Re: [all-audio] accessible portable HD Radio
The Marc 3 and the Sangean HDr14 and the HDR-16 radios can be found on amazon.com. The radios are battery opporated and come with power adapters too! The Marc 3 costs about $50.00, and the Sangean radios are around $100.00 or so! Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Merv Keck Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 12:48 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: [all-audio] accessible portable HD Radio Hi, I thought everyone in the United States at least had pretty much moved to Online radio but someone I need to buy a gift for has her heart set on an HD or super duper whammer jammer radio of some sort. As long as it is portable as in battery operated and gets A M and FM and maybe has a few other bells and whistles like HD or I don't care what else as long as it is accessible for a totally blind individual. I also don't mind paying for quality which is why I'm asking on this list as usually good quality items are only discussed on this group. Thanks in advance. Merv -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3541): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3541 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76389361/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired
It isn't a bad radio. The sensitivity is quite good. I have a Marc 3 which is half the price of the Hd-R16 and it has an edge on FM sensitivity and it fits in your over sized pants pocket. On 8/17/2019 5:16 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: No, I don’t have a HDR16 but I do know someone who does and he has demonstrated it often enough to me both via FaceTime and with recordings captured directly from it. No point me getting a HDR16 as we don’t have HD radio in Australia but Tom would be the first to agree with you that the AM of the HDR16 could b e improved. The AM of the PR-d17 is improved of that of the HDR16 however the PDR-17 doesn’t have facilities to receive HD AM or FM. On 18 Aug 2019, at 6:39 am, Gary Schindler wrote: You have the Hd-R16 like I do! The AM could be improved.. On 8/17/2019 2:08 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Dane: I understand what you're saying in regard to how what you hear over the air is different than what you hear over the internet! Not all stations are this way; WSM (in Nashville, Tennessee U.S.A.) as much as I've been able to determine, is exactly the same on the internet as it is if you listen to AM 650! But yes...there is something kind of special (and I can't explain it) but if you can get a far-off station to come in good on a bonified radio that is kind of unique! Having said that, I do enjoy being able to listen to a station that is out of my area without having to contend with the station fading out! I still can remember how it used to be, trying to listen to the Grand Ole Opry back in the day; a song would be playing and...just at the part where maybe a good instrumental solo was coming up, WSM would start fading away to the point where you couldn't really hear it! Of course nowadays, every now and again, you do get a situation where (if you're listening on your computer or smart speaker) the connection drops; this is also a pain! Fortunately (at least in my case) this doesn't happen all that often! In regard to this San Gian radio: I might be tempted to check it out further if it had the capability to get HD! I bought a San Gian radio a couple of years ago (don't remember the exact model number) is a nice radio and does get HD, but isn't quite as good as I thought it was going to be! While it has wonderful selectivity, to me it tends to be a little noisy on AM! On FM, if a station isn't really that close, sometimes the stations will sound fuzzy or sort of like it is "miss tuned!" Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 1:31 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired A couple of things here. Often these days - particularly it seems with broadcasters from the US - the Internet Streams and free-to-air broadcasting are two completely different things. Listen to say KNX or WINS and what you get over the Internet is quite different than what you'll hear from the Medium-Wave transmitter. Next - as a DX Listener - I find Internet radio to be rather an insult. That is anyone can listen to Internet streams and that's convenient without a doubt. But their can be no doubt that the fun and the challenge from a DXer's point of view is to be able to listen to that far off station and furthermore be able to report the fact - in both written detail and literal sound - to the station itself. I have managed to listen to KNX in the US from Australia a number of times on the radio long before Internet was even thought of for this sort of thing. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of - Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2019 2:57 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired I have few to none problems listening to radio worldwide on my smartspeaker. It is also a fraction of the cost of an intrnet or standard radio. On Sat, 17 Aug 2019, Dane Trethowan wrote: That's the theory about Smart Speakers yes however they don't always do what you tell them to do. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of - Sent: Friday, 16 August 2019 11:07 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired Even internet radios have been passed by. Smart speakers will stream all internet radio sources, including those worldwide, all by voice command. And they have many other sources of audio info including thousands of podcasts and the cable and other news sources. On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, Gary Schindler wrote: That is why Sangean should concentrate on designing an internet radio with talking menus. Once you have used a Sangean radio you get familiar with the nomenclature and how to operate them and to me there isn't much advantage to having one of these! It is commendable that Sangean does for now build something with accessibility in mind. On 8
Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired
That is when AM radio is the best! There is always lots of leakage from the power grid. On 8/17/2019 5:13 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Point taken. I have just returned to the land of the living if you like after deliberately turning my power off for almost an hour to DX before the sun rises and even then the noise from other sources was still noticeablenoticible I must be the only person the world over who wishes for a neighbourhood power blackout for a few hours from time-to-time. On 18 Aug 2019, at 6:34 am, Gary Schindler wrote: Amazon has it too! With all the cell towers and computer noise in general you can't DX any more like you used to in the states. On 8/17/2019 1:37 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: If anyone would like to buy in the US then you will find it at Universal Radio https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/spcialty/0417.html -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of Casey Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2019 3:25 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired Hi does anyone have this radio yet? If so how is the sound on A.M and is the F.M reception as good as the say it is and what about on A.M also can you set the alarm so that you could wake up to the radio as well? On 8/17/2019 11:57 AM, - wrote: I have few to none problems listening to radio worldwide on my smartspeaker. It is also a fraction of the cost of an intrnet or standard radio. On Sat, 17 Aug 2019, Dane Trethowan wrote: That's the theory about Smart Speakers yes however they don't always do what you tell them to do. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of - Sent: Friday, 16 August 2019 11:07 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired Even internet radios have been passed by. Smart speakers will stream all internet radio sources, including those worldwide, all by voice command. And they have many other sources of audio info including thousands of podcasts and the cable and other news sources. On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, Gary Schindler wrote: That is why Sangean should concentrate on designing an internet radio with talking menus. Once you have used a Sangean radio you get familiar with the nomenclature and how to operate them and to me there isn't much advantage to having one of these! It is commendable that Sangean does for now build something with accessibility in mind. On 8/15/2019 2:46 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Actually not want to disrespect people here but i don???t get the Am/fm radio thing anymore. I have a harman/kardon receiver here but i very very seldom use the radio in that receiver. Maybe i am boring or stupid or something but why not just listen via internet. /A 13 aug. 2019 kl. 22:54 skrev Dane Trethowan : Now this radio may be well worthwhile grabbing. https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7-am-fm-radio-for-the-visual l y-impaire d/ -- XB -- Gary G. Schindler -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2741): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2741 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32857178/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired
You have the Hd-R16 like I do! The AM could be improved.. On 8/17/2019 2:08 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Dane: I understand what you're saying in regard to how what you hear over the air is different than what you hear over the internet! Not all stations are this way; WSM (in Nashville, Tennessee U.S.A.) as much as I've been able to determine, is exactly the same on the internet as it is if you listen to AM 650! But yes...there is something kind of special (and I can't explain it) but if you can get a far-off station to come in good on a bonified radio that is kind of unique! Having said that, I do enjoy being able to listen to a station that is out of my area without having to contend with the station fading out! I still can remember how it used to be, trying to listen to the Grand Ole Opry back in the day; a song would be playing and...just at the part where maybe a good instrumental solo was coming up, WSM would start fading away to the point where you couldn't really hear it! Of course nowadays, every now and again, you do get a situation where (if you're listening on your computer or smart speaker) the connection drops; this is also a pain! Fortunately (at least in my case) this doesn't happen all that often! In regard to this San Gian radio: I might be tempted to check it out further if it had the capability to get HD! I bought a San Gian radio a couple of years ago (don't remember the exact model number) is a nice radio and does get HD, but isn't quite as good as I thought it was going to be! While it has wonderful selectivity, to me it tends to be a little noisy on AM! On FM, if a station isn't really that close, sometimes the stations will sound fuzzy or sort of like it is "miss tuned!" Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 1:31 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired A couple of things here. Often these days - particularly it seems with broadcasters from the US - the Internet Streams and free-to-air broadcasting are two completely different things. Listen to say KNX or WINS and what you get over the Internet is quite different than what you'll hear from the Medium-Wave transmitter. Next - as a DX Listener - I find Internet radio to be rather an insult. That is anyone can listen to Internet streams and that's convenient without a doubt. But their can be no doubt that the fun and the challenge from a DXer's point of view is to be able to listen to that far off station and furthermore be able to report the fact - in both written detail and literal sound - to the station itself. I have managed to listen to KNX in the US from Australia a number of times on the radio long before Internet was even thought of for this sort of thing. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of - Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2019 2:57 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired I have few to none problems listening to radio worldwide on my smartspeaker. It is also a fraction of the cost of an intrnet or standard radio. On Sat, 17 Aug 2019, Dane Trethowan wrote: That's the theory about Smart Speakers yes however they don't always do what you tell them to do. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of - Sent: Friday, 16 August 2019 11:07 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired Even internet radios have been passed by. Smart speakers will stream all internet radio sources, including those worldwide, all by voice command. And they have many other sources of audio info including thousands of podcasts and the cable and other news sources. On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, Gary Schindler wrote: That is why Sangean should concentrate on designing an internet radio with talking menus. Once you have used a Sangean radio you get familiar with the nomenclature and how to operate them and to me there isn't much advantage to having one of these! It is commendable that Sangean does for now build something with accessibility in mind. On 8/15/2019 2:46 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Actually not want to disrespect people here but i don???t get the Am/fm radio thing anymore. I have a harman/kardon receiver here but i very very seldom use the radio in that receiver. Maybe i am boring or stupid or something but why not just listen via internet. /A 13 aug. 2019 kl. 22:54 skrev Dane Trethowan : Now this radio may be well worthwhile grabbing. https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7-am-fm-radio-for-the-visua ll y-impaire d/ -- XB -- XB -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2738): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2738 Mute This Topic: https:/
Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired
Amazon has it too! With all the cell towers and computer noise in general you can't DX any more like you used to in the states. On 8/17/2019 1:37 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: If anyone would like to buy in the US then you will find it at Universal Radio https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/spcialty/0417.html -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of Casey Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2019 3:25 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired Hi does anyone have this radio yet? If so how is the sound on A.M and is the F.M reception as good as the say it is and what about on A.M also can you set the alarm so that you could wake up to the radio as well? On 8/17/2019 11:57 AM, - wrote: I have few to none problems listening to radio worldwide on my smartspeaker. It is also a fraction of the cost of an intrnet or standard radio. On Sat, 17 Aug 2019, Dane Trethowan wrote: That's the theory about Smart Speakers yes however they don't always do what you tell them to do. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of - Sent: Friday, 16 August 2019 11:07 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired Even internet radios have been passed by. Smart speakers will stream all internet radio sources, including those worldwide, all by voice command. And they have many other sources of audio info including thousands of podcasts and the cable and other news sources. On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, Gary Schindler wrote: That is why Sangean should concentrate on designing an internet radio with talking menus. Once you have used a Sangean radio you get familiar with the nomenclature and how to operate them and to me there isn't much advantage to having one of these! It is commendable that Sangean does for now build something with accessibility in mind. On 8/15/2019 2:46 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Actually not want to disrespect people here but i don???t get the Am/fm radio thing anymore. I have a harman/kardon receiver here but i very very seldom use the radio in that receiver. Maybe i am boring or stupid or something but why not just listen via internet. /A 13 aug. 2019 kl. 22:54 skrev Dane Trethowan : Now this radio may be well worthwhile grabbing. https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7-am-fm-radio-for-the-visual l y-impaire d/ -- XB -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2737): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2737 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32857178/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired
I think the smart speakers on the market cut into the internet radio market, maybe even crippled it altogether. The only internet radios seem to be needing to be set up with remote controls, knobs and buttont on the radio itself with know audio feedback! Grace and C. Crane seem to be the only manufacturers making anything these days. I do know Dane if there were anything worth the while you would be one to let us know what would be available and how accessible it would be! On 8/15/2019 4:00 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: That’s a most interesting point and I’ll give you my opinions from my perspective given I’ve owned quite a few Internet radio devices. Portable self-contained Internet radio sets have not taken off in the market which perhaps isn’t surprising given the popularity of Smart Phone devices so really there’s no need for such a device. I have had a number of Sangean Internet radio sets that have provided me with accessibility but that accessibility to the radio was provided by an App on a Smart Phone but still the radio talked and we come back to the same question, what was the point when my Smart Phone could do all that? The only point was that I now had access to the display text of DAB+ and FM broadcasts. So I guess technology when it all is boiled down is as useful as you yourself want it to be or make it. Other Internet radio sets I’ve used with great success include the Logitech U.E. Smart Radio or Squeezebox range which are still available if you know where to look and still supported. These radios are accessed either by an App on your Smart Phone or directly via a HTML web page. You can set alarms on these devices, set up one touch presets, add extra radio services such as Sky FM or whatever it calls itself these days etc. On 16 Aug 2019, at 5:15 am, Gary Schindler wrote: That is why Sangean should