Re: Stream Reader Query Extra

[Gary Schindler]

that happens a lot. I have this happen on windows 7 and 10.

I just put the SD card in a reader and be done with it!
-Original Message- 
From: Tony

Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 5:58 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Stream Reader Query Extra

Could be an SD card problem.  Make sure it is seated properly and check it 
with a card reader if possible.


You might need to format or replace it.

Tony


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Andrea 
Sherry

Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 11:09 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Stream Reader Query Extra

The odd things is that when I connect the device to my pc via usb cable I 
get the device connected sound but nothing shows up in the file manager. I 
am using Windows 10 Pro.


Andrea

--
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from 
now and make a brand new ending." - Carl Brad

Re: Issue with Buzz in Radio Recordings

[Gary Schindler]

Did you consider trying a clean box or hum filter like you would use with 
guitar amplifiers?
You run it into your mixer and plug your radio into that! Art and Behrenger 
make them. I was going to say you could get an isolation ground loop filter 
from Radio Shack but they aren't in business any more, and I doubt most of 
the sales people wouldn't know what you are talking about.


-Original Message- 
From: Danny Miles

Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 8:49 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Issue with Buzz in Radio Recordings

Thanks.  I often have to move the wires around, which is why I thought
a new wire might solve the trick.  However, I can't get a completely
non-existent buzz without holding the middle of it up in the air,
which obviously isn't feasible.  I just find it odd that it does it
with the digital radio but not with the iPhone, as they're both
digital appliances and I don't move the wire when swapping over
devices (obviously I have to take the jack out of one and put it in
the other but the cable itself stays flat rather than up in the air
while attached to the iPhone and it remains in the same position).  Is
it possible that the iPhone is simply better designed for this sort of
thing than both of my other devices and, although I appreciate that
it's probably quite technical, I'd be grateful for any info on how to
identify suitable equipment for the future if that's the case.

Danny



On 8/29/17, Smiling?  wrote:

If you seem to not get this buzz as you put it when you are recording
whatever from your iPhone, it must be something specifically with either 
the
digital radio or some routing of the cables involved. Try moving the 
cables

around and see what comes of it because sometimes certain cables crossing
paths can cause noise depending on the quality of the shielding or lack
thereof.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Danny
Miles
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 05:19 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Issue with Buzz in Radio Recordings

Hi.  For a long time now, I have noticed that I get buzzing in
recordings from my digital radio and tape recorder, even though using
the same set-up (2x RCA phono connectors in my mixer to 1x 3.5 mm jack
in the audio device in question) works perfectly when using my iPhone
to record.  I'm using GoldWave 5.65 (I know it's not the latest
version) and, although I've tried all of the hiss/hum removal options,
I can't seem to get rid of all of it.  The best result that I got was
when I used Stereo Center to keep just the channel with the least
(almost hardly any) buzz and then put that channel into a mono mix.
However, it still didn't remove the whole hiss and, of course, it lost
a lot of the bass as a result of removing the other channel.  I've
also tried buying a brand new lead but I'm still getting the same
results (at least, I've trialled it with the digital radio and am
still getting a lot of buzz, which I knew was going to happen as soon
as I plugged it in because I could hear it in my headphones via the
mixer).

So, does anybody please know why this might be happening with two
devices but not with my phone, even though the radio is digital (so
it's not a matter of using a mono device)?  Also, does anyone know of
settings/processes that I can run with GoldWave or another piece of
software to successfully remove everything, or am I just going to have
to accept things as they are?

Many thanks in advance for any help, Danny

Re: Issue with Buzz in Radio Recordings

[Gary Schindler]

The amplifier in the radio is still analog. it sounds to me like you have a 
ground loop of some kind in the radio or your mixer


-Original Message- 
From: Danny Miles

Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 8:18 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Issue with Buzz in Radio Recordings

Hi.  For a long time now, I have noticed that I get buzzing in
recordings from my digital radio and tape recorder, even though using
the same set-up (2x RCA phono connectors in my mixer to 1x 3.5 mm jack
in the audio device in question) works perfectly when using my iPhone
to record.  I'm using GoldWave 5.65 (I know it's not the latest
version) and, although I've tried all of the hiss/hum removal options,
I can't seem to get rid of all of it.  The best result that I got was
when I used Stereo Center to keep just the channel with the least
(almost hardly any) buzz and then put that channel into a mono mix.
However, it still didn't remove the whole hiss and, of course, it lost
a lot of the bass as a result of removing the other channel.  I've
also tried buying a brand new lead but I'm still getting the same
results (at least, I've trialled it with the digital radio and am
still getting a lot of buzz, which I knew was going to happen as soon
as I plugged it in because I could hear it in my headphones via the
mixer).

So, does anybody please know why this might be happening with two
devices but not with my phone, even though the radio is digital (so
it's not a matter of using a mono device)?  Also, does anyone know of
settings/processes that I can run with GoldWave or another piece of
software to successfully remove everything, or am I just going to have
to accept things as they are?

Many thanks in advance for any help, Danny 

Re: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote

[Gary Schindler]

The only advantage with the fire tv box is that it has a faster processor 
and you can expand the memory with a micro SD card. No extras for blind 
people!



-Original Message- 
From: Johnny Angel

Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 9:30 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote

Hi again Mary,

Do you know anything about the Amazon fire tv box that sells for like $90?
I'm going to do some more research on the box, It offers more than the fire
stick like being able to expand the memory to I think 128 gb. I think it is
also 4K ready, whereas the fire stick is limited to 1 gb of memory and is
only capable of 1K programming. But it is like $50 more than the stick, and
I don't know if it yields the same joy as the stick does for a blind user.

Anyway, if anyone on the list has an Amazon fire tv box, please chime in
here to let me and others know if getting the fire box instead of the fire
stick offers advantages useful for a blind individual.

Thanks so much,

John Chilelli

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 2:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote

The screen reader comes on the fire. When you first get it, it will download
a better voice than the one that originally starts up. There are
instructions how to get it going from the get go on Amazon. I don't have the
link right here, but if somebody doesn't come up with it, I will see if I
can find it. Also, make sure that once you get your fire up and running,
that you make sure the software is up-to-date. So you want to check for
updates of course. You don't really need the iPad mini for this. You just
need to have a place to plug the Kindle fire stick directly into the TV.
That would be an HDMI port available. And of course you have to be able to
switch to that HDMI port so you can see the screen and hear what's going on,
including the screenreaer. So really, the iPad mini has no role to play
here.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone


On Jun 29, 2017, at 5:35 PM, Johnny Angel  wrote:

Thanks Mary,

Yah I just want to be able to access menus and movie category and
individual movies. So, in addition to my I-pad mini and HTMI cable to
connect to my dumb TV, I need two other items to get, right? The TV
fire stick and the Voice View screen reader. And I take it that Amazon

sells everything I need?


I'll check it all out and let you know how things are going.

Thanks again,

John Chilelli

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Mary Otten
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 8:09 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: RE: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote

Hi John,

Yes, with the fire tv stick, you can access netflix and see categories
of movies, go through lists etc. When I first got the tv stick, sign
in was not accessible. Now it is, according to other blind people;
since I got sighted help for my initial sign in, I haven't had to do
that again, so I can personally verify it. My set up is wifi. I
honestly don't remember how difficult it was to do that sign in,
because it was several months ago, and I've gone through a lot of
stuff in my personal life since then. Now the fire stick has alexa as
well as the voiceview screen reader. I don't use the alexa much, but
it is there. I also can't speak to Pandora accessibility, since I don't

use that service.

But netflix is good, better than on the apple tv, because it is better
at announcing the category or row of movie listings you are in.

Mary

Re: First impressions of the Alexa calling feature

[Gary Schindler]

what I'm suggesting is that a second generation of the home will have a 
small camera built into the speaker itself so persons can do video calling 
and see one another on the 4-K screen for example. You may do what amazon 
calls drop in. so people can check in on Grandma and so forth!


I should have clarified what I meant a little better.

-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 9:02 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: First impressions of the Alexa calling feature

The Home does that already if you have a compatible Cast TV, most of the 
modern TV’S have Cast compatibility.
For example you might say to home, “Watch Harry Potter And The Goblet Of 
Fire From Netflix on Lounge”, Lounge being the name you’ve given your TV.



On 12 May 2017, at 10:59 pm, Gary Schindler <garys5...@comcast.net> wrote:

It is my guess that you will be able to cast to your tv with the Googgle 
Home so they won't need a screen on the device itself or the chrome cast 
device will have a camera in it for the video calls.



-Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 4:08 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: First impressions of the Alexa calling feature

I'm sure Google will release a similar feature for their Home device
before long.

Google will probably want to integrate something like this with the
Hangouts App.



On 12/05/2017 9:37 AM, Kenny wrote:
Very nice review by you. I'll definitely keep this email for future 
reference if I do decide to buy this item.


At 03:03 PM 5/11/2017, you wrote:
Here are my First impressions of the new Alexa calling feature using the 
IOS Alexa app!


The setup was pretty straight forward.

You are asked to sign into the app and enter your credentials and 
proceed to the setup. you will need to supply the phone number you will 
be using to receive and make calls on your mobile phone whether it be 
android or IOS.


When you continue you are sent a verification code to your mobile phone. 
once you are verified, you will here a chime on your Alexa device, and 
you are taken to a screen where you import your contacts, allow Alexa to 
use the microphone and so on.


Once this is all done, you are given a brief explanation of how to 
insert contacts to make calls and send messages, and so forth.


Making calls from the Alexa devices is quite easy to do. You say, Elexa 
call so and so. As long as the person in your contacts has the Alexa app 
on there phone, Alexa will make the call for you. Anyone can download 
the app and enable the calling feature. I would think they had better 
have an Amazon account though!


Making calls from the Alexa app itself is another matter. You search for 
a contact in your address book and tap it to make your call. If the 
person doesn’t answer,you don’t hear anything at all. You can’t 
power down the phone or anything. you don’t have voiceover to end the 
call. The only way I got voiceover back was to call myself with one of 
my Alexa devices. The phone vibrated and eventually I heard the Amazon 
ringtone and I could answer or decline my call. I think I will stick to 
using the Elexa devices to make calls.


When I called my self, the audio was quite clear. I then told my device 
at hand to hang up. it did and my phone when back to normal. I guess the 
other party you are talking to will have to end the calls, because there 
is no way to find the end call icon if you are totally blind because you 
have no voiceover.


