Re: motif keyboard? Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Elizabeth
Never heard of that keyboard. What makes you think I use one please? Does this have anything to do with Burnaware Version 6? I still need the link for it please if you have it. Elizabeth At 01:46 AM 5/26/2014, you wrote: no, wondering if you used a motif keyboard

Re: Bose Soundlink 3

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
Well it's too bad some people are like that. I don't think audiophiles would like surround sound. Someone told me once that when you add more speakers to the mix with surround sound, there is some loss of quality. Heck, I even used to use a graphics equalizer with one piece of equipment I

Re: Bose Soundlink 3

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
I may even try to make a soundbar using three Infinity beta speakers end for end, and use the other two speakers as rear speakers, as I do now. - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014

Re: Bose Soundlink 3

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
You're right, they don't like surround-sound and they do have a point. Surround-Sound systems are not designed for pure music listening, you're better off with a good stereo amp and a good pair of stereo speakers for doing things like that and here's their point, for the cost of a

Re: Bose Soundlink 3

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
I think there's a little more involved in a Soundbar than an assembly of speakers in certain positions, the Bose Soundbar I have uses some DSP effects and I'm sure they all do to an extent. On 26 May 2014, at 4:55 pm, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote: I may even try to make a soundbar using

Re: motif keyboard? Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Isaac
sorry, thought I was on the motif list, but your message came from the audio list, sorry about this, and I have the burn aware, I'll upload it to my ftp - Original Message - From: Elizabeth thot...@earthlink.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26,

Re: motif keyboard? Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Elizabeth
Thanks. At 03:09 AM 5/26/2014, you wrote: sorry, thought I was on the motif list, but your message came from the audio list, sorry about this, and I have the burn aware, I'll upload it to my ftp

listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread brian sackrider
Hi this is Brian Sackrider and it is a matter of prefference on how to listen to music if you listen toyour music in stereo or in surround sound that is your prefference. I used to have a pioneer surround sound system it was the htp 55 and I did like to listen to music in surround sound I

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
The fact is - whether we like it or not - 99% of the recorded music on the Planet was never recorded for surround-sound systems, it was either recorded in stereo or Mono. On 26 May 2014, at 11:17 pm, brian sackrider n8...@comcast.net wrote: Hi this is Brian Sackrider and it is a matter of

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Matthew Chao
Hi, Folks. Another point: not all music is formatted to be actually surround-sound playable. For example, you may have a surround-sound system, but the CD may not have all the surround-sound channels. Matthew Chao At 09:17 AM 5/26/2014, you wrote: Hi this is Brian Sackrider and it is a

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
In which case either 2 things will happen depending on how the user has set things up. Either the CD player will play through left and right channels - stereo - or it will be played using a simulated surround-sound mode using the Digital Signal Processor of the surround sound unit, in other

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
I agree. - Original Message - From: brian sackrider n8...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 8:17 AM Subject: listen to music in surrround sound Hi this is Brian Sackrider and it is a matter of prefference on how to listen to

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
That may be true, but it's still a matter of choice, I believe. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 8:19 AM Subject: Re: listen to music in surrround sound The fact is -

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
And who has said that it wasn't? On 27 May 2014, at 12:35 am, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote: That may be true, but it's still a matter of choice, I believe. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent:

RE: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Hamit Campos
This is perhaps so, but my test with the Bose Lifestyle V35 showed it split the music quite well despite not having the real 5.1 data. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Chao Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 9:57 AM To: PC Audio

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
I'm sure nobody. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 9:36 AM Subject: Re: listen to music in surrround sound And who has said that it wasn't? On 27 May 2014, at 12:35 am, Gary

RE: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Hamit Campos
Especially if you have a real good system. I would use the Lifestyle V35 if I had one. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of brian sackrider Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 9:17 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: listen to music in

RE: Bose Soundlink 3

2014-05-26 Thread Hamit Campos
Yes they do. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 2:59 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Bose Soundlink 3 I think there's a little more involved in a Soundbar than an assembly of

RE: Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Ray
Elizabeth: Gary Ray here. I have been trying to use Burnaware 6.9 to copy music CDs. I keep getting a final product that is not a music CD. Are you using it to make copies of Music CDs? Please advise. Gary Ray -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]

Re: Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
You need to choose audio CD to make music CDs. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 26/05/2014 19:08, Gary Ray wrote: Elizabeth: Gary Ray here. I have been trying to use Burnaware 6.9 to copy music CDs. I keep getting a final product that is

RE: Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Dave McElroy
Where can one obtain this program? Thanks. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 11:18 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Burnaware 6 You need to choose audio CD to make music

Re: Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Brian Olesen
hi, and it is under multimedia. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 8:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Burnaware 6 You need to choose audio CD to make music CDs. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for

RE: Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Elizabeth
I am not using it to make anything at all. I missed downloading it when the link to it was given by somebody a few days ago. So I do not have a copy of Burnaware 6. Somebody else will have to help you out. Elizabeth At 02:08 PM 5/26/2014, you wrote: Elizabeth: Gary Ray here. I have been

Re: Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
www.burnaware.com Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 26/05/2014 19:22, Dave McElroy wrote: Where can one obtain this program? Thanks. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Christopher

Re: Burnaware 6

2014-05-26 Thread Elizabeth
That website contains version 7 which is not accessible but not version 6 which is accessible. At least when I went there I could not find version 6. Please point me to it if I am incorrect. Elizabeth At 03:24 PM 5/26/2014, you wrote: www.burnaware.com Christopher Hallsworth Student at the

RE: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread John Gurd
I often listen to music in surround sound effect for the sheer enveloping fun of it even though there can be a little loss in quality. I have a fairly old but very good home theatre set up with Bours Wilkins media wall speakers and a Linn Sizmik subwoofer with an Arcam AV600 receiver. Although