concentrate on designing an internet radio with talking menus. Once you have used a Sangean radio you get familiar with the nomenclature and how to operate them and to me there isn't much advantage to having one of these! It is commendable that Sangean does for now build something with accessibility in mind. On 8/15/2019 2:46 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Actually not want to disrespect people here but i don’t get the Am/fm radio thing anymore. I have a harman/kardon receiver here but i very very seldom use the radio in that receiver. Maybe i am boring or stupid or something but why not just listen via internet. /A 13 aug. 2019 kl. 22:54 skrev Dane Trethowan : Now this radio may be well worthwhile grabbing. https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7-am-fm-radio-for-the-visually-impaire d/ -- Gary G. Schindler -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2710): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2710 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32857178/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired
That is why Sangean should concentrate on designing an internet radio with talking menus. Once you have used a Sangean radio you get familiar with the nomenclature and how to operate them and to me there isn't much advantage to having one of these! It is commendable that Sangean does for now build something with accessibility in mind. On 8/15/2019 2:46 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Actually not want to disrespect people here but i don’t get the Am/fm radio thing anymore. I have a harman/kardon receiver here but i very very seldom use the radio in that receiver. Maybe i am boring or stupid or something but why not just listen via internet. /A 13 aug. 2019 kl. 22:54 skrev Dane Trethowan : Now this radio may be well worthwhile grabbing. https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7-am-fm-radio-for-the-visually-impaire d/ -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2703): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2703 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32857178/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] accessible internet radio recording software?
How would you record something like a football game with those recording apps? you would have to know the stream address, and hope the game is consistently being broadcast on the same station every week? How could Tunein be used if you had Tunein Live? On 7/31/2019 2:26 PM, Aidan wrote: Keep in mind though, that total recorder don't support commin radio formats such as aac plus streams. That is a huge problem as many stations don't have mp3 streams anymore. On 7/28/19, Dave Marthouse wrote: I suggest Total recorder. I think it will meet your requirements. http://www.totalrecorder.com Dave Marthouse dmartho...@gmail.com On 7/28/2019 2:19 AM, goshawk on horseback wrote: hello all, does anyone know of any good internet radio station recording software, that is fully accessible with either window-eyes or nvda? I need it to be able to do timed recordings/start and stop with out me needing to be there to actually do it, also the recordings it makes should be as high quality as possible, as the stations I will primarily be using it for very often play recordings that are a long way from being anything like good quality. if possible, it should be able to record 2 or 3 streams/stations, and have an easy way to find the streams, rather than me having to scratch around finding long url links. Simon -- -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2659): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2659 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32629891/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Optical Cables and Right-Angle Adaptors
That has me stumped then. On 7/23/2019 2:09 PM, Darran Ross via Groups.Io wrote: No Gary, its the straight-forward connections, not the mini optical version. - Original Message - From: "Gary Schindler" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [all-audio] Optical Cables and Right-Angle Adaptors Darran, Are you using the mini optical adapters that look like a 3.5 jack on the end? maybe they have to be snugged up tighter. this is just a guess! I never used the right angle adapters my self. On 7/23/2019 11:24 AM, Darran Ross via Groups.Io wrote: Hi Gary. There were caps on the adaptor to begin with, but they have been removed. Darran - Original Message ----- From: "Gary Schindler" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [all-audio] Optical Cables and Right-Angle Adaptors Is there a cap of some kind on the ends of the adapters? That is the only thing I can think of because the optical signal should be able to go around corners. On 7/23/2019 7:49 AM, Darran Ross via Groups.Io wrote: Hi List. I've got an optical cable plugged into my desktop machine, and in an attempt to relieve the obvious stress being placed on the cable by its positioning I bought a right-angle adaptor. However, its not working and I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice. I have actually bought two different adaptors as the first one didn't work either and I thought it might be faulty, but I now find that the second one from a different maker is also not working and I'm a little perplexed to say the least. After all, its such a straight-forward bit of kit that you wonder where you could be going wrong, but I'm hoping someone may be able to shed some light on this for me. To sum up, the optical cable works as expected until the adaptors are connected, then silence. Anyone any ideas? Darran -- Gary G. Schindler __ ESET Internet Security __ This email was scanned, no threats were found. Detection engine version: 19733 (20190723) http://www.eset.com -- Gary G. Schindler __ ESET Internet Security __ This email was scanned, no threats were found. Detection engine version: 19734 (20190723) http://www.eset.com -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2598): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2598 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32571640/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] Another tv, OR add speakers or sound bar?