I think the Alexa calling and message feature has potential, and I am 
waiting for some blind individual to buy the Echo show when it comes out 
and let all of us know how accessible it is.


If you call yourself for testing purposes, make sure the volume on the 
device is turned down low, or you will have ear splitting feedback.

The calls don’t show up in your IOS calls either.





--

**
"Live each day as if you were goiing to die tomorrow, learn each day as if 
you were going to live forever"





**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Re: First impressions of the Alexa calling feature

[Gary Schindler]

It is my guess that you will be able to cast to your tv with the Googgle 
Home so they won't need a screen on the device itself or the chrome cast 
device will have a camera in it for the video calls.



-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 4:08 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: First impressions of the Alexa calling feature

I'm sure Google will release a similar feature for their Home device
before long.

Google will probably want to integrate something like this with the
Hangouts App.



On 12/05/2017 9:37 AM, Kenny wrote:
Very nice review by you. I'll definitely keep this email for future 
reference if I do decide to buy this item.


At 03:03 PM 5/11/2017, you wrote:
Here are my First impressions of the new Alexa calling feature using the 
IOS Alexa app!


The setup was pretty straight forward.

You are asked to sign into the app and enter your credentials and proceed 
to the setup. you will need to supply the phone number you will be using 
to receive and make calls on your mobile phone whether it be android or 
IOS.


When you continue you are sent a verification code to your mobile phone. 
once you are verified, you will here a chime on your Alexa device, and 
you are taken to a screen where you import your contacts, allow Alexa to 
use the microphone and so on.


Once this is all done, you are given a brief explanation of how to insert 
contacts to make calls and send messages, and so forth.


Making calls from the Alexa devices is quite easy to do. You say, Elexa 
call so and so. As long as the person in your contacts has the Alexa app 
on there phone, Alexa will make the call for you. Anyone can download the 
app and enable the calling feature. I would think they had better have an 
Amazon account though!


Making calls from the Alexa app itself is another matter. You search for 
a contact in your address book and tap it to make your call. If the 
person doesn’t answer,you don’t hear anything at all. You can’t 
power down the phone or anything. you don’t have voiceover to end the 
call. The only way I got voiceover back was to call myself with one of my 
Alexa devices. The phone vibrated and eventually I heard the Amazon 
ringtone and I could answer or decline my call. I think I will stick to 
using the Elexa devices to make calls.


When I called my self, the audio was quite clear. I then told my device 
at hand to hang up. it did and my phone when back to normal. I guess the 
other party you are talking to will have to end the calls, because there 
is no way to find the end call icon if you are totally blind because you 
have no voiceover.


I think the Alexa calling and message feature has potential, and I am 
waiting for some blind individual to buy the Echo show when it comes out 
and let all of us know how accessible it is.


If you call yourself for testing purposes, make sure the volume on the 
device is turned down low, or you will have ear splitting feedback.

The calls don’t show up in your IOS calls either.





--

**
"Live each day as if you were goiing to die tomorrow, learn each day as if 
you were going to live forever"

Re: First impressions of the Alexi calling feature

[Gary Schindler]

I never thought about using the feature as a wireless intercom. I like that 
idea.


-Original Message- 
From: Merv Keck

Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 3:33 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: First impressions of the Alexa calling feature

Hi,
There have also been a few issues with the Alexa app and voice messages not 
being carried to the recipient. We had quite a bit of trouble with that 
yesterday. Even the transcripts of the messages got lost sometimes if two 
people attempted to message one another at the exact same time.
I do think it is an excellent new feature and has great potential. We have 
two dots at each end of a 988 square foot apartment. we have been looking 
for a decent set of wireless intercoms for years. Now we just use the 
message or call feature on our Dots.
And we are considering the Shows but are concerned about accessibility or 
future loss of accessibility.

Merv

-

For all things Echo:
echoing+subscr...@groups.io


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan

Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 3:27 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Re: First impressions of the Alexa calling feature

You took the words right out of my mouth, I was going to ask whether anyone 
had yet used this functionality of Alexa so thanks for letting us know your 
impressions.


Unfortunately this functionality isn't available in Australia as yet.



On 12/05/2017 5:03 AM, Gary Schindler wrote:
Here are my First impressions of the new Alexa calling feature using the 
IOS Alexa app!


The setup was pretty straight forward.

You are asked to sign into the app and enter your credentials and proceed 
to the setup. you will need to supply the phone number you will be using 
to receive and make calls on your mobile phone whether it be android or 
IOS.


When you continue you are sent a verification code to your mobile phone. 
once you are verified, you will here a chime on your Alexa device, and you 
are taken to a screen where you import your contacts, allow Alexa to use 
the microphone and so on.


Once this is all done, you are given a brief explanation of how to insert 
contacts to make calls and send messages, and so forth.


Making calls from the Alexa devices is quite easy to do. You say, Elexa 
call so and so. As long as the person in your contacts has the Alexa app 
on there phone, Alexa will make the call for you. Anyone can download the 
app and enable the calling feature. I would think they had better have an 
Amazon account though!


Making calls from the Alexa app itself is another matter. You search for a 
contact in your address book and tap it to make your call. If the person 
doesn’t answer,you don’t hear anything at all. You can’t power down the 
phone or anything.  you don’t have voiceover to end the call. The only way 
I got voiceover back was to call myself with one of my Alexa devices. The 
phone vibrated and eventually I heard the Amazon ringtone and I could 
answer or decline my call. I think I will stick to using the Elexa devices 
to make calls.


When I called my self, the audio was quite clear. I then told my device at 
hand to hang up. it did and my phone when back to normal. I guess the 
other party you are talking to will have to end the calls, because there 
is no way to find the end call icon if you are totally blind because you 
have no voiceover.


I think the Alexa calling and message feature has potential, and I am 
waiting for some blind individual to buy the Echo show when it comes out 
and let all of us know how accessible it is.


If you call yourself for testing purposes, make sure the volume on the 
device is turned down low, or you will have ear splitting feedback.

The calls don’t show up in your IOS calls either.


--

**
"Live each day as if you were goiing to die tomorrow, learn each day as if 
you were going to live forever"

First impressions of the Alexa calling feature

[Gary Schindler]

Here are my First impressions of the new Alexa calling feature using the IOS 
Alexa app!

The setup was pretty straight forward.

You are asked to sign into the app and enter your credentials and proceed to 
the setup. you will need to supply the phone number you will be using to 
receive and make calls on your mobile phone whether it be android or IOS.

When you continue you are sent a verification code to your mobile phone. once 
you are verified, you will here a chime on your Alexa device, and you are taken 
to a screen where you import your contacts, allow Alexa to use the microphone 
and so on.

Once this is all done, you are given a brief explanation of how to insert 
contacts to make calls and send messages, and so forth.

Making calls from the Alexa devices is quite easy to do. You say, Elexa call so 
and so. As long as the person in your contacts has the Alexa app on there 
phone, Alexa will make the call for you. Anyone can download the app and enable 
the calling feature. I would think they had better have an Amazon account 
though!

Making calls from the Alexa app itself is another matter. You search for a 
contact in your address book and tap it to make your call. If the person 
doesn’t answer,you don’t hear anything at all. You can’t power down the phone 
or anything.  you don’t have voiceover to end the call. The only way I got 
voiceover back was to call myself with one of my Alexa devices. The phone 
vibrated and eventually I heard the Amazon ringtone and I could answer or 
decline my call. I think I will stick to using the Elexa devices to make calls.

When I called my self, the audio was quite clear. I then told my device at hand 
to hang up. it did and my phone when back to normal. I guess the other party 
you are talking to will have to end the calls, because there is no way to find 
the end call icon if you are totally blind because you have no voiceover. 

I think the Alexa calling and message feature has potential, and I am waiting 
for some blind individual to buy the Echo show when it comes out and let all of 
us know how accessible it is.

If you call yourself for testing purposes, make sure the volume on the device 
is turned down low, or you will have ear splitting feedback.
The calls don’t show up in your IOS calls either.

Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

[Gary Schindler]

Look on Amazon for the Lonve players. Best buy sells some MP3 players with 
radios and recorders to in this price range, but unless you have some vision 
to read the menus they won't do you much good. They have a small speaker and 
a headphone jack that also serves as an external mic and auxiliary input.


The players have repeat and shuffle and one can create folders too, not as 
good as the Olympus machines but it can be done if you have sight. If you 
don't have sight you pay handsomely for the ability to have accessibility to 
outmoded technology for a small niche market.


If it wasn't for playing talking books I doubt most of us would be buying 
the Victor Streams or Bookports at all.


-Original Message- 
From: Hamit Campos

Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 11:01 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

What's this 40 $ MP3 and WAV recorder?


On 5/3/2017 10:56 AM, Gary Schindler wrote:
Remember that the Victor stream was mostly meant to play talking books 
with a few features added for convenience. actually you can get an MP3 
player recorder for around $40.00 that has a better sounding speaker in it 
and records MP3 and wave files much better, but the caveat is that you are 
paying for accessible menus with the stream.


The Hims may be a better all around unit, but it costs twice as much money 
as the stream.


Humanware was the first to come out with a machine that played bard books 
even before NLS. Let's put everything in to context.


-Original Message- From: Chris Skarstad
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 9:05 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

I think that's just the point.  If you're a real audiofile who enjoys
high end audio from a device, and you're really picky about how stuff
sounds, the VR stream ain't for you.  Despite all the bad press the
player has gotten here, i'll still purchase one in the next few days and
report my findings.  I do think Bluetooth functionality is something
that is lacking and needs to be in a future update.  If some of the
other specialized players can have it, so can the stream.  But i'm
buying it, fully aware of this and I'm certainly ok with it.

I'll also report on the speed of downloading books via online services
like BARD.  I can always download the books manually and put them on the
stream that way.  It's good to know there are multiple ways of getting a
particular job like that done.


On 5/3/2017 8:58 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Ah well The Victors are more player anyways then recorder. The Plextalk 
Pocket is the thing ya want if ya want a recorder.



On 5/3/2017 5:14 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Ah okay so that problem still exists then? I was given to understand 
that later firmware updates had fixed this.

Too late to try that here now .


