TomAmes wrote: > Preference for convenience over audio quality is a trend that I have > found disheartening. Unless I am in the immediate area my wife prefers > to listen to the Echo in the kitchen rather than the SB Boom. My adult > daughter, her husband and all of their friends are satisfied with poor > audio and video quality as long as it is at their fingertips. Some > friends we frequently visit have apparently totally abandoned a small > audio player of some sort in their living area for an Echo *sigh* > > On the bright side my son who is in college is far more interested in > audio and video quality even though he often takes the "convenient" > route. The flip side of that bright side is that he entered the vinyl > rabbithole a few years back, and there are no signs of his emerging from > it. > > But, back on topic, I recently built my 2nd RPi player and couldn't be > happier.
Back when I was growing up in the 60's we all appreciated good quality sounding music. In 1970 when I got my first apartment my 1st purchase was a modest, but decent sounding stereo. Cinder blocks and some boards was my stereo "cabinet". Now in my late 60's and with hearing aids I still have a decent sounding stereo (I'm no audiophile) and Squeezebox has given me a way more efficient way to sift through my music without any loss in the quality of the music from my CD's it was ripped from. I believe the wife appreciates the ease of picking what she wants hear too with Squeezebox. It's on a very rare occasion that I'll pull out vinyl to play. Most recently was when my 9 year old grandson said "Papa, do you have any records?". I said yes and he asked me to show him how they worked. I went to the basement and pulled out an album, fired up the turntable, gave the grandson a quick lesson on proper handling of vinyl, slapped the record on the turntable cleaned it with the Disc Washer and let it fly. I explained how the music is stored in the spiral grove and how stereo works in that grove. He seemed to soak it all in and though it was pretty cool. My 2 Duets and RPi are just wonderful and with RPi I no longer worry about what I'll do if a Duet fails! Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave ------------------------------------------------------------------------ w3wilkes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