A bigger TV doesn't always mean that the sound will be better! The TV's are flat, and the enclosures are cramped and small. A good sound bar with a sub woofer would be a nice addition for your set. It would help if you were able to turn off the internal speakers on the TV. If possible, use a toslink or SPDIF cable to hook up the sound bar. sometimes just hooking up a good set of computer or amplified speakers to the TV will go a long way to better sound. If you do get a bigger TV, wall mounting can help with the acoustics of the set, but again the cabinet has to be thicker on the TV too. On 2/28/2019 2:17 PM, Gerardo Corripio wrote: ‘Ve a 22-inch Samsung flat screen, whose sound is terrible! I don’t know why I bothered to buy it back in July of 2013, before seeing if I could test out the sound before. Anyway I’m wanting to better the sound of it, thus I’d like your advice if get a bigger TV (possibly a 32-inch with etter sound),or buy myself a SoundBar? For now, I plug in my earbuds for me to be able to enjoy tv WITH MY HEARING AIDS. Gera Enviado desde mi iPhone SE de Telcel -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2066): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2066 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/30166939/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued
I have gotten used to internet radio, you have more choices of the same junk to listen to. You don't have to put up with the noise. One night a Thunder storm blew out the electricity in the area and it was like heaven as far as DXING again for a while. On 10/11/2018 8:49 AM, Adrian Spratt wrote: I agree with this summary in general, but New York City, where I live, is a qualified exception. HD channels do work here, and they provide a little variety. There are probably other cities around the U.S. where the situation is also moderately better. Separately, shortwave is useless here and I gave up on it a long time ago. Enter Tapin to fill the void. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of Gary Schindler Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 1:22 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued Mary and Howard are correct. You have five companies that own most of the radio stations in the states. Most of the talk stations are conservative. They also didn't mention that cellular towers, noisy power lines and transformers from an ageing power grid, computers everywhere, and, leaking cable systems adjacent interference from stations using the frequencies to the left and right of the main station for HD radio makes it almost impossible to DX any more. IF you do pull in a station at night that is an HD station because of the reduced power, it sounds terrible anyway because of the sky wave conditions. Because of these things it isn't worth buying a good radio no matter how sensitive or selective it is if you can't enjoy a good listening experience. On 10/11/2018 12:02 AM, Mary Otten wrote: Howard, I have to agree with you. As somebody who grew up loving to DX on the medium wave band and then later got a ham license, I love radio. But radio in the United States these days is useless. I wouldn’t spend 10 bucks on a radio. There’s nothing to listen to. Unless you come to the states, Dane, you simply can’t understand what we’re talking about. If it’s better for you in Australia, great. But here, everything is owned by big corporations and who really gives a damn? There’s no local color nothing. It’s worthless. Mary On Oct 10, 2018, at 8:58 PM, Howard Traxler wrote: Dane, you are generalizing. Some ham radio guys know the stuff and some don't. Whichever I am is no concern to anyone but me. All I am saying is: (only an opinion); broadcast radio and TV, these days, is nothing but a vast waste land and not worth the price of any type of receiving device. - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued I think you're missing the point. This radio is a very reasonably priced and good sounding set so no matter what your radio listening habits - long distance or local - then it’s a set worth getting. And please forgive me again but those who use Ham radio sets I've found wouldn't know a a good sensitive long distance receiver if they fell over one. Yep I know that Kenwood are recognised for transceivers as are Uniden and a whole heap of other companies but they're not known for long distance reception of the type I'm talking about, you need nice antennas to be strung up, nothing wrong with that at all but I like to move around. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of Howard Traxler Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2018 2:10 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued Don't know what kind of broadcasting is done in Australia, but here in the states there isn't much that I'd turn on the radio for--no matter how good the radio be. Being a radeo ham, I have a Kenwood TS-590S. The receiver on this one tunes continuous from the "long wave" bandup through 54 (or so) megahertz; very nicely covering the US broadcast band. With external amplification, this one can have pretty good sound. Not to take anything away from the CC radios or even the super radios; there has to be something out there that one desires to hear; or what good is it? - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued Shame you feel that way as there’s plenty to recommend a radio such as this if you’re thinking from a content perspective. Actually one could argue that its probably better to be able to listen to long-distance radio given the rubbish some local city stations broadcast and then you’ll never know unless you try receiving these stations so therefore you’ll need something good to receive them on in the first place. So enter the CC EP Pro as a very good starting point for a most reasonable price. There aren’t too many radios that come near the CC EP Pro as far as performance these days and I’ve had my view confirmed when scanning about the band an
Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued
Mary and Howard are correct. You have five companies that own most of the radio stations in the states. Most of the talk stations are conservative. They also didn't mention that cellular towers, noisy power lines and transformers from an ageing power grid, computers everywhere, and, leaking cable systems adjacent interference from stations using the frequencies to the left and right of the main station for HD radio makes it almost impossible to DX any more. IF you do pull in a station at night that is an HD station because of the reduced power, it sounds terrible anyway because of the sky wave conditions. Because of these things it isn't worth buying a good radio no matter how sensitive or selective it is if you can't enjoy a good listening experience. On 10/11/2018 12:02 AM, Mary Otten wrote: Howard, I have to agree with you. As somebody who grew up loving to DX on the medium wave band and then later got a ham license, I love radio. But radio in the United States these days is useless. I wouldn’t spend 10 bucks on a radio. There’s nothing to listen to. Unless you come to the states, Dane, you simply can’t understand what we’re talking about. If it’s better for you in Australia, great. But here, everything is owned by big corporations and who really gives a damn? There’s no local color nothing. It’s worthless. Mary On Oct 10, 2018, at 8:58 PM, Howard Traxler wrote: Dane, you are generalizing. Some ham radio guys know the stuff and some don't. Whichever I am is no concern to anyone but me. All I am saying is: (only an opinion); broadcast radio and TV, these days, is nothing but a vast waste land and not worth the price of any type of receiving device. - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued I think you're missing the point. This radio is a very reasonably priced and good sounding set so no matter what your radio listening habits - long distance or local - then it’s a set worth getting. And please forgive me again but those who use Ham radio sets I've found wouldn't know a a good sensitive long distance receiver if they fell over one. Yep I know that Kenwood are recognised for transceivers as are Uniden and a whole heap of other companies but they're not known for long distance reception of the type I'm talking about, you need nice antennas to be strung up, nothing wrong with that at all but I like to move around. -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of Howard Traxler Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2018 2:10 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued Don't know what kind of broadcasting is done in Australia, but here in the states there isn't much that I'd turn on the radio for--no matter how good the radio be. Being a radeo ham, I have a Kenwood TS-590S. The receiver on this one tunes continuous from the "long wave" bandup through 54 (or so) megahertz; very nicely covering the US broadcast band. With external amplification, this one can have pretty good sound. Not to take anything away from the CC radios or even the super radios; there has to be something out there that one desires to hear; or what good is it? - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued Shame you feel that way as there’s plenty to recommend a radio such as this if you’re thinking from a content perspective. Actually one could argue that its probably better to be able to listen to long-distance radio given the rubbish some local city stations broadcast and then you’ll never know unless you try receiving these stations so therefore you’ll need something good to receive them on in the first place. So enter the CC EP Pro as a very good starting point for a most reasonable price. There aren’t too many radios that come near the CC EP Pro as far as performance these days and I’ve had my view confirmed when scanning about the band and listening to the set earlier this morning. Yes, you can go for all those vintage sets if you like as I myself have done but its really not worth the bother doing that unless you know someone in the repairs business. Let’s take the classic GE Super Radio version II, I got one in 1990 and I gave it away. Now suppose I was offered one of those sets today the question then arises, should I buy or should I settle for something else like a CC EP Pro? To me the answer is obvious, forget about the GE Super Radio and take the CC EP Pro. The GE Super Radio would most likely require an alignment and finding someone to do that may take some time. The CC EP Pro is as good as - if not a little better in some ways - as the GE Super radio was. The CC EP Pro is far quieter whereas the GE Super Radio was quite noisy in comparison. The CC EP Pro in my view has a definite performance edge when it comes to