On 3 May 2017, at 6:44 pm, Tim Noonan <t...@timnoonan.com.au> wrote:

Sadly, the Stream Mic or line in creates very audible artefacts or 
whistles in recordings. Otherwise the stream would be a reasonable 
all-purpose player/recorder.


Regards
Tim

On 3 May 2017, at 6:02 pm, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> 
wrote:


I didn’t try the line-in recording function though I did note that - 
using this function - one can record to PCM Wave files at 44.1KHZ so 
surely this should be reasonable.
So if one really wanted to do high quality recordings one could use the 
line-in method and buy suitable equipment to take full advantage.



On 3 May 2017, at 5:43 pm, Jamie Kelly <otrja...@gmail.com> wrote:

The recording quality is ok for notes and meetings but not of high 
broadcast quality as with the bookport plus or Plextor Pocket range.


Jamie

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
Dane Trethowan

Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2017 4:47 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

Yep, convenient may be but the unit does have its limitations as we’ve 
discussed here, the Wi-Fi connectivity being a very serious limitation 
and - given the speed of the Wi-Fi - one wouldn’t really want to try 
and download a good quality audio stream.

And again we come to that bloody awful internal speaker.
Another interesting point and its not critical just an observation, I 
wonder why Human ware didn’t include the ability to be able to browse 
NAS storage devices or other computers on a network for files? Just 
about every other device I know of these days - that can play Internet 
radio stations - haas this handy feature which and I reckon it would 
be an absolute boom! for users of a VR Stream.
Perhaps I’m talking about a future VR Stream update though hHumanware 
take my advice, don’t make the update too big or it will take until 
Christmas for the VR Stream users to download .
Regarding my own streaM/ Its found a good home so I’m happy about 
that.



On 2 May 2017, at 4:34 am, Peter Scanlon &

Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

[Gary Schindler]

Remember that the Victor stream was mostly meant to play talking books with 
a few features added for convenience. actually you can get an MP3 player 
recorder for around $40.00 that has a better sounding speaker in it and 
records MP3 and wave files much better, but the caveat is that you are 
paying for accessible menus with the stream.


The Hims may be a better all around unit, but it costs twice as much money 
as the stream.


Humanware was the first to come out with a machine that played bard books 
even before NLS. Let's put everything in to context.


-Original Message- 
From: Chris Skarstad

Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 9:05 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

I think that's just the point.  If you're a real audiofile who enjoys
high end audio from a device, and you're really picky about how stuff
sounds, the VR stream ain't for you.  Despite all the bad press the
player has gotten here, i'll still purchase one in the next few days and
report my findings.  I do think Bluetooth functionality is something
that is lacking and needs to be in a future update.  If some of the
other specialized players can have it, so can the stream.  But i'm
buying it, fully aware of this and I'm certainly ok with it.

I'll also report on the speed of downloading books via online services
like BARD.  I can always download the books manually and put them on the
stream that way.  It's good to know there are multiple ways of getting a
particular job like that done.


On 5/3/2017 8:58 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Ah well The Victors are more player anyways then recorder. The Plextalk 
Pocket is the thing ya want if ya want a recorder.



On 5/3/2017 5:14 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Ah okay so that problem still exists then? I was given to understand that 
later firmware updates had fixed this.

Too late to try that here now .


On 3 May 2017, at 6:44 pm, Tim Noonan  wrote:

Sadly, the Stream Mic or line in creates very audible artefacts or 
whistles in recordings. Otherwise the stream would be a reasonable 
all-purpose player/recorder.


Regards
Tim

On 3 May 2017, at 6:02 pm, Dane Trethowan  
wrote:


I didn’t try the line-in recording function though I did note that - 
using this function - one can record to PCM Wave files at 44.1KHZ so 
surely this should be reasonable.
So if one really wanted to do high quality recordings one could use the 
line-in method and buy suitable equipment to take full advantage.



On 3 May 2017, at 5:43 pm, Jamie Kelly  wrote:

The recording quality is ok for notes and meetings but not of high 
broadcast quality as with the bookport plus or Plextor Pocket range.


Jamie

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan

Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2017 4:47 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

Yep, convenient may be but the unit does have its limitations as we’ve 
discussed here, the Wi-Fi connectivity being a very serious limitation 
and - given the speed of the Wi-Fi - one wouldn’t really want to try 
and download a good quality audio stream.

And again we come to that bloody awful internal speaker.
Another interesting point and its not critical just an observation, I 
wonder why Human ware didn’t include the ability to be able to browse 
NAS storage devices or other computers on a network for files? Just 
about every other device I know of these days - that can play Internet 
radio stations - haas this handy feature which and I reckon it would be 
an absolute boom! for users of a VR Stream.
Perhaps I’m talking about a future VR Stream update though hHumanware 
take my advice, don’t make the update too big or it will take until 
Christmas for the VR Stream users to download .

Regarding my own streaM/ Its found a good home so I’m happy about that.


On 2 May 2017, at 4:34 am, Peter Scanlon  wrote:

I love my Victor Stream.
The best thing about it is how easy it is to listen to and locate 
internet radio stations.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Hamit Campos
Sent: Tuesday, 2 May 2017 3:07 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

Yeah I've not heard this before either. But perhaps other people 
either didn't have the issue or they just axepted it.



On 5/1/2017 12:59 PM, Chris Skarstad wrote:

I'll be purchasing one of these very soon, so will be able to report
on it when i get it.  I have a super-fast connection with Verizon
Fios, so downloading books manually and transfering them to the
player won't be an issue if the download speeds on the player are as
slow as some of you guys say they are.  I'm kind of shocked that this
is just now coming up, as the new generation stream has been out for
some time 

Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

[Gary Schindler]

Let's remember when you buy the Victor stream you are paying for a player 
that plays specially formatted books with a few features for added 
convinceconveniences


-Original Message- 
From: Chris Skarstad

Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 9:05 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

I think that's just the point.  If you're a real audiofile who enjoys
high end audio from a device, and you're really picky about how stuff
sounds, the VR stream ain't for you.  Despite all the bad press the
player has gotten here, i'll still purchase one in the next few days and
report my findings.  I do think Bluetooth functionality is something
that is lacking and needs to be in a future update.  If some of the
other specialized players can have it, so can the stream.  But i'm
buying it, fully aware of this and I'm certainly ok with it.

I'll also report on the speed of downloading books via online services
like BARD.  I can always download the books manually and put them on the
stream that way.  It's good to know there are multiple ways of getting a
particular job like that done.


On 5/3/2017 8:58 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Ah well The Victors are more player anyways then recorder. The Plextalk 
Pocket is the thing ya want if ya want a recorder.



On 5/3/2017 5:14 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Ah okay so that problem still exists then? I was given to understand that 
later firmware updates had fixed this.

Too late to try that here now .


On 3 May 2017, at 6:44 pm, Tim Noonan  wrote:

Sadly, the Stream Mic or line in creates very audible artefacts or 
whistles in recordings. Otherwise the stream would be a reasonable 
all-purpose player/recorder.


Regards
Tim

On 3 May 2017, at 6:02 pm, Dane Trethowan  
wrote:


I didn’t try the line-in recording function though I did note that - 
using this function - one can record to PCM Wave files at 44.1KHZ so 
surely this should be reasonable.
So if one really wanted to do high quality recordings one could use the 
line-in method and buy suitable equipment to take full advantage.



On 3 May 2017, at 5:43 pm, Jamie Kelly  wrote:

The recording quality is ok for notes and meetings but not of high 
broadcast quality as with the bookport plus or Plextor Pocket range.


Jamie

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan

Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2017 4:47 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

Yep, convenient may be but the unit does have its limitations as we’ve 
discussed here, the Wi-Fi connectivity being a very serious limitation 
and - given the speed of the Wi-Fi - one wouldn’t really want to try 
and download a good quality audio stream.

And again we come to that bloody awful internal speaker.
Another interesting point and its not critical just an observation, I 
wonder why Human ware didn’t include the ability to be able to browse 
NAS storage devices or other computers on a network for files? Just 
about every other device I know of these days - that can play Internet 
radio stations - haas this handy feature which and I reckon it would be 
an absolute boom! for users of a VR Stream.
Perhaps I’m talking about a future VR Stream update though hHumanware 
take my advice, don’t make the update too big or it will take until 
Christmas for the VR Stream users to download .

Regarding my own streaM/ Its found a good home so I’m happy about that.


On 2 May 2017, at 4:34 am, Peter Scanlon  wrote:

I love my Victor Stream.
The best thing about it is how easy it is to listen to and locate 
internet radio stations.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Hamit Campos
Sent: Tuesday, 2 May 2017 3:07 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

Yeah I've not heard this before either. But perhaps other people 
either didn't have the issue or they just axepted it.



On 5/1/2017 12:59 PM, Chris Skarstad wrote:

I'll be purchasing one of these very soon, so will be able to report
on it when i get it.  I have a super-fast connection with Verizon
Fios, so downloading books manually and transfering them to the
player won't be an issue if the download speeds on the player are as
slow as some of you guys say they are.  I'm kind of shocked that this
is just now coming up, as the new generation stream has been out for
some time now.  I thought this would've been mentioned sooner, but
maybe I skipped over it as I wasn't in the market for one at that
time, i'm not sure. I'll certainly let you guys know my experiences.






On 5/1/2017 12:41 PM, Evan Reese wrote:

As to slow downloading of data, I have noticed with ours, and those
of some friends, that it doesn't seem to have a great wi-fi
transceiver in it. Even when I'm 

Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

[Gary Schindler]

In addition to what you said about the slow download speed of the Victor 
stream second generation, I feel that the chip for the wireless receiver 
could be more sensitive. Another thing I believe is that the internet 
streams seem to go through a server controlled by Humanware for the most 
part. If there is a problem for some reason with there server, the machine 
locks up even though you are connected to your router. that being said, it 
seems to be the best all around device in it's class for the money!



-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 10:24 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

Hi!

I just bought one of these units and would like to make comment on my
purchase.

Firstly I think that the unit does a brilliant job for what it is in
most respects.

The sound from the internal speaker is a little muffled however - having
already heard a VR Stream - I was already prepared for this, a bit of an
annoyance one might say so to overcome this I use a small BUniden
hand-held amplified battery speaker I've had for years, cost me $25
about 7 years ago, pity the Stream doesn't have Bluetooth but I guess a
product can't have everythint.

