RE: Voice Dream Reader App Discounted Until Sunday

2014-05-09 Thread Alexandra GrĂ¼nauer
Thanks, read the emails from latest backwards, that's why I repeated your statement. Was just wondering because US Dollars aren't a worldwide currency. Smiles. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent:

RE: Voice Dream Reader App Discounted Until Sunday

2014-05-09 Thread Alexandra GrĂ¼nauer
I downloaded the app for 4.50 Euros. So the offer seems to be worldwide. For an additional voice I picked James, which I quite like for an US American voice. Thanks again, Dane, for telling us! Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf

Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Does anyone have one of these? I've not seen one before so perhaps someone could give a description of what a soundbar looks like. I'm getting a bigger Television for the lounge so time to move the smaller 19 inch set I have into the den, I'm thinking about placing this on top of a

RE: Sound bars

2014-05-09 Thread Merv Keck
A sound bar is exactly what it implies in the case of the one we have. We have a Samsung and it is a long rectangle shaped bar of sound that can sit on the floor or a shelf or be mounted on the wall. It has connections for digital audio, HDMI, and also has a USB card input although that is not

RE: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Walter Ramage
Hi Dane. I would recommend strongly the Bose Cinemate SR1. This Soundbar is extraordinary. The technology it contains inside is remarkable. When it is set up you get a little confused for a moment or two because you hear sounds coming from parts of the room where you know there are no speakers

Re: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Thanks for that, I do own some Bose products and as you say, they're not cheap but worth every penny when it comes to the quality of sound out of those things, not as good as the BW system I have but still not bad! Interesting about the placement of the unit, that was something I had been a

RE: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Tom Kaufman
Oh my goodness! While this sounds like a nice-sounding piece, the price tag is a little high (I hve been thinking of doing something to improve the sound for the television in the living room! I've heard of these soundbars before, but have never heard or seen one! Is there one that would do the

RE: Sound bars

2014-05-09 Thread Merv Keck
I can't speak for Bose but on the Samsung that we own you could not sit anything on top of it because everything that is on the remote is duplicated as a touch sensitive control on the top of the sound bar.

Re: Sound bars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay thanks, more to think about smile. On 10 May 2014, at 8:02 am, Merv Keck blind5spar...@gmail.com wrote: I can't speak for Bose but on the Samsung that we own you could not sit anything on top of it because everything that is on the remote is duplicated as a touch sensitive control on

Re: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm sure there are many, I'm looking with google now and I see a Teak for $50 though I'm absolutely sure it wouldn't offer what the Bose does smile, they go up from there. On The Leo Report some time ago - I listen to it on Radio KFI every Saturday and Sunday morning - they talked about how

RE: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Walter Ramage
Hi Dane. When I said the Soundbar is 7 to 8 inches deep I meant from back to front. The height from the table top is only around 2 inches. It comes with booster feet if your TV has a stand so it can sit over the TV stand but you don't need to use these booster feet. If the beginning of the

Re: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Sounds a similar set-up system to what the Denon AVR Surround-Sound receiver in the lounge uses and yep, amazing the difference made when that is run. Thanks for the explanation of the position etc of the unit, it seems there are quite a few different ways Soundbar systems have for alignment or

RE: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Walter Ramage
Hi Tom. It is like most things in life, you get what you pay for. If a soundbar at $150 improves the sound quality from your TV then I guess it is worthit. each person must decide what they can afford and act accordingly. If you have your hi-fi in your living room where you have the TV then

Re: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
I agree with pretty much everything that Walter has written below, Soundbars are a very convenient option, to illustrate the point let's take my situation where I'm using a room with a small TV, I have a surround-sound system in the lounge but don't want that in my Den, I just want something I

Re: Sound bars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi again! I'm replying to your eMail for a second time as I forgot to address one of the points made in your original eMail regarding inputs. In a way the salesman at Best Buy was probably right on the money when he said your Soundbar had enough inputs and it probably does given the task it

Re: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Mike Thomas
Hi, I made the mistake you're making, and thought I could sit a sound bar on top of a flat screen television. Not quite so. The one I purchased is about the shape of a distorted closed cylinder. Meaning it is the size in length that you purchase, and perhaps somewhat oval with a flat bottom

Re: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm sure I'm miss-understanding something somewhere in your post, if the Television's turned off then how do you get the sound from it to the Soundbar or don't you bother, do you just use the Soundbar with your smart device. On 10 May 2014, at 8:36 am, Mike Thomas wheelt...@centurylink.net

Re: Soundbars

2014-05-09 Thread Mike Thomas
The soundbar sits there in the on position 24 hours a day. I don't go to the trouble of turning it on and off. It makes no noise, and only when the television is turned on is an audio signal passed to the sound bar and amplified. Those little speakers inside a flat panel television probably

Recording Made On Zoom H1 - Early Morning Coffee

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! This is a recording I made last year, its a recording of me preparing Early Morning Coffee in my kitchen, very nice audio quality if I dare say so myself smile, the kettle masks some of the sounds but still not too bad. Note this recording is in FLAC format so bee sure your Media Player

RE: Sound bars

2014-05-09 Thread Tom Kaufman
Hello Mike and list: Although I've not heard or seen the Soundbar, I would have to say that most anything is an improvement over what the television sets themselves supply you as far as audio is concerned! It's a shame that you can get a great big 41-inch set...and have that audio sound like not

Re: Sound bars

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Things change rapidly in the tech work, its assumed for example in this day and age that if you buy a large Television then you also have a surround-Sound System or Soundbar to connect to it, as I said in an earlier eMail the speakers in Televisions these days because of the thickness in the

Bose Companion 20 review - Peripheral - Trusted Reviews

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Have come back from hearing a set of these speakers and I was very pleased! the fello computer user who purchased them bought them for $150 Australian so they've come down from the price published in this review dated from 2011. The review makes a big deal of the system not having bass and

Fumblin' Around for the ACTUAL DOWNLOAD CONTROL for Dream Voice Reader

2014-05-09 Thread David Plumlee
I read with interest the messages about the Dream Voice Reader, and I clicked on the link in one of this list's E-Mail messages which said that it would take me to the place to obtain the discounted version; but I could not find the actual button, link, control or whatever it is that would have

Poor Bass Response on Toshiba Laptop

2014-05-09 Thread David Plumlee
I recently bought a Toshiba 17-inch laptop with 8GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive with Windows 8.1 installed. I am operating it with a wireless USB-coupled keyboard, so it behaves to me virtually as a desktop machine. I bought a middle-of-the-line three-piece set of Windows speakers from

Re: Fumblin' Around for the ACTUAL DOWNLOAD CONTROL for Dream Voice Reader

2014-05-09 Thread covici
I just searched for voice dream reader without the quotes of course and got both results and clicked on the price which is a button to buy it. David Plumlee knob...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I read with interest the messages about the Dream Voice Reader, and I clicked on the link in one of this

RE: Poor Bass Response on Toshiba Laptop

2014-05-09 Thread Joseph Lee
Hi, If it's a Satellite model (likely a C7x/L7x model), try checking the following: * If using Windows Media Player, try enabling SRS sound (or something similar). * If using Winamp, try enabling equalizer. * Enable base boost and 3D from DTS sound app (you need to manipulate mouse in DTS to

Zoom H1 Audio Recorder

2014-05-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! For those on list who have one of these recorders. You may not be aware that System Versions 2.1 has been around for a good while, since August last year to be exact so perhaps its time for a firmware update, point your browser to http://www.zoom.co.jp/products/h1/software/ and download