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
Ah, I see where you're coming from. Well an audiophile has never - to my knowledge at any rate - said there wasn't or isn't a choice, the only point most make is that Surround-Sound gear is not really the type of stuff for the lovers of good music and as I said earlier, the consumer can buy

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
Well John, I also find music in surround sound preferable than just stereo for the reasons you mentioned, for the enveloping quality of music done that way. - Original Message - From: John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May

Re: listen to music in surrround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
Well the first system was a Pioneer. Then when digital came out, I decided on an Onkyo. It seems like systems I've cost around $300, U.S. for these. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
If you like listening to music through a surround-sound system with a DSP effect then fine! and you're underlining the point that an audiophile is making, you're listening to music in a way that wasn't normally intended for it to be listened to so the argument then goes that - because of the

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
I'm not really sure that I am listening to music with a DSP effect. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 6:58 PM Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound If you like

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
Most likely you are I should think, there would be instructions for your system pertaining to what mode does what, if the sound is coming from multiple speakers other than the front stereo speakers then you're using the Digital Signal Processor of your system to create a Surround-Sound DSP

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
To me, listening to music in surround sound doesn't sound simulated at all. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 6:58 PM Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound If you

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
If the sound of stereo music is coming out of multiple channels - say front left-right, centre and rear left-right not to mention sub-woofer - then its simulated surround-sound of some description, an effect created by the Digital Signal Processor - DSP - of your equipment, how that effect is

RE: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Tom Kaufman
Okay...I'll jump in on this; please understand I don't claim to know a whole lot about it, but if one is listening to music in surround sound (and it wasn't originally produced that way) isn't this a little like trying to listen to music in stereo that wasn't recorded that way:? Believe me, I've

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Mary Otten
I haven't had the ability to listen in surround sound for a long time. Indeed, most of my experience was with an analog system years ago, made by ADS. And it was awesome. I also had the Carver sonic holography unit, which was good, but not as good as the ads, which actually required two speakers

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
That's pretty much the case yes, On 27 May 2014, at 12:10 pm, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote: Okay...I'll jump in on this; please understand I don't claim to know a whole lot about it, but if one is listening to music in surround sound (and it wasn't originally produced that way)

RE: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Hamit Campos
Yeah. Sure as hell didn't on the lifestyle V35. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wood Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 10:03 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound To me, listening to music in

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
What you say about the concert hall is right however, in a concert hall the audio is usually in the front of you, that's where the stage is as far as I'm away so that's where the audio usually comes from. The same applies when listening in stereo, the speakers are usually in front of you for

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Mary Otten
Yes, of course, the audio source is on the stage, which is in front of you. But your living-room does not come close to approximating the dimensions of even a small concert hall. So that's where the dsp and magic of multiple speakers comes in. I don't pretend to know how they do it. But I know

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
Even so, music for the most part is not recorded to take advantage of the concert hall effect, even on our classical stations here its just recorded in plain old fashioned stereo and I ought to know smile. On 27 May 2014, at 12:38 pm, Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net wrote: Yes, of course,

RE: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Tom Kaufman
I must confess that I've never to this day heard surround-sound; in some ways, I'd like to hear what it sounds like; aw but then I'd probably want it and it's just not practical in this house! It might be that someday I'll investigate getting a sound bar for the TV in the living room; that should

Sample Of Bose Soundlink Air

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
As requested. This sample was taken from Sky.Fm's Up Tempo Smooth Jazz Channel using the Sky.FM App for IOS, I then used AirPlay on the iPhone to stream the content from the iPhone to the Bose Soundlink Air and this is the result. I've made the sample available in 2 formats as follows. Flac

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'd be quite surprised if you've never heard surround-sound before, I'm sure you've been to a movie theatre? On 27 May 2014, at 1:06 pm, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote: I must confess that I've never to this day heard surround-sound; in some ways, I'd like to hear what it sounds

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
You'd be surprised just how practical Surround-Sound or at least the effects can be in any room, that's why Soundbars and so forth have been invented, you just put the unit in your room at let the DSP do its thing. On 27 May 2014, at 1:06 pm, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote: I must

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
Good point, Mary. - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 9:21 PM Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound I haven't had the ability to listen in surround sound for a long time.

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
Well Tom, one thing I did, I collected old-time radio tapes for several years during the 80's. I used a graphics equalizer at the time, and I created a stereo effect by puttinng one voice on the left channel by raising the left lever, and for the other person, I raised the right lever to give

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
AAnother thing: It would seem that having the stage in front of you would be stereo, liike Dane says, but I remember being in the band in school, and our music surrounded us, and especially when we were in the marching band. I like to feel like I'm in the middle of my music, rather than in

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
What you're doing is pretty much the sort of thing a modern day DSP is capable of in a Surround-Sound system so try this when you get a moment. Get one of those old time radio shows and play it on your Surround-Sound system but set the mode to Mono Movie or similar, try different modes and see

Re: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
Well I live in apartment, so I don't have room for both a good stereo system for music, and a surround system for TV and movies. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 10:10 PM

Re: Sample Of Bose Soundlink Air

2014-05-26 Thread Gary Wood
Thanks. I think I'll go there and listen. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 10:08 PM Subject: Sample Of Bose Soundlink Air As requested. This sample was taken from Sky.Fm's

RE: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Tom Kaufman
Well call me a purest, but I just don't know if that type of thing would do it for me! If I'm going to listen to OTR, I think I'd prefer to hear it as I would have heard it on a big ole radio like they had back then! Having said that, maybe it'd be fun to hear what it would sound like...you

RE: listen to music in surround sound

2014-05-26 Thread Tom Kaufman
Believe it or not, I can't remember the last time I went to a movie theater to see a movie! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 11:10 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: listen