Now I don't know whether this is my unit in particular but I have
noticed that the downloading of data seems to be incredibly slow
compared to other devices I have on my network, I used the "Check for
Updates" function and - according to that - the firmware is up to date,
well at least the data does get downloaded I guess.

There's a hell of a lot of functionality packed into the VR Stream box
and a lot of this - such as the Internet Radio, podcasts and so forth -
I won't bother using - given I already have better solutions for that
sort of thing - but for those who don't the VR Stream provides a great
entry level to the world of Internet Radio and Podcasting.

Getting online with the Vision Australia library was a snap so I
downlaoded a couple of books.

Again, I have other Apps and so forth which I prefer to use myself but
the Stream is convenient for reading, no doubt about that even though I
read all my newspapers these days straight from the web site its good to
know I have a reliable backup.



--

**
"Live each day as if you were goiing to die tomorrow, learn each day as if 
you were going to live forever"

Re: sound input on the mac mini

[Gary Schindler]

I shall have to do that. I haven't had Sierra that long, so I have a lot to 
learn about how Siri in general works on the Mac with respect to audio.



-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 4:56 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: sound input on the mac mini

I You'll probably need to Tweak the Siri preferences under system
Preferences.

I've never used SIRI on my Mac machine, just one of the million and one
things I've been meaning to do but haven't got around to doing.



On 21/03/2017 7:53 AM, Gary Schindler wrote:
I have one of the 2012 machines, and if I plug in a USB microphone for 
Siri, will Siri recognize it right away or do I have to go into some 
settings to select the microphone?



-Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 4:24 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: sound input on the mac mini

I hope he's able to enjoy his Mac Mini as much as I do, certainly one of
the best ever computing devices I've ever purchased.

I've spoken about the Mac Mini before here - in audio terms - so I won't
go on about it again.

If your friend has the Late 2012 Mac Mini then he truly has a treasure
box which was ahead of its time.

They hold their value well too on the second-hand market mainly because
- for whatever reason - Apple have decided to downgrade thus cheapen the
later Mac Mini machines.



On 21/03/2017 6:22 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

Thanx dane - will forward this to him.

It's one of those headsets with a plug for the microphone and a plug for 
the

headphone part.
Of course if the socket does nothave enough power then he will have to 
take

the other route.

André

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 9:18 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: sound input on the mac mini

Hi!

Yes, the input socket is a line-in standard and - unlike some Windows 
sound
cards - doesn't provide power either so you have some alternatives at 
your

disposal, I'll give you a link with more details at the bottom of this
eMail.

A microphone can be used with this socket but it needs to be of the 
battery
powered kind - in other words the microphone has to provide 
amplification.


On the Mac Mini a microphone is usually connected via the output socket
believe it or not.

This doesn't make sense when you read it but when you think about it
connecting a microphone to the output socket makes perfect sense.

Suppose you have a set of Apple Earbuds or compatible headset with an 
inline

microphone or similar, all you have to do is to plug the headset into the
line-out/headphones socket and you have both your headphones and 
microphone

there.

I know that various adapters are available for this socket including one
which will allow the oconnection of the conventional two plug stereo 
headset
- one plug being for the headphones themselves and the other being for 
the

microphone on the headset -.

Some more information about the audio in and out on the Mac Mini before 
we

move on.

Both these jacks are capable of accepting digital signals which is handy 
to
know if you're connecting to speakers with a digital input, connecting to 
a

source such as a TV or similar for recording from a digital output and so
on.

Now if the microphone situation with the audio in and out sockets is just
far too annoying then the easiest way to get around all this is to use 
one

of the USB sockets for either a dedicated USB microphone or - perhaps a
better option in your firneds case - a USB adapter.

This adapter is affectively a USB Sound Card dongle which provides the
connections for a powered microphone - standard Windows PC type - or 
other

microphone so you'll have to do a little research here into what's
available.

So here ends my explanation and I hope you followed along  and 
here's

the support link from the Apple site.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3331295?start=0
On 21/03/2017 5:52 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

Hi all


Firstly I know nothing about mac computers and do not have one.  I am
asking this on behalf of a friend who has one.


He bought a mac mini a few days ago.  Apparently there are two 3.5 mm
sockets on this machine.  One is an output and one an input. The output

is

enough to drive a pair of headphones but the input seems to only be line

in.

His question is whether it is possible to switch between line in and
microphone input like most windows sound devices.  Or is this socket
line in only?  He is trying to use a headset that he already has.  The
sound comes out fine on the output side but of course the input is

completely dead.


Regards


André

Re: sound input on the mac mini

[Gary Schindler]

I have one of the 2012 machines, and if I plug in a USB microphone for Siri, 
will Siri recognize it right away or do I have to go into some settings to 
select the microphone?



-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan

Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 4:24 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: sound input on the mac mini

I hope he's able to enjoy his Mac Mini as much as I do, certainly one of
the best ever computing devices I've ever purchased.

I've spoken about the Mac Mini before here - in audio terms - so I won't
go on about it again.

If your friend has the Late 2012 Mac Mini then he truly has a treasure
box which was ahead of its time.

They hold their value well too on the second-hand market mainly because
- for whatever reason - Apple have decided to downgrade thus cheapen the
later Mac Mini machines.



On 21/03/2017 6:22 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

Thanx dane - will forward this to him.

It's one of those headsets with a plug for the microphone and a plug for 
the

headphone part.
Of course if the socket does nothave enough power then he will have to 
take

the other route.

André

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 9:18 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: sound input on the mac mini

Hi!

Yes, the input socket is a line-in standard and - unlike some Windows 
sound

cards - doesn't provide power either so you have some alternatives at your
disposal, I'll give you a link with more details at the bottom of this
eMail.

A microphone can be used with this socket but it needs to be of the 
battery

powered kind - in other words the microphone has to provide amplification.

On the Mac Mini a microphone is usually connected via the output socket
believe it or not.

This doesn't make sense when you read it but when you think about it
connecting a microphone to the output socket makes perfect sense.

Suppose you have a set of Apple Earbuds or compatible headset with an 
inline

microphone or similar, all you have to do is to plug the headset into the
line-out/headphones socket and you have both your headphones and 
microphone

there.

I know that various adapters are available for this socket including one
which will allow the oconnection of the conventional two plug stereo 
headset

- one plug being for the headphones themselves and the other being for the
microphone on the headset -.

Some more information about the audio in and out on the Mac Mini before we
move on.

Both these jacks are capable of accepting digital signals which is handy 
to
know if you're connecting to speakers with a digital input, connecting to 
a

source such as a TV or similar for recording from a digital output and so
on.

Now if the microphone situation with the audio in and out sockets is just
far too annoying then the easiest way to get around all this is to use one
of the USB sockets for either a dedicated USB microphone or - perhaps a
better option in your firneds case - a USB adapter.

This adapter is affectively a USB Sound Card dongle which provides the
connections for a powered microphone - standard Windows PC type - or other
microphone so you'll have to do a little research here into what's
available.

So here ends my explanation and I hope you followed along  and 
here's

the support link from the Apple site.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3331295?start=0
On 21/03/2017 5:52 AM, André van Deventer wrote:

Hi all


Firstly I know nothing about mac computers and do not have one.  I am
asking this on behalf of a friend who has one.


He bought a mac mini a few days ago.  Apparently there are two 3.5 mm
sockets on this machine.  One is an output and one an input.   The output

is

enough to drive a pair of headphones but the input seems to only be line

in.

His question is whether it is possible to switch between line in and
microphone input like most windows sound devices.  Or is this socket
line in only?  He is trying to use a headset that he already has.  The
sound comes out fine on the output side but of course the input is

completely dead.


Regards


André

Re: Amazon Echo Tap Hands-Free

[Gary Schindler]

Tom, I am on Comcast, and I get the echo newsletter every Friday afternoon 
or evening. You probably already checked your junk folder I suppose?



-Original Message- 
From: Tom Kaufman

Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 5:29 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Amazon Echo Tap Hands-Free

Typically if you have bought an Amazon product, they automatically will 
start sending you one.  They may be sending mine...but I'm just not getting 
them!

Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Singing 
Sparrow

Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:59 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Tap Hands-Free

where can you subscrive to this newsletter?


On 2/17/2017 9:40 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

this function - as discussed on this list - features in the "What's
New With Echo" newsletter which I'm sure all Amazon Echo users
receive, worth the look, heaps of useful stuff within.

Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Gary Schindler]

THey Have a third party battery! it sits on the base of the echo.


-Original Message- 
From: Dane Trethowan 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 1:15 PM 
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa 


the Echo Dot you mean?

You can't attach a battery to the big echo as far as I know.



On 14/02/2017 4:28 AM, Donald L. Roberts wrote:
Since I already have an Echo as well as I tap, I plan to buy one of 
those batteries which one can attach to the Echo. In this way, I'll be 
able to take the Echo outside on the patio.



Don Roberts



On 2/12/2017 3:07 PM, Mary Otten wrote:

I'm sure that this will work for both iPhone and android apps. This
came from an android-centric site, so the author didn't bother to
mention iPhone apps.

Mary



.

Re: .aiff file

[Gary Schindler]

The Aif file is played with Quicktime. ITunes should play it too!


-Original Message- 
From: Dean Masters

Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 6:26 PM
To: PC Audio
Subject: .aiff file

Someone sent me a file that is in the .aiff format. He also sent the file in
garage band format. I have a windows 7 64 bit PC. Is there some program I
can use to play or convert either file? I need to listen to this file this
weekend to learn a song for barbershop chorus practice on Monday.

Or is there a web site where I can convert the file?

Thanks,
Dean

Re: Who's the better BFF: Amazon Echo or Google Home?

[Gary Schindler]

You can buy a third party battery for the Echo from Amazon. to charge it you 
use the charger that comes with the unit. I think they cost about $50.00 US 
dollars. I am not sure if one is available for the Dot.



-Original Message- 
From: John Gurd

Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 2:41 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Who's the better BFF: Amazon Echo or Google Home?

Ah, I forgot to answer that part of your question. No, the Dot is not 
battery powered. You get a little USB style cable.


And yes, practise does indeed make perfect (well, close enough, anyway) when 
it comes to voice commands. Just imagine doing it with a Scottish accent and 
you'll see how hard I have to work sometimes. I'll admit sometimes I've 
either had to put on an English accent or talk like I'm speaking to an 
imbocile! Actually, most of the time the speech recognition is good so it's 
not that bad, and it does seem to learn over time. And of course you have to 
hit upon the right phrase as the Echo isn't that flexible with how commands 
are expressed. I suspect Google Home will be an improvement in that regard. 
Google Home isn't out here in the UK yet.


