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And if it isn't too much of a bother John would like it as well, thanks!

-Original Message- 
From: Gary Ray

Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2017 4:41 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Here's Another Nice Site for those Who Enjoy Described 
VideoContent.


Gary Ray would appreciate this also.

Thanx!

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dean
Martineau
Sent: Saturday, June 3, 2017 3:35 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Here's Another Nice Site for those Who Enjoy Described Video
Content.

Can people inform me, perhaps off list, of sites containing audio-described
movie recordings, or making it possible for individuals to acquire them?

Dean
top...@gmail.com


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kenny
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2017 1:46 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Here's Another Nice Site for those Who Enjoy Described Video
Content.

Came across another gem of a site that features some pretty good
Described Public Domain movies.

http://moviesfortheblind.com/

They do have an RSS feed listing the latest podcast, so go check it
out and make sure to Bookmark.

Enjoy!





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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Hi Dane you can buy a dongle which gives you bluetooth capability. I use 
mine with aftershokz


-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 10:24 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

Hi!

I just bought one of these units and would like to make comment on my
purchase.

Firstly I think that the unit does a brilliant job for what it is in
most respects.

The sound from the internal speaker is a little muffled however - having
already heard a VR Stream - I was already prepared for this, a bit of an
annoyance one might say so to overcome this I use a small BUniden
hand-held amplified battery speaker I've had for years, cost me $25
about 7 years ago, pity the Stream doesn't have Bluetooth but I guess a
product can't have everythint.

Now I don't know whether this is my unit in particular but I have
noticed that the downloading of data seems to be incredibly slow
compared to other devices I have on my network, I used the "Check for
Updates" function and - according to that - the firmware is up to date,
well at least the data does get downloaded I guess.

There's a hell of a lot of functionality packed into the VR Stream box
and a lot of this - such as the Internet Radio, podcasts and so forth -
I won't bother using - given I already have better solutions for that
sort of thing - but for those who don't the VR Stream provides a great
entry level to the world of Internet Radio and Podcasting.

Getting online with the Vision Australia library was a snap so I
downlaoded a couple of books.

Again, I have other Apps and so forth which I prefer to use myself but
the Stream is convenient for reading, no doubt about that even though I
read all my newspapers these days straight from the web site its good to
know I have a reliable backup.



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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Well my specific questions are around: book marks, and navigation using 
Jaws. the menus certainly give clues but for the specifics I'm lost.


-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 9:19 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Help with VLC

Plenty to be found, Google will bring up a whole heap of stuff.

VLC is a comprehensive player with new features and functions being
added all the time so its probably best you look through a search engine
unless you have any specific questions, we'd be here till well after
Christmas explaining the ins and outs of VLC.



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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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The subject line says it all is there any kind of instructions for using this 
player?
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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Hamit! I too have VLC but using windows 7. Do you know how to use the book 
mark feature? How did you find out all this information about VLC?


-Original Message- 
From: Hamit Campos

Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:22 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: VLC FOR WINDOWS

I usually find that if your focused on it, and you twirl the mouse weal
that turns it up if you go twords the front of the mouse and if you go
back twords your hand it goes down.



On 12/14/2016 11:38 AM, Richard Bartholomew wrote:

Hi,

I have just upgraded to the latest version of VLC for Windows running 
under Windows 10 and would appreciate it if someone could tell me what the 
shortcut keys are, please, for increasing and decreasing the volume.  In 
the
Audio menu, it lists them as ALT-I and ALT-D but I cannot get these to 
work for me!  I have also tried ALT-up and down arrows and Control-up and 
down arrows but with no more joy!


Any enlightenment gratefully received.

Regards
Richard Bartholomew





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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Just started using this player. But I don’t know how to insert book marks so I 
can keep tabs where I am on long talking book files. Thanks in advance!
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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Happy Birthday Dane! I love your input to the list; don't always agree with 
you but I look forward to your opinions and experience.


-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 11:11 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Happy Birthday To Me!

Yes indeed and I’ve just chosen my gift, the B T7 Bluetooth Speaker, I’ve 
heard it often enough so now time to own one.
The B T7 is - in my view without a doubt - one of the best Bluetooth 
speakers to own and - whilst a little more expensive then some - its not 
outrageously so, in Australia the B T7 retails for $549 so I reckon it 
would be around two thirds of that in the U.S.
Naturally the B T7 has AptX decoding as standard and a very good battery 
life to boot, 19 hours from a full charge.

