new topics?

     

    I am one that still wonders if different IC's will change or improve my sound. I have been using a 10 gauge braided speaker wire for years. Each run is about 40 feet so I felt IC's are too expensive for my taste. So I may never know. I will check bluejeans again before I just give up.

    CD-Rs

    in Physical digital

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    I moved away from Verbatum a couple years ago and switched to TDK. I catch them on sale at Costco for $19.99 for a 100 stack. Never got a coaster and I burn at 48X all the time. They play any where and anytime. No skips or freezes at all. I use TDK DVD R's too.

    Caver M1.5 amazing power!!

    in Carver Amp Reviews

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    I find all the comments interesting. Strangely I had Bose 901 VI's that I used with my M 1.5t for yrs. I finally got tire of having non matching speakers when watching movies. I sold the Bose and moved to Def Tech Mythos Towers and Mythos surrounds. The M 1.5t droove the towers and didn't even blink. The LEDS would rarely move from the bottom. The Bose had the LEDS reaching the upper level most of the time. Out of curiousity I swapped out my M 1.5t for one of Rich's upgraded M500t mkII's. The M500t mkII makes the Mythos Towers talk. A sweet combination. Now I am torn whether or not to use the M 1.5t in my bedroom or sell it. Yes I am the original owner and it is in mint condition. Any suggestions? I am thinking about sending it to have it reconditioned and brought back to original spec's (that's if it is not. It sure doesn't sound like it has lost anything).

     

    By the way, I thought I would miss the 901's but have never looked back. They were good in their day but IMO their time has come and gone.
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