society of sound music service
Hi all Do any of you know anything about a music service called society of sound? If I register my Bowers and Wilkens mm1 speakers with Bowers and Wilkens I apparently get a 3 months subscription to this service. Just wondering if it is accessible? Regards André --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: B&W speakers arrived finally
I still remember the blazing sound of the B&W A5 and I often kick myself for selling that unit as soon as I did given it took me a little longer than I anticipated to save for the A7 but that can't be helped and - given the sound of the A5 - I just can't wait to have the A7 in my den. I know the chap who bought my A5 and he wouldn't be rid of it even if you paid him, actually he asked me if the place I bought my A7 from had any more left so that's how impressed he is with the B&W sound. Regarding the P7 cans? Well I wouldn't go so far as to say that those cans are the best you can buy but for the money they certainly punch above their weight, hard to believe I've had my pair for nearly 9 months now. My only slight complaint about the P7 is its weight, it does get a little heavy around the ears but the ears don't get sore. On 26/05/2016 2:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote: I know what you mean about the take over. If the company that took them over is smart, they'll let them alone to do what they do best. Still, glad I got the m1 and the p7. Mary -- ** Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
Re: B&W speakers arrived finally
I know what you mean about the take over. If the company that took them over is smart, they'll let them alone to do what they do best. Still, glad I got the m1 and the p7. Mary
Re: B&W speakers arrived finally
I moved to get the B&W A7 system as quickly as I could given that B&W were recently taken over so Goodness Only knows what changes the new crowd are thinking of making given they're in the home automation business and not in the business of making products that sound good. The B&W sound is lengendery if I dare say so myself. On 25/05/2016 4:57 AM, André van Deventer wrote: Got the rest of the tab out! Very simple actually you simply have to open the battery compartment! Very handy little control indeed. All the functions work with fobar 2000 which is what I am primarily use. Still can't get over the sound of these little speakers! -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: 24 May 2016 06:01 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: B&W speakers arrived finally I hope you can manage to get your remote control working. I prefer it immensely to the controls on the speaker, because they have no tactile indication, and because you have to reach for the speaker in order to use those controls. Plus, with the remote you can move among tracks and stop playback. It's a very handy little unit. Mary Sent from my iPhone On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, André van Deventer wrote: Hi all For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B&W mm1 speakers finally arrived today. Getting started was rather straight forward. I simply connected up the two speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port. Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers. It now shows up in my audio devices as mm1. The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and extremely solidly constructed. There are two buttons on the left side of the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker which is the power on button. All of these buttons must be physically press so they give tactile feedback. But there is now physicale indication where they are located. There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have not yet used. You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door from closing. I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab broke off! Still have to get the rest out. The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing. However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very disappointed. The sound of the B&W is subtle that is the only way I can describe it. All the frequencies are there that you would need. And the sound is wonderfully clear. Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested. Regards Andre --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- ** Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
Re: B&W speakers arrived finally
Yep indeed, they're desktop units but I still think - even given their price - they're amazing. As you've stated the tops and bottoms of those speakers aren't emphasised in any way, its a nice honest and flat sound and that's great for music. 50HZ is about right, I think the specs quote 46HZ or something similar and that's pretty good for computer speakers without a sub-woofer, a lot of the speakers around now - even with a sub-woofer - only go down to 100HZ and I've seen some that only boast 150HZ which isn't good at all. On 25/05/2016 5:07 AM, André van Deventer wrote: Dane Got it sorted thanx! Pricy but the most amazing set of speakers I have ever owned. Just keep in mind they're desktop speakers. They're not made to fill a whole room. I've heard criticism about that. My feeling is though that you buy a set of speakers for the purpose you want to use them. I tested them with a sweep generator program and they go down to about 50 Hz when they start to fall off. Amazing for such small units! -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 24 May 2016 06:38 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: B&W speakers arrived finally Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote. The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom might come off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn the cover anti clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab will drop out. The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other B&W Powered Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5 buttons in the shape of a cross, 2 buttons either side control track back and forward, middle button is your pause button, up and down control volume, the slightly indented bottom button is your source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top button is for power. I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B&W Audio as being subtle but very desirably so in my opinion. I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers and I hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your speaker set yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to get the B&W A7 speaker system so started doing research to find a good price which paid off immediately, I was able to find a place that had one model left on the floor for sale at 2 thirds of the original price so that’s been reserved until I can arrange to go and pick it up and I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup day can’t come quickly enough. On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer wrote: Hi all For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B&W mm1 speakers finally arrived today. Getting started was rather straight forward. I simply connected up the two speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the USB port. Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the active speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer recognised it immediately and installed the windows drivers. It now shows up in my audio devices as mm1. The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their size and extremely solidly constructed. There are two buttons on the left side of the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the speaker which is the power on button. All of these buttons must be physically press so they give tactile feedback. But there is now physicale indication where they are located. There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit which I have not yet used. You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the battery door from closing. I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of the tab broke off! Still have to get the rest out. The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite astonishing. However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs as seem to be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be very disappointed. The sound of the B&W is subtle that is the only way I can describe it. All the frequencies are there that you would need. And the sound is wonderfully clear. Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is interested. Regards Andre --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- ** Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
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Re: Total recorder driver clarefication needed
Hi, the best thing to do is to instal it with defaults set. If you choose one of the older drivers wich allow for choosing the application to be captured, then you stil could have system problems. Those are mostly for xp and although it could be used, it might not be reliable in all cases. Therefore, use the defaults in the instal and it will put the latest good stable driver on your system. Then to silence jaws dearing recording you should not do things on the computer or rood it to another soundcard or headset. Or press insert plus space and then the letter s to mute until recording is done and turn on again the same way. On 23/05/2016, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Perhaps you could tell us what you're wanting to do with Total Recorder. > > > When you talk about silencing Eloquence do you mean when Total Recorder > is recording and if so what exactly are you trying to record? > > > > > On 23/05/2016 9:01 AM, Donald L. Roberts wrote: >> I am hoping that some kind list member will suggest the appropriate >> configuration for Total Recorder drivers on a Windows 10 desktop. I >> read the help topic and find that I am confused. Ideally, I would >> love the configuration which would silence Eloquence but don't quite >> know how to accomplish this. >> >> >> Thanks in advance for assistance. >> >> >> Don Roberts >> >> > > -- > > ** > Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves > > -- Facebook: m.facebook.com/aidan.maher92 Skype: andries4451 Twitter: smarttalk7 Audioboo: www.audioboo.com/DjSpotlight
SV: what's a good program for playing dvd's?
Hi, The latest works beautifully. I use the 64 bit version. In their history they actually talks about accessibility enhancements, so they're definitely aware of us. Brian Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Les Gordon Sendt: 25. maj 2016 16:07 Til: PC Audio Discussion List Emne: Re: what's a good program for playing dvd's? is there a certain version of vlc player thats accessible? and what version of we. would it work best with? thanks les - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 7:17 AM Subject: RE: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Also with Any DVD HD working in the background unlocking them, VLC is an awesome super accessible Blu-Ray disk player. Cause Power DVD isn't much accessible at all. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 5:27 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: SV: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Hi, The best one in my opinion is VLC. Do a google for VLC and find the right version on theirsight. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af randy tijerina Sendt: 25. maj 2016 03:02 Til: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Emne: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Hi folks...Randy here..what's a good programme for playing dvd's?
Re: what's a good program for playing dvd's?
is there a certain version of vlc player thats accessible? and what version of we. would it work best with? thanks les - Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 7:17 AM Subject: RE: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Also with Any DVD HD working in the background unlocking them, VLC is an awesome super accessible Blu-Ray disk player. Cause Power DVD isn't much accessible at all. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 5:27 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: SV: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Hi, The best one in my opinion is VLC. Do a google for VLC and find the right version on theirsight. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af randy tijerina Sendt: 25. maj 2016 03:02 Til: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Emne: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Hi folks...Randy here..what's a good programme for playing dvd's?