Anyhow I’ll write more about the product when it arrives.

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Hi!

I'd love a list. Thanks!

gus1...@yahoo.com

Thanks!

-Original Message- 
From: Clifford Blackwell

Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 3:07 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Web Radio Stations

I have a couple such lists which I can send offlist.  As Dane has indicated
the listings are not all up to date, but many are.  Please let me know if
you'd like them and provide an email to which you'd like me to send.
- Original Message - 
From: "Andrea Sherry" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 8:43 PM
Subject: Web Radio Stations


Seem to recall that some time ago an archive was produced containing many 
stations as .pls files or some such format.


Is this still round?

Where could something like this be obtained?

Need some files of this sort for my Plextalk Pocket WebRadio feature.

Thanks

Andrea


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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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I’ve just noticed some distortion from my computer speakers. How does one check 
on the performance and problems?
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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Hi Dane I couldn't find the mentioned article; it's an extremely populated 
site where should I look?


Thanks!

-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 12:41 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Article: Microsoft revamps its navigation headphones for the blind 
|The Verge



http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/30/9821512/microsoft-updates-navigation-headset-for-the-blind 




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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Hi!  I'm stumped! In my sent items file I have the message with a subject 
line. I have no idea why it reaches you without one. In this instance I put 
one in and there have been no other complaints.


Thanks for the advice; Didn't want to save up all that money to find the 
headphones would be overkill.


-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 2:37 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: B P7 Headphones

Hi!

John, for some reason subject lines aren’t appearing in the eMail you send 
to the list so perhaps you might like to check your eMail client at your 
convenience to try and work out what’s going on.


regarding your Victor Reader Stream with these Headphones? I don’t own one 
of the latest generation of Streams but I did own one of the previous 
generation and the audio quality was pretty decent through the headphone 
output when it came to music, I’ve no reason to doubt that the later 
generation would be the same if not better and I’ve heard others give me 
encouraging reports on this subject, some people say that the audio from the 
headphone output of the stream is far better than that of the iPhone and 
that wouldn’t take too much to be honest so yep, enjoy your P7’s with your 
Stream.



On 5 Oct 2015, at 6:33 AM, John Heath via Pc-audio <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> 
wrote:



From: "John Heath" <gus1...@yahoo.com>
Date: 5 October 2015 at 5:33:11 AM AEDT
To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: a question for dane


Well! I’m saving my money. A question though, I will be listening to a lot 
of my music from my Victor stream, a book player for the blind, would that 
effect the quality of music from what sounds like great headphones?





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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Well! I’m saving my money. A question though, I will be listening to a lot of 
my music from my Victor stream, a book player for the blind, would that effect 
the quality of music from what sounds like great headphones?
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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Hi!

I'm sorry if it is off putting, but right now there's not much I can do. 
Until recently I used Outlook express which worked well for me allowing to 
make all kinds of tweaks. Now with my moving to Windows 7  I have Windows 
live mail and I'm still skating with it.


At some point if I can I will go back to Outlook, but I'm no computer 
technician so must wait for the cavalry.


-Original Message- 
From: Richard Bartholomew

Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 4:09 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re:

Hi, John

Dan’es not the only one who’s not getting a subject line from you - I don't 
either (I got the impression from your last mail that you might think this 
was something only Dane was experiencing).  In addition, the message you’re 
replying to comes above what you want to say, ie top quoting.  I don’t know 
what the list ettiquette is but, for me, I find this offputting and, quite 
often, tend to delete this type of mail without reading, I’m afraid!


Regards
Richard Bartholomew

On 4 Oct 2015, at 20:21, John Heath via Pc-audio <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> 
wrote:



From: "John Heath" <gus1...@yahoo.com>
Date: 4 October 2015 at 20:20:53 BST
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Re: B P7 Headphones


Hi!  I'm stumped! In my sent items file I have the message with a subject 
line. I have no idea why it reaches you without one. In this instance I 
put one in and there have been no other complaints.


Thanks for the advice; Didn't want to save up all that money to find the 
headphones would be overkill.


-Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 2:37 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: B P7 Headphones

Hi!