Re: [all-audio] There's finally a microwave you can control with Alexa, and it just got its first discount
I am glad you clarified these points for me. I am considering getting one of these myself! On 8/31/2018 9:07 AM, Rick Alfaro wrote: This is definitely a valid point. I had my sighted wife read the code on the back of the door but I also could have used be my eyes or similar service to accomplish that. Perhaps even knfb reader might have done the trick but I took the easy way out. Also, you do not have to press the start button to start the cooking. Alexa does that. On 8/30/2018 12:50 PM, Gary Schindler wrote: How did you deal with the password issue that folks talked about when setting it up? Frankly I think that's all a microwave oven is good for anyway is to reheat something. On 8/30/2018 10:56 AM, Rick Alfaro wrote: Hi. I have this oven and it's perfectly adequate for simple every day type of things like heating up a cup of coffee or making a quick hot pocket. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone that does any kind of serious microwave cooking however. I think the power is adequate for the size of .9 cubic feet. On 8/29/2018 7:51 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: No, not the type of oven I’d buy either but at least its another choice for people. On 30 Aug 2018, at 5:16 am, Dane Trethowan wrote: Wow! I hope this comes to Australia. https://bgr.com/2018/08/02/smart-microwave-with-alexa-voice-commands/ -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1240): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1240 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/25076811/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] There's finally a microwave you can control with Alexa, and it just got its first discount
How did you deal with the password issue that folks talked about when setting it up? Frankly I think that's all a microwave oven is good for anyway is to reheat something. On 8/30/2018 10:56 AM, Rick Alfaro wrote: Hi. I have this oven and it's perfectly adequate for simple every day type of things like heating up a cup of coffee or making a quick hot pocket. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone that does any kind of serious microwave cooking however. I think the power is adequate for the size of .9 cubic feet. On 8/29/2018 7:51 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: No, not the type of oven I’d buy either but at least its another choice for people. On 30 Aug 2018, at 5:16 am, Dane Trethowan wrote: Wow! I hope this comes to Australia. https://bgr.com/2018/08/02/smart-microwave-with-alexa-voice-commands/ -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1235): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1235 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/25076811/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: [all-audio] There's finally a microwave you can control with Alexa, and it just got its first discount
The reviews haven't been all glowing about this microwave either. You have to enter a password that is printed on the microwave door somewhere, and the data base for frozen products seems to be limited. From what I am able to ascertain, once you get the oven on the network, you have to wake up the thing every time you want to use it to connect it to your network by opening the oven door! As I think about that, I guess they want to make sure you have food in the cavity so you don't start an empty oven and burn it up. I am to understand too, that you have to still press the start button for the scan to function to start the oven and cook your food. Somebody will by it and answer all of our questions. I was hoping that it would fit over my shelf over the stove so I could junk my worn out Hamilton Beech oven that has seen better days! On 8/29/2018 4:29 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: Disappointingly small and underpowered. .9 cubic fee, 900 watts. On 8/29/2018 3:16 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Wow! I hope this comes to Australia. https://bgr.com/2018/08/02/smart-microwave-with-alexa-voice-commands/ -- Gary G. Schindler -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1234): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1234 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/25076811/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