I'm still enjoying playing with the Echo though and have to confess at being 
surprised at how much I like it. The UK voice is very good, and when I've 
had it read the odd newspaper article I've been really impressed with how 
natural it sounds. I believe in the US it can read Kindle books (as opposed 
to Audible/Audio books) but sadly that function isn't available in the UK so 
far. If it were I might be tempted to buy a few books from the Kindle store.


John

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan

Sent: 27 November 2016 14:54
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Who's the better BFF: Amazon Echo or Google Home?

Yes, we�re discussing the Amazon Echo on another list as it happens and I 
just wanted to confirm that the Dot indeed is a battery unit.
The whole Voice recognition game has gone ahead ahead in leaps and bounds, 
obviously I don�t have an Amazon Echo - not yet - or a Google Home but I do 
have my Samsung Galaxy S6 with �OK Google� and �Google Now� installed and 
the things that combination can do - if you�re prepared to spend the time to 
speak your mind as the saying goes - is astonishing.
For example I can tell the phone to �Play Radio 1070 KNX with Tunein� to 
which Google responds, �Playing KNX 1070 News Radio� and that you then hear.
To stop playing all I have to do is to wake up google , �Ok Google� and say, 
�Stop Play�, to which Google Responds, �Sure!�.
I have Google do a whole heap of other things besides, I just mentioned this 
example as its one I�ve only refined the voice commands for over the last 
few days, practise makes perfect .



On 28 Nov. 2016, at 1:42 am, John Gurd  wrote:

Yes, it's the smaller unit by far but has all the features of it's bigger 
sibling. The Dot can be connected by audio cable to a larger speaker or 
even an amplifier. I haven't done this. It also has Bluetooth. There is a 
misnomer that it doesn't have a built-in speaker but it does. The sound 
quality is much like an old-fashioned transistor radio but I have listened 
to music from a random playlist in the background from amazon Prime and it 
is okay for casual radio listening. I can also tell it to connect via 
Bluetooth to my iPhone and play my book from the Voice Dream app via the 
Dot. It certainly sounds fine and can play at a reasonable volume for the 
equivalent of a transistor radio.


If I should be fortunate to get the bigger Echo for Xmas I'll keep it in 
the living room and move the Dot to the bedroom. That way I can use it to 
control the heating and lighting from either place by voice and it will 
serve as an alarm clock as well. Incidentally, it also tells Jokes and 
Interesting Facts on demand. In fact it is quite a good dictionary and 
calculator too.


John


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan

Sent: 27 November 2016 02:27
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Who's the better BFF: Amazon Echo or Google Home?

The Echo Dot is the smaller unit right? Does it run on battery power too?


On 27 Nov. 2016, at 6:58 am, John Gurd  wrote:

I just got the Echo Dot to try it out as I already have a Hive home 
connected system. I can control some lights and the central heating 
thermostat with it. It's fairly rudimentary but has a lot of potential 
that I hope will be realised in the near future. I've found it handy for 
a quick news summary, checking my local train service, and for simple 
questions and even a casual dip into radio such as BBC radio 4. Overall, 
I like it enough to anticipate getting its bigger brother for Xmas.


John

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jim 
Noseworthy

Re: dmi to analog

[Gary Schindler]

you may have an optical or SPDI output, out RCA out jacks.


-Original Message- 
From: André van Deventer

Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 11:21 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: dmi to analog

Garry you might be right.

So is there no way to get a line out output from these new tvs?

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Schindler
Sent: 22 March 2016 05:14 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: dmi to analog

you can buy an HDMI to analog converter on sites like amazon. usually with
TV's though, the HDMI ports are usually imput! you may explain to me why
there would be HDMI outputs unless you have a receiver for the audio or
another monitor or something?


-Original Message-
From: André van Deventer
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:08 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: dmi to analog

Hi folks



The tv has dmi outputs and a headphone output.  I would seriously prefer not
to use the headphone output for this.



Regards



Andre



I need to connect my new flat screen tv to an ordinary analog system which
uses 2 RCA inputs.  Does such a converter exist?



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Re: dmi to analog

[Gary Schindler]

you can buy an HDMI to analog converter on sites like amazon. usually with 
TV's though, the HDMI ports are usually imput! you may explain to me why 
there would be HDMI outputs unless you have a receiver for the audio or 
another monitor or something?



-Original Message- 
From: André van Deventer

Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:08 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: dmi to analog

Hi folks



The tv has dmi outputs and a headphone output.  I would seriously prefer not
to use the headphone output for this.



Regards



Andre



I need to connect my new flat screen tv to an ordinary analog system which
uses 2 RCA inputs.  Does such a converter exist?



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Re: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

[Gary Schindler]

Do you mean electrostatic?


-Original Message- 
From: Anders Holmberg

Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 3:01 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Oppo HA--2 just arrived...

Hi!
I wonder if they’re magnetostatic.
/A

13 feb. 2016 kl. 19:01 skrev Mary Otten :

Interesting. I wonder if it would help the sound on my Nexus 6.
Something should!

Oppo makes a pair of headphones that seem to be quite favorably
reviewed, at least by amazon purchasers. These are the pm-3, and they
sell for a cool 400 bucks, so not cheap. One reviewer even compared
them favorably with the P7.

Mary

Re: Sound bar request for information from someone who has one

[Gary Schindler]

Glad to do it Joe!

-Original Message- 
From: Joe Paton

Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 4:09 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Sound bar request for information from someone who has one

Nice work garry.  thanks for making a sparse post, so comprehensive.

take care,

Joe

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:31:45 -0500
Gary Schindler <garys5...@comcast.net> wrote:

I would liked to add to what Joe said!

Sound bars are usually bought proportionally to the size of your TV. for 
example, if you have a 40 inch TV, you want to buy something closed to the 
size of the TV. then you have to decide if you want a sub woofer which can 
be wired or connected with bluetooth. they can be put in a corner or behind 
an easy chair.


I have a Vizzio TV so I bought a Vizzio soundbar so the TV remote controls 
the soundbar as well. a lot of times if you have a different brand of TV, 
different than the soundbar you bought,  you have to mute the speaker in the 
television or you get an echo.


that is some of the things to consider.


-Original Message- From: Joe Paton
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 7:28 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Sound bar request for information from someone who has one

Hi Vicky,

Because the sound we like is a personal and subjective, experience, you are
really best off, listening before you buy.
Even then, In a listening room or shop environment, the system may sound
completely different in your own living space.
If space isn't an issue, I'd probably go with conventional speakers, but as 
I

sed, this is subjective stuff.

Kind regards,

Joe



On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:41:37 -0500
Vicky Vaughan <vrvaugha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello List, I have been thinking about getting a sound bar system that could 
serve my stereo and TV sound needs. Because of hearing difficulties, I would 
like to control the base and treble and may be other frequencies more 
closely.


One of the features I need to know that it will be able to handle, is that 
it can go silent, when I want to use my headphones. These are plugged into 
the stereo and then, through a transmitter, wirelessly send the sound to the 
headphones.


Are these possible?

Are there any features that you think I need to have or beware of?

Many and sincere thanks for any input! Vicky

-- Joe Paton <j...@vi-ability.demon.co.uk>


--
Joe Paton <j...@vi-ability.demon.co.uk>

Re: Sound bar request for information from someone who has one

[Gary Schindler]

I would liked to add to what Joe said!

Sound bars are usually bought proportionally to the size of your TV. for 
example, if you have a 40 inch TV, you want to buy something closed to the 
size of the TV. then you have to decide if you want a sub woofer which can 
be wired or connected with bluetooth. they can be put in a corner or behind 
an easy chair.


I have a Vizzio TV so I bought a Vizzio soundbar so the TV remote controls 
the soundbar as well. a lot of times if you have a different brand of TV, 
different than the soundbar you bought,  you have to mute the speaker in the 
television or you get an echo.


that is some of the things to consider.


-Original Message- 
From: Joe Paton

Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 7:28 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Sound bar request for information from someone who has one

Hi Vicky,

Because the sound we like is a personal and subjective, experience, you are
really best off, listening before you buy.
Even then, In a listening room or shop environment, the system may sound
completely different in your own living space.
If space isn't an issue, I'd probably go with conventional speakers, but as 
I

sed, this is subjective stuff.

Kind regards,

Joe



On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:41:37 -0500
Vicky Vaughan  wrote:

Hello List, I have been thinking about getting a sound bar system that could 
serve my stereo and TV sound needs. Because of hearing difficulties, I would 
like to control the base and treble and may be other frequencies more 
closely.


One of the features I need to know that it will be able to handle, is that 
it can go silent, when I want to use my headphones. These are plugged into 
the stereo and then, through a transmitter, wirelessly send the sound to the 
headphones.


Are these possible?

Are there any features that you think I need to have or beware of?

Many and sincere thanks for any input! Vicky

--
Joe Paton 

Re: Looking for a program

[Gary Schindler]

I should get it for myself again too!


-Original Message- 
From: Donald L. Roberts 
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:03 PM 
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Looking for a program 


That's it, Gary.  Thanks so much.

Don Roberts


On 10/27/2015 10:46 AM, Gary Schindler wrote:
Would you be talking about Levelator? I think it is from 
conversations.org.


-Original Message- From: Donald L. Roberts Sent: Tuesday, 
October 27, 2015 12:10 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: 
Looking for a program
I need help from other listers to locate an audio recording program 
whose name I can't recall which I lost when a previous hard drive went 
south.


This is an audio recording program which was very bare bones and would 
only produce .wav files.  The thing which made it unique is that it 
had some sort of a built in automatic gain control which did not just 
increase or decrease the volume at a fixed rate.  It was extremely 
well suited to voice recordings whose volume level fluctuated widely.


Thanks in advance for ideas.

Don Roberts

Re: Looking for a program

[Gary Schindler]

Would you be talking about Levelator? I think it is from conversations.org.

-Original Message- 
From: Donald L. Roberts 
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 12:10 PM 
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Looking for a program 

I need help from other listers to locate an audio recording program 
whose name I can't recall which I lost when a previous hard drive went 
south.