John, for some reason subject lines aren’t appearing in the eMail you send 
to the list so perhaps you might like to check your eMail client at your 
convenience to try and work out what’s going on.


regarding your Victor Reader Stream with these Headphones? I don’t own one 
of the latest generation of Streams but I did own one of the previous 
generation and the audio quality was pretty decent through the headphone 
output when it came to music, I’ve no reason to doubt that the later 
generation would be the same if not better and I’ve heard others give me 
encouraging reports on this subject, some people say that the audio from 
the headphone output of the stream is far better than that of the iPhone 
and that wouldn’t take too much to be honest so yep, enjoy your P7’s with 
your Stream.



On 5 Oct 2015, at 6:33 AM, John Heath via Pc-audio 
<pc-audio@pc-audio.org> wrote:



From: "John Heath" <gus1...@yahoo.com>
Date: 5 October 2015 at 5:33:11 AM AEDT
To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: a question for dane


Well! I’m saving my money. A question though, I will be listening to a 
lot of my music from my Victor stream, a book player for the blind, would 
that effect the quality of music from what sounds like great headphones?





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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Hi Dane! Have you ever compaired the more expensive model with the Bose?

-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan 
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 2:39 PM 
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: B P3 Stereo Headphone review by Dale | Stereophile.com 

I mentioned the B P7 Headphones, here's a review of the B P3, 2 
models down and perhaps this might be a more affordable choice for some 
people.

http://www.stereophile.com/content/bw-p3-stereo-headphone-review-dale

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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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Thanks! Sorry about the no subject. I'm using a new mailer and it still 
drives me nuts!
-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 5:02 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Bose and B

Hi there!

Firstly can you please use some sort of subject line so so others may easily 
follow the conversation.


I assume you’re talking about comparing the B headphones with the Bose? I 
had a feeling someone would ask this question and yes, I’ve done some 
comparisons and offer my comments below, I’d be interested in other views on 
this too.


Headphones as far as I can tell fall into 3 main groups, the general 
standard type, the crowd pleasers and the audiophile type headphones.


The general headphones are the run of the mill stuff that you buy from say 
$10 upwards to $50


There are some bargains to be had here but as a general rule if you want to 
hear a top sound for music listening then these headphones aren’t as good as 
others up the price change, good enough for most people perhaps.


I’ve certainly heard some nice sounds in this price range from the likes of 
TDK, JBL etc.


Then you have the crowd pleasers from the likes of Bose, they have a bass 
rich sound but often this swamps the mid-range and to an extent the top 
frequency’s in a musical track but a lot of people like this sort of sound, 
Beats are famous for doing much the same.


Then we come to the top of the line audiophile stuff from Sehneiser, Grado 
Labs, the top Sony stuff, B, AKG etc, these cans are deliberately designed 
to enrich the musical experience when listening to them.


When you listen to your favourite music you should enjoy its clarity to the 
full, these headphones are designed so you can hear the attack of the piano, 
the effects of the guitar, the silkiness of the strings, the whispered words 
in some tracks and so on.


As I say, the notes I’ve written above are just general thoughts I have and 
there are exceptions which I’ve noted here too, some of the cheaper 
headphones really give you bang for your buck but you do have to look 
around, do your research etc.


If you’re on a budget and you want a good set of cans that come very close 
to audiophile spec then you will be astounded at the sound given by the 
Grado Labs SR60I, think they’re around $75 US dollars.


Build quality isn’t superb and no, they’re going to sound rather quiet on an 
iPhone, Note4 etc on their own through the standard headphone jack but they 
do have the sound that’s pretty much unbeaten given what they’re worth.



On 4 Oct 2015, at 8:47 AM, John Heath via Pc-audio <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> 
wrote:



From: "John Heath" <gus1...@yahoo.com>
Date: 4 October 2015 at 7:46:56 AM AEDT
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Re: B P3 Stereo Headphone review by Dale | Stereophile.com


Hi Dane! Have you ever compaired the more expensive model with the Bose?

-Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, October 
03, 2015 2:39 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: B P3 Stereo 
Headphone review by Dale | Stereophile.com
I mentioned the B P7 Headphones, here's a review of the B P3, 2 models 
down and perhaps this might be a more affordable choice for some people.

http://www.stereophile.com/content/bw-p3-stereo-headphone-review-dale

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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

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I have been using the Bose noise reduction headphones since 2010, but they 
either have to be repaired or replaced. Dane’s description of the Bowers and 
Wilkins model, I forget the model number, now has me wondering. Has anyone on 
list been able to listen to both the Bose and the B and W’s?
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[John Heath via Pc-audio]

--- Begin Message ---
Hi Dane! Have you used the Bose noise reduction headphones? I have a pair 
and wonder how they match up with The Bowers and Wilkins set you are 
discussing.


-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:50 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Bowers And Wilkins P7 Headphones,Why Shouldn't There Be Luxury 
Looks, Feel, Build And Sound


Howdy!

Yes I’ve heard it said that these headphones can be a little uncomfortable 
over a long period of time listening, I’ve not experienced this yet myself 
and that’s most likely because I don’t usually listen to headphones more 
than an hour at a time before a small break so perhaps that makes a 
difference.


It should also be noted that the P7’s are not on the ear headphones but 
rather go over the ear thus they’re closed and noise isolating so the only 
thing you’re going to hear when these cans are placed on the head is the 
source connected to them.


As far as lightning connector Amps go? I’m sure they’re around, I’ll have a 
look and see what I can find.


Its been a good while since I used an IOS device so I’m not up-todate in the 
world if Lightning Connectors and Headphone amps but I’d be most surprised 
if one didn’t exist, the Amp I used was the old 30 pin Dock connector type 
model but worked well, I’ll write back to the list when I find a model so 
that probably won’t take me all that long, a chat with my friend Google is 
on the cards definitely for this exercise .


Anyway keep enjoying your P7’S as I’m doing.



On 28 Sep 2015, at 12:36 am, John Gurd  wrote:

I've got the P7's and really like the sound. I take them on holiday but 
they're a little too big for everyday portable use. The only other 
drawback is I find them a little tight on the head with prolonged 
listening.


I've looked into headphone amps before, but couldn't find one with a 
lightning connection for my iPhone6. There is one with the older Apple 
connection but I couldn't find any for newer devices and I didn't want to 
use the headphone jack as it would just pass on the faults of the built in 
DAC. I would be interested if anyone has come across ssuch a thing.


Regards

John


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit 
Campos

Sent: 26 September 2015 00:45
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Bowers And Wilkins P7 Headphones, Why Shouldn't There Be 
Luxury Looks, Feel, Build And Sound


Yeah and actually the more I think about it it's true. I heard some BNW 
speakers once on youtube and even threw the guy's not so good camera they 
sounded epic. This person was playing the ship fight at the end of A New 
Hope and the X Wings were clearer then I've ever heard them. Keep in mind 
this is on youtube and threw a meh camera, so how must those speakers 
sound in actual life? I want them homy. Thing is that they were several 
thousand dolars. So yeah I know these people make good epic stuff. But you 
can't necessarily judge 1 product by another. Especially a cheeper 1 by 1 
that is several thousands.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan

Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 1:20 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Bowers And Wilkins P7 Headphones, Why Shouldn't There Be 
Luxury Looks, Feel, Build And Sound


I don t its a question of what s best, everyone likes different things. 
The question here is about good value for money and good headphones for 
the price.


As I initially stated, - in my view - the B P7 certainly give you that 
for their money, great and natural speaker type sound, incredible tough 
build, luxury finish etc.




On 26 Sep 2015, at 1:06 am, Hamit Campos  wrote:

Cool man. Wow then it's real good. I mean Senheiser is 1 of the best. 
From what I've heard. I've not heard Senheiser sets with anything real. I 
did hear 1 but it was just for 1 of the display things at a muzeam that 
you aim the little Walkman thing at and it plays stuff having to do with 
the display. So I 1 can't judge and 2 can't really fully come to turmes 
with what you mean. But from what I've heard, I believe you.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:47 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Bowers And Wilkins P7 Headphones, Why Shouldn't There Be
Luxury Looks, Feel, Build And Sound

This B set even give my Senheiser reference set I've had for 10 years a 
good run for their money, you can hear the audible difference.


The P7's are the best I've heard particularly in their price range, no 
emphasis on any particular part of the audio frequency spectrum, if 
there's music to be played or spoken word to be heard then that's what 
you're going to enjoy, the absolute detail.




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