RE: what's a good program for playing dvd's?
Also with Any DVD HD working in the background unlocking them, VLC is an awesome super accessible Blu-Ray disk player. Cause Power DVD isn't much accessible at all. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 5:27 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: SV: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Hi, The best one in my opinion is VLC. Do a google for VLC and find the right version on theirsight. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af randy tijerina Sendt: 25. maj 2016 03:02 Til: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Emne: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Hi folks...Randy here..what's a good programme for playing dvd's?
Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations.
Hi Again! Sorry, there was one thing I didn't pickup in the subject line of your email, you're after a Weather radio too? That is a radio which is able to receive the U.S. weather bands? To my knowledge there is only one radio out there which has the weather bands as part of it and is able to receive all the other bands you've mentioned and that's the CCrane Skywave radio however performance on the Shortwave bands I'm lead to believe isn't all that good and its not the best performing AM radio either so if that matters then you may be a little disappointed. On 25/05/2016 4:24 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Sorry I got the model number of the Degen wrong, it is in fact an 1103 but put a DE in front of the 1103 so the model number should read DE-1103. On 25/05/2016 4:18 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: To put things into perspective, the little Degen radios are incredibly powerful - wasn't long ago that such power would have to come from a tabletop - and we're talking small portable here. They're not on the same scale as your Sangean ATS909X or the Eton Satellit but at a quarter of the price of those two radios? Well they're damn good value for money. The AM of the 1103 has some slight image rejection issues but again, we're talking about a radio under $100 which is hotter than a fire cracker. The audio isn't first class through the internal speaker but certainly not the worst and there's plenty of good audio to be heard through the headphones socket or the line-out jack. The 1103 can even be connected to an external antenna through the jack provided if you feel that way inclined. On 25/05/2016 3:56 AM, Evan Reese wrote: I found several Dejen radios on Amazon for well under $100, but not the D-1103. Nothing for Kido 1103. It's pretty amazing what you can get for less than $100 these days, especially when I consider that I grew up with short wave in the 1970s. Things have come a long way since then.. Evan -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:26 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Portable Am/Fm shortwave weather radio recomandations. There are a lot of Shortwave radio sets out there which are blind friendly but the trick to getting a blind friendly shortwave set is to be prepared to learn how to use it. The cheapest around which is an all-round good performer would be the Degen D-1103 sometimes known as the Kido - hope I got the spelling right - 1103, the set has been around a good while and as far as I know is still available for well under $100. The radio covers all the Shortwave bands along with Medium-wave and Long-wave bands, has SSB tuning should you want it and performs well. There are a few tricks to this radio but overall the interface is extremely well laid out. One of the things I like about the radio is the analogue feel to the tuning, yes it has a knob for tuning the radio with the added tester year feel of each band wrapping around. For example you select a band and start tuning using the dial, when you come to the upper or lower end of the band - depending on your thing direction - the radio doesn’t just go to the next band rather it wraps around to the end and continues tuning. The 1103 has a numeric keypad though its a little strange to get used to at first as all the numbers are from left to right. Buttons are easily identifiable, keypad buttons are small round buttons whilst function buttons are rectangle in shape. These radios were being sold by the giant discount Aldi Supermarket chain in Australia up until recently. I have a document which describes how to use the radio and its many functions which I was involved in compiling if anyone would be interested, email me and I’ll send along a copy or - if demand is great enough - I’ll put up a Dropbox link. On 25 May 2016, at 12:24 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote: Does anyone have any good recomandations for a radio in the subject line? that is blind friendly? if so what is the brand, model, and price and where can a person buy it? ** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind. -- ** Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
SV: what's a good program for playing dvd's?
Hi, The best one in my opinion is VLC. Do a google for VLC and find the right version on theirsight. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af randy tijerina Sendt: 25. maj 2016 03:02 Til: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Emne: what's a good program for playing dvd's? Hi folks...Randy here..what's a good programme for playing dvd's?