This is an audio recording program which was very bare bones and would 
only produce .wav files.  The thing which made it unique is that it had 
some sort of a built in automatic gain control which did not just 
increase or decrease the volume at a fixed rate.  It was extremely well 
suited to voice recordings whose volume level fluctuated widely.


Thanks in advance for ideas.

Don Roberts

Re: Making Winamp Default Player in Windows 7?

[Gary Schindler]

   You have to set the defaults in program defaults in windows 7.

-Original Message- 
From: Paul Hutson

Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 6:46 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: Making Winamp Default Player in Windows 7?

Hi all.

Is this possible?
I have pressed the play all file types button and checked the check box to
make Winamp default for audio CD's but alas, WMP is still my default media
player.
Any help or ideas would be REALLY appreciated and thanks in advance...Paul

Re: re goldwave

[Gary Schindler]

Usually with sound Forge you have to enter a registration license key to 
save files as MP3's. you only get one shot at it, so if you used the 
registration code already in a previous install, you can't use it again. 
That is what happened to me when I tried to install on a different machine 
when the one I was using went caput.




-Original Message- 
From: Humberto Rodriguez

Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:59 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: re goldwave

You probably are missing the Lame encoder, just downloaded it and place in
the same folder as the executable for Soundforge.
Humberto


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of brian
parker
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:12 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: re goldwave

Hi list, if anyone out there is using goldwave, can you tell me how
easy it is to use for someone with no vision. also, does it having a
user guide. i am not too bad with the things i know, but i am not so
good with new products with a manual. at present for general audio
purposes i am using soundforge 7, but although i have an honestly
bought coppy, when my old computer died suddenly, and i installed
soundforge on my new computer, i couldn't persuade to work with mp3
files. it is quite happy with ogg files. brian.

Re: Xitel HIFI link

[Gary Schindler]

I don't use the Xitel HIFI 100 any more but it should do what you want! 
Unless you are using an old Windows XP machine, you don't need to install 
any drivers. it has analog and toslink digital outs. I have it packed away 
so I can't  immediately check to see if it has an SPDIF out on it.



-Original Message- 
From: André van Deventer

Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 8:44 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: xitel hifi link

Hi all



Have now decided exactly what to do with my hifi stuff.  In my circumstances
I am looking at the xitel hifi link.



A friend of mine has one.  She is very very particular regarding sound and
is very satisfied with it.  It seems to be a no nonsense little DAC with
clear sound.   For a very reasonable price.



Does anyone on the list have experience with this piece of hardware?



Please note that I will only be playing audio cds and music in various
formats from my computer on it.



I just need a good quality digital to analog converter.



Andre

Re: Looking for An Accessible CD Ripper

[Gary Schindler]

Try Express Burn from NCH software. It is accessible, and it will get you 
the tag information.


-Original Message- 
From: Evan Reese

Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:41 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Looking for An Accessible CD Ripper

Hey Guys,
I tried to install and use two CD rippers today without success.
First, I tried to install the latest CDEX. After three tries, I finally 
found a site that actually let me download it. The first one said the page 
could not be displayed, the second and third had download links, but nothing 
happened when I hit them. One even said my program was downloading, but my 
IE11 didn’t download anything. Finally, I downloaded the file and tried to 
install it. It wanted to install three third party programs, AdAware, Tune 
Up Utilities, and (I think) Pluto TV. My Window Eyes 8.4 could find no check 
boxes to select whether to not install these, so I just clicked Next and 
figured I’d uninstall them after I got CDEX successfully installed. However, 
when I hit Next after Pluto TV came up, it asked me to select an option and 
an Okay button came up. I reached an impasse at that point, since I couldn’t 
see how to select the option.

So that was the end of trying to install CDEX.
Then I tried VLC Media Player. Installing that was easy. Then I brought up 
the instructions on how to rip CDs with it that Dane so thoughtfully 
provided a while back. However, not all those controls in setting up the 
ripping process are accessible for me with Window Eyes 8.4. For example, I 
cannot check the CD check box. It just won’t change from Unchecked no matter 
how many times I hit the space bar. I can’t even get it to play a CD that’s 
in the tray. I know it plays because I can bring up Winamp and play it. The 
problem with Winamp of course is that it doesn’t know what it’s playing 
anymore, so I’m trying to find a ripper that knows the tracks.
I looked up Exact Audio Copy, but it looks intimidatingly complicated to me 
frankly.
So, anybody got any suggestions for an ACCESSIBLE ripper that I can try that’s 
not overly complex, but that will produce reasonably good results.

I’d really appreciate some advice.
Oh, how I miss being able to do the job with Winamp!
Evan 

Re: Looking for An Accessible CD Ripper

[Gary Schindler]

that's right Evan!


-Original Message- 
From: Evan Reese

Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:00 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for An Accessible CD Ripper

Oh, I suppose you meant Express Rip?
Evan


-Original Message- 
From: Gary Schindler

Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 6:53 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for An Accessible CD Ripper

Try Express Burn from NCH software. It is accessible, and it will get you
the tag information.

-Original Message- 
From: Evan Reese

Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:41 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Looking for An Accessible CD Ripper

Hey Guys,
I tried to install and use two CD rippers today without success.
First, I tried to install the latest CDEX. After three tries, I finally
found a site that actually let me download it. The first one said the page
could not be displayed, the second and third had download links, but nothing
happened when I hit them. One even said my program was downloading, but my
IE11 didn’t download anything. Finally, I downloaded the file and tried to
install it. It wanted to install three third party programs, AdAware, Tune
Up Utilities, and (I think) Pluto TV. My Window Eyes 8.4 could find no check
boxes to select whether to not install these, so I just clicked Next and
figured I’d uninstall them after I got CDEX successfully installed. However,
when I hit Next after Pluto TV came up, it asked me to select an option and
an Okay button came up. I reached an impasse at that point, since I couldn’t
see how to select the option.
So that was the end of trying to install CDEX.
Then I tried VLC Media Player. Installing that was easy. Then I brought up
the instructions on how to rip CDs with it that Dane so thoughtfully
provided a while back. However, not all those controls in setting up the
ripping process are accessible for me with Window Eyes 8.4. For example, I
cannot check the CD check box. It just won’t change from Unchecked no matter
how many times I hit the space bar. I can’t even get it to play a CD that’s
in the tray. I know it plays because I can bring up Winamp and play it. The
problem with Winamp of course is that it doesn’t know what it’s playing
anymore, so I’m trying to find a ripper that knows the tracks.
I looked up Exact Audio Copy, but it looks intimidatingly complicated to me
frankly.
So, anybody got any suggestions for an ACCESSIBLE ripper that I can try that’s
not overly complex, but that will produce reasonably good results.
I’d really appreciate some advice.
Oh, how I miss being able to do the job with Winamp!
Evan

Re: mp3 to wmv converter

[Gary Schindler]

Look for FreeMake converter.

-Original Message- 
From: Dave Marthouse

Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 10:21 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: mp3 to wmv converter

Try this.

http://convertfiles.com

You can do all kinds of audio and txt file conversions on-line. Enjoy.


Dave


On 2/8/2015 9:30 AM, ken wrote:

Hi, does any one know where I can get a mp3 to wmb converter.
I’de like to put a music track on youtube or facebook.
Thanks

You can call me at 860-874-5495 keep swinging



--
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dmartho...@gmail.com

Re: polllice scanners

[Gary Schindler]

I would like to know myself, it would be nice to be able to set up the 
trunking and whatever things that may be new myself some of the computer 
software didn't seem vary accessible..


- Original Message - 
From: Charles Krugman ckrug...@sbcglobal.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: polllice scanners


I'm wondering the same thing as I will eventually have to replace the one 
that I have now. The one that I have now is very difficult for me to use 
although I have been able to do some things with it. It is an old Radio 
Shack scanner that was on close out about seven years ago and it isn't 
up-to-date with some of the changes that have occurred. Some of the 
controls don't work well on it any more so its set where I need it and I 
seldom make changes. There used to be a Blind Scanner group on Yahoogroups 
but I lost the contact info when I changed computers having to migrate to 
Windows Live mail from Windowsmail.

Chuck

-Original Message- 
From: Bud Schwab

Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 5:48 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: polllice scanners

Hi Gang,
I'm not sure if this is okay for this list, but if it isn't, I
apologize.  I'm wondering if there is a police scqanner these days
that is usable by a blind user.  I have a real old one but the
frequencies have changed a lot.
Thanks.


Bud Schwab
W 6 Z Y P
Malibu, California






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Re: BOSE radios

[Gary Schindler]

I thought the radios sounded plasticy to!

- Original Message - 
From: Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 4:11 PM
Subject: RE: BOSE radios



Well surely you remember the saying, no highs no lows it must be Bose.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Frank
Ventura
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 1:04 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List (pc-audio@pc-audio.org)
Subject: BOSE radios

Both my wife and mother-in-law have those Bose radios. I'd rather listen 
to
a dentist's drill. The highs and vocals sound like I have cotton balls in 
my

ears. The low end, is non-existent and its obvious that Bose believes bass
to be something only a 16 year old in a Honda Civic has any interest in.
There is mid-range though and I think it would sound great for the average
Gregorian chant. Also be wary that room size and placement of sthese 
radios

is critical and there is no automated room correction built in.
Frank






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Re: help with an audio problem

[Gary Schindler]

Dad isn't going to be able to use the phono jacks since the jacks appear to 
be inputs only for video and audio. that would be like drilling for oil on a 
city street, it ain't gona happen..


- Original Message - 
From: Adrien Collins adriencollins22...@gmail.com

To: 'PC audio discussion list. ' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:48 PM
Subject: help with an audio problem



Hi

My dad has problems hearing the tv, he has just got a set of
bluetooth headphones but he doesn't want to use the 3.5 ml
jack on the back of the tv, he would rather use the phono
connections on the tv but there are 5 connections but
according to the tv manual they are only for receiving audio
and not transmitting audio. We have tried using them but the
sound from the tv doesn't come through the audio part of the
5 set of phono connections. According to the manual you have
to use a pair of two plugs plus a set of 3 but they are not
audio out. If we plug the headphones in the rear of the
satellite box, the headphones work perfectly but he cannot
get the sound from the dvd through the satellite, only
through the tv. The dvd doesn't have a scart connection on
it, only hdmi. The satellite doesn't have a hdmi connection
only scart and one pair of phono connectors. We have looked
at hdmi to scart converters, they are very expensive. On my
own tv setup I have the tv and dvd connected to the
satellite and I am able to hear everything through my
surround system. According to the questions and answers
concerning the particular headphones the senheizer rs170,
you can get a special adapter that creates another 3.5 ml
connection on the rear of the tv but I know little about
this kind of thing. Dad doesn't want to have to keep
unplugging the headphones from the tv, plus if we all want
to listen to the tv, it won't be possible without several
sets of headphones, what is the best way around this please?
Dad is insisting on using the phono connections. Help!!

Regards

Adrien







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Chromecast Question

[Gary Schindler]

Can anyone tell me where to find the cast button on the Netflix app for the 
iphone? it is supposed to be in the upper and lower right hand corners of the 
app., but I can't find it.


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Re: talking microwave

[Gary Schindler]

That seems to be the cheaper alternative.

- Original Message - 
From: Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 12:34 PM
Subject: RE: talking microwave



personally, i think you'd be ahead to buy a standard microwave and take a
few minutes to label it.  Willing to discuss this option offflist. 


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Bud
Schwab
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 8:42 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: talking microwave

I hope this isn't considered off topic, I'm not sure where to ask my 
question.  I am going to move soon and am going to be looking for a 
talking microwave.  It looks like there are several out there and I 
was wondering what might be the best and what experiences anybody has 
had with any of them.  Thanks and sorry if it's considered off topic.



Bud Schwab
W 6 Z Y P
Malibu, California
 






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Re: talking microwave

[Gary Schindler]

I don't think they are being made any more. they don't seem to be available 
on the Hamilton Beech website any more. I think after Wal-Mart sold them out 
from the stock they had, that was it. mine after 8 years is showing signs of 
rust in the cavity from the steam.



- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 2:19 PM
Subject: RE: talking microwave


I don't know if any of the Hamilton Beach microwaves are available, but 
they
work pretty good!  I've had mine for just about six years now; thing 
is...I

don't know if they're still being produced!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Schindler
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 2:21 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: talking microwave

That seems to be the cheaper alternative.

- Original Message - 
From: Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 12:34 PM
Subject: RE: talking microwave



personally, i think you'd be ahead to buy a standard microwave and take a
few minutes to label it.  Willing to discuss this option offflist.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Bud
Schwab
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 8:42 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: talking microwave

I hope this isn't considered off topic, I'm not sure where to ask my
question.  I am going to move soon and am going to be looking for a
talking microwave.  It looks like there are several out there and I
was wondering what might be the best and what experiences anybody has
had with any of them.  Thanks and sorry if it's considered off topic.


Bud Schwab
W 6 Z Y P
Malibu, California






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Re: Victor Reader Stream

[Gary Schindler]

I don't know of any portable players that support flac files personally. Not 
all M3U or PLS files will work on the Bookports or Plextalk machines, so it 
it a matter of trial and error!



-Original Message- 
From: Kelly Pierce

Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 2:43 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream

to be clear, the BPP portable unit times out on streams that do not
play.  It seems the unit described was the desktop version.  While the
BPP has no list of stations like the new generation Stream, one can go
to Shoutcast and TuneIn and download M3u or PLS files of the streams
and copy them to the unit.

Many say the recorder on the BPP is clearly superior to the one on the
new generation Stream.  Dane is insistent though that he must have
support for FLAC files.

Kelly



On 11/1/14, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net wrote:

Ad for the Victor StreamNew Generation, I like the one I have.

It works for most every kind of stream except flash. I was surprised to
learn the player supports AAC streams, which the Plextalk and APH units
don't and probably never will.

If the stream doesn't play, it will say something like, stream failed to
start, by the same token however,  The Plextalk and Aph players get locked
up when the stream won't play, so you have to fiddle with it or get
disgusted with it enough that you remove the battery and Wait a few 
minutes


so you can start the players again. It is not always feasible to carry a
little screwdriver with you to take the battery out of the Bookport
Desktop.
!

-Original Message-
From: Aidan
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 5:33 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream

Works well with most networks, providing they don't use a web
interface, and support the most commin radio streams. You can read the
manual from the humanware site or press and hold key one to read as
you would with the older model.

On 31/10/2014, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:

Okay I'm swallowing my pride, I've ordered a victor Reader Stream -
current
model, I have one of the older versions which I really should put in the
recycle bin without any further ado -.

So, I know many of you have these devices, is there anything I should
look
for in particular? Are their any features or functions that are really
useful or that you really like? How well does the Internet radio work?

Of course the only thing that might annoy me is the fact that I probably
won't be able to get the Stream going behind my VPN? Well I'm going on
assumption at the moment smile.


**

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grtd...@internode.on.net
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
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Re: Victor Reader Stream

[Gary Schindler]

Ad for the Victor StreamNew Generation, I like the one I have.

It works for most every kind of stream except flash. I was surprised to 
learn the player supports AAC streams, which the Plextalk and APH units 
don't and probably never will.


If the stream doesn't play, it will say something like, stream failed to 
start, by the same token however,  The Plextalk and Aph players get locked 
up when the stream won't play, so you have to fiddle with it or get 
disgusted with it enough that you remove the battery and Wait a few minutes 
so you can start the players again. It is not always feasible to carry a 
little screwdriver with you to take the battery out of the Bookport Desktop.

!

-Original Message- 
From: Aidan

Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 5:33 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream

Works well with most networks, providing they don't use a web
interface, and support the most commin radio streams. You can read the
manual from the humanware site or press and hold key one to read as
you would with the older model.

On 31/10/2014, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:
Okay I'm swallowing my pride, I've ordered a victor Reader Stream - 
current

model, I have one of the older versions which I really should put in the
recycle bin without any further ado -.

So, I know many of you have these devices, is there anything I should look
for in particular? Are their any features or functions that are really
useful or that you really like? How well does the Internet radio work?

Of course the only thing that might annoy me is the fact that I probably
won't be able to get the Stream going behind my VPN? Well I'm going on
assumption at the moment smile.


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Re: can't extract audio from a video

[Gary Schindler]

Why don't you try Fremake video converter. you can paste the url and convert 
it to something else, or there is always DVD Videosoft.


 Original Message - 
From: Christopher Wright ch...@wright-media.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: can't extract audio from a video



Here's a link to the video.

http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4157





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From: Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: can't extract audio from a video



what video is it?

On 10/22/2014 1:34 PM, Christopher Wright wrote:

Hi all,
How can I extract audio from a video that can only be played in Real 
Player?


Thanks.



Christopher Wright - offering audio post-production
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request an appointment]

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Re: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

[Gary Schindler]

Dan, I couldn't find any reason why Express rip would come up when Tom 
inserts a CD. I am thinking that another instance of express Rip is running 
on his machine. Maybe he can bring up the task manager with Control shift 
escape and see if it is running. If it is, kill it and see what happens.


- Original Message - 
From: Dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:35 PM
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?



I think I'm stumped on this one.  I honestly don't know what else to do.
Have you checked the file type associations from within Winamp and 
settings

in express rip?  Just curious.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 6:10 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Okay...I tried what you said; still no soap!  When I got to ..CD (it says
not checked) so I tried to check it with space bar...nothing doing!  So I
figured I'd try it anyhow.  Good ole CD Express Rip insists on coming up
anyway!  So what have I not done?
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dan
Kerstetter
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 5:18 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

I think perhaps I made this harder than it should be.

If you type set default into the start  menu search box the first result 
you
should see is set default programs.  Press enter and tab once to see a 
list

of your programs.  Arrow down to winamp and tab to the choose defaults
button and press enter.  Then you can tab until you see a list of file
types.  Arrow down until you find the CD and check the box.  Then tab to 
the

save button.

I hope this clarifies things a little.  My apologies for the previously
convoluted post.

Dan


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 4:53 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Dan and list:  I'm getting screwed up somehow; I'm doing what I think you
told me to do, but get entirely different results!  I can get to the first
part set defaults...but then you are telling me to press enter...but
what I get is just a thing that says link!!  So I must be doing it wrong 
or

am losing something in the translation!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dan
Kerstetter
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 4:16 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

In the start menu search box type set default.  The first entry should be
set your default programs.  Press enter.  Then press enter on default
programs.  Tab until you hear click to open default programs.  Tab until
you hear set your default programs and press enter.  Tab once and you
should have a list of all your installed programs.  Arrow down until you
find winamp.  Tab until you hear choose defaults for this program and
press enter.  .  Tab until you have a list of file types.  Arrow down 
until

you find CD and check the box.  Tab to the save button and press enter or
space.

HTH

Dan


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 3:05 PM
To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Hello list:  I've just received a CD that I want to play; normally, Winamp
goes ahead and plays it; at least it used to be that Windows would ask me
what I wanted to do!  But now, Express rip insists on coming up.and there
seems to be _no way_ to stop it!  When it comes up, I can't just close it
out and go on; it insists on me telling it whether I want to certify that
this is an unsilenced CD.or whatever!  Am running Windows 7-64 bit; 
running

Jaws 15.  Any help or information will be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Tom Kaufman












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Re: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

[Gary Schindler]

I am stumped. uninstall Express Rip and get winamp to play the CD's and 
reinstall Express rip again.


-Original Message- 
From: Tom Kaufman

Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 3:15 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Hello Gary and list:  Okay...if I've done this rithg (brought up the task
manager as you instructed by hitting control-shift-escape; no instance of
Express Rip can I find!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Schindler
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 2:10 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Dan, I couldn't find any reason why Express rip would come up when Tom
inserts a CD. I am thinking that another instance of express Rip is running
on his machine. Maybe he can bring up the task manager with Control shift
escape and see if it is running. If it is, kill it and see what happens.

- Original Message - 
From: Dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:35 PM
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?



I think I'm stumped on this one.  I honestly don't know what else to do.
Have you checked the file type associations from within Winamp and
settings
in express rip?  Just curious.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 6:10 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Okay...I tried what you said; still no soap!  When I got to ..CD (it says
not checked) so I tried to check it with space bar...nothing doing!  So I
figured I'd try it anyhow.  Good ole CD Express Rip insists on coming up
anyway!  So what have I not done?
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dan
Kerstetter
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 5:18 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

I think perhaps I made this harder than it should be.

If you type set default into the start  menu search box the first result
you
should see is set default programs.  Press enter and tab once to see a
list
of your programs.  Arrow down to winamp and tab to the choose defaults
button and press enter.  Then you can tab until you see a list of file
types.  Arrow down until you find the CD and check the box.  Then tab to
the
save button.

I hope this clarifies things a little.  My apologies for the previously
convoluted post.

Dan


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 4:53 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Dan and list:  I'm getting screwed up somehow; I'm doing what I think you
told me to do, but get entirely different results!  I can get to the first
part set defaults...but then you are telling me to press enter...but
what I get is just a thing that says link!!  So I must be doing it wrong
or
am losing something in the translation!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dan
Kerstetter
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 4:16 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

In the start menu search box type set default.  The first entry should be
set your default programs.  Press enter.  Then press enter on default
programs.  Tab until you hear click to open default programs.  Tab until
you hear set your default programs and press enter.  Tab once and you
should have a list of all your installed programs.  Arrow down until you
find winamp.  Tab until you hear choose defaults for this program and
press enter.  .  Tab until you have a list of file types.  Arrow down
until
you find CD and check the box.  Tab to the save button and press enter or
space.

HTH

Dan


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 3:05 PM
To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Hello list:  I've just received a CD that I want to play; normally, Winamp
goes ahead and plays it; at least it used to be that Windows would ask me
what I wanted to do!  But now, Express rip insists on coming up.and there
seems to be _no way_ to stop it!  When it comes up, I can't just close it
out and go on; it insists on me telling it whether I want to certify that
this is an unsilenced CD.or whatever!  Am running Windows 7-64 bit;
running
Jaws 15.  Any help or information will be much appreciated!

Thanks,

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Re: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

[Gary Schindler]

Check for any options in express rip that might be causing your dilemma. I 
am not having the problem with express rip like you.I didn't see anything 
about the express rip coming up when you inserted a disc.


- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:07 PM
Subject: RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?



Heloo Steve and list:  I hhave followed your directions as beest as I can;
still...Express Rip _insists_ on opening, so no soap!  What now as I 
cannot

make it understand that I want to play a CD, using Winamp!  I don't know
what more I can do!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Pattison
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 5:37 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Hi Tom,

The answers Dan has given you are completely correct and will definitely
work. However as is often the case in Windows there are several ways to
achieve the same result.

Another method to fix this problem is to change settings in Winamp. When
in the main Winamp Window press Control+P to go to the Winamp
preferences. Tab until you get to a treeview in the preferences dialogue
box and make sure you are on General Preferences by pressing either the
up or down arrow keys. If the General Preferences branch of the treeview
is closed expand it using the right arrow key. Next press the down arrow
key until you get to an item in the treeview called File Types. Next
press Tab until you get to an option called Launch Winamp for Audio
CDs. this is a checkbox, make sure it is checked. Next Tab until you
get to a button called Close and press space on that. If everything
worked correctly When you insert an audio CD it should be played in 
Winamp.


I hope this helps.

Regards Steve.

On 23/09/2014 5:04 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
Hello list:  I've just received a CD that I want to play; normally, 
Winamp

goes ahead and plays it; at least it used to be that Windows would ask me
what I wanted to do!  But now, Express rip insists on coming up.and there
seems to be _no way_ to stop it!  When it comes up, I can't just close it
out and go on; it insists on me telling it whether I want to certify that
this is an unsilenced CD.or whatever!  Am running Windows 7-64 bit;

running

Jaws 15.  Any help or information will be much appreciated!






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Re: Choosing an Accessible Smart phone to Use with SafeLink Wireless.

[Gary Schindler]

The firephone uses ATT, so it wouldn't be an option for you anyway. I am 
not sure but I think Comcast hooked up with T-Mobile so you can retrieve 
email and such, but don't take this as actual truth.


- Original Message - 
From: Saylien Brown say...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:41 AM
Subject: Choosing an Accessible Smart phone to Use with SafeLink Wireless.



Hello everyone,

Ok, so I'm still sort of living in the stone Age and haven't invested in a 
Smart phone yet.


Well the time has come for me to finally do so now thanks to the price 
friendly service being offered by SafeLink Wireless.


The problem is buying an accessible phone that works with this wireless 
provider.


Been looking into purchasing an Amazon Fire Phone, but I really don't feel 
I need a $650 item for my very limited phone use. To be honest, I'm 
looking into this option only to have a secondary means of contacting 
someone in case my Comcast land line phone goes down (Which has happened a 
few times and I had no way of calling someone for help.)


Please, I know a lot of you guys can be quite disrespectful to people 
posting off-topic posts to the group, but I don't know where else to turn 
to for assistance with my question.


I mean a phone is an audio device, so I really don't feel this question is 
off-topic, but I'm not that smart of a person.


Again I want an inexpensive Smart phone that works with the SmartLink 
Wireless service. It must be completely accessible of course for I'm 
legally blind and can't obviously see the screen.


Any suggestions on which direction I should go would be greatly 
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Re: Toslink connector question

[Gary Schindler]

Don, that is a digital signal. you can buy and HDMI to Analog converter for 
an older TV set. Someone may have to tell you which is the video and audio 
cable

s.
- Original Message - 
From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 11:28 AM
Subject: Toslink connector question


This question pertains to the toslink connector on my Apple TV box.  Is 
the signal which comes from the Apple TV's toslink connector a digital 
signal or an analog signal?  If digital, then I need to convert it to 
analog as my receiver is quite old and has no digital inputs, only RCA 
analog inputs.  I do realize that I could listen to the television set's 
audio, but I do not choose to do so as my TV has the dubious distinction 
of producing the tinniest audio I have ever heard.  Thanks.


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Re: Digital audio questions

[Gary Schindler]

Don, that is a coaxial output. you may notice though, that the outside of 
the jack itself is raised higher on the rim than a regular RCA jack.


the other digital output probably is a Toshiba toslink jack. it usually has 
a square shape on the outside of it.


If you happen to plug into a video composite jack by mistake, you will get a 
hum in your amplifier from the video signal.


- Original Message - 
From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 12:13 AM
Subject: Digital audio questions


I have two small television sets, each of which has what looks like an R C 
A jack which is labeled as some sort of audio output.  Since it is not 
analog, just what type of digital audio is it likely to be?


On a similar note, what type of digital audio do my mini disc players use? 
I know that the recording format is a-track, but is the digital audio sdif 
or something else?


Thanks for answers.

Don Roberts




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Re: Reposting A Question

[Gary Schindler]

Hi Tom, you are having a similar problem I had while trying to play a movie. 
the movie had an AVI extension, so I thought winamp would play it, no soap. 
it would come up in winamp but wouldn't play. I had to make windows media 
player the default player to play the avi file.


the problem is with quicktime, I don't know of a way to change file type 
associations. if you can find out how to change the file types in quicktime, 
you could disable the association.
- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 11:21 PM
Subject: RE: Reposting A Question


Gary:  I think I got to the right page you are telling me to go; problem 
is
that Winamp (that's what II want as my default player) isn't there!  I 
think

in Winamp preferences, I _do_ have it checked to play all file types.
However, when I try to download this particular podcast, Quicktime just
jumps on in there and plays the file; this is not what I want!  I want to 
be
able to ddownload the podcast as I used to!  So I need to know what it is 
I

have to do to accomplish this?
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Schindler
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 1:24 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Reposting A Question

Why don't you just change the default programs in windows. I think you are
using windows 7, so go into control and find default settings.

when there, tab over to list view. hit a letter such as windows for 
windows
media player and tab to where it says make default program, hit apply, 
then

okay and see if that does what you want.

- Original Message -
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net
To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:48 AM
Subject: Reposting A Question


Hello list:  A couple of days ago or so, I posted a question concerning 
an

audio podcast I have been trying to download.  I recently installed
Quicktime on my machine in anticipation of getting something that uses
that
program to play the file!  It used to be that when I would download these
podcasts, it would give me the choice whether to listen or to save. 
Since

I've put Quicktime on here, when I click the link, it immediately opens
Quicktime and starts playing the file; this is _not_ want I want!  Is
there
a way around this problem?  Must I uninstall Qu9icktime in order to do
what
I want?  I sure hope not, for what I am hoping to get (so it would seem)
will only play in Quicktime; it's a video that was taken of a part of a
country Christmas show our band was involved in!  So if anyone can come 
up

with a way around this problem I have (seems to me all I'd need to do is
to
tell Quicktime to just sit down and shut up until I need it.but I have
found no way to accomplish this!  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance!

Tom Kaufman




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Re: Reposting A Question

[Gary Schindler]

Actually I am stupid, it should have been control panel. I may have wanted 
you to search for control or something in the search box.


- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:56 PM
Subject: RE: Reposting A Question



Gary:  Forgive my stupitidy, but what exactly do you mean when you say go
to control?
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Schindler
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 1:24 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Reposting A Question

Why don't you just change the default programs in windows. I think you are
using windows 7, so go into control and find default settings.

when there, tab over to list view. hit a letter such as windows for 
windows
media player and tab to where it says make default program, hit apply, 
then

okay and see if that does what you want.

- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:48 AM
Subject: Reposting A Question


Hello list:  A couple of days ago or so, I posted a question concerning 
an

audio podcast I have been trying to download.  I recently installed
Quicktime on my machine in anticipation of getting something that uses
that
program to play the file!  It used to be that when I would download these
podcasts, it would give me the choice whether to listen or to save. 
Since

I've put Quicktime on here, when I click the link, it immediately opens
Quicktime and starts playing the file; this is _not_ want I want!  Is
there
a way around this problem?  Must I uninstall Qu9icktime in order to do
what
I want?  I sure hope not, for what I am hoping to get (so it would seem)
will only play in Quicktime; it's a video that was taken of a part of a
country Christmas show our band was involved in!  So if anyone can come 
up

with a way around this problem I have (seems to me all I'd need to do is
to
tell Quicktime to just sit down and shut up until I need it.but I have
found no way to accomplish this!  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance!

Tom Kaufman




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Re: Reposting A Question

[Gary Schindler]

Tom, if all else fails, just search for default or default programs and you 
should find what you want.


- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 9:34 PM
Subject: RE: Reposting A Question



I was thinking you might have meant control Panel (I actually tried that,
but it didn't look like that was where I wanted to be!  But will have
another look later!  Thanks for the tip!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Schindler
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 3:02 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Reposting A Question

Actually I am stupid, it should have been control panel. I may have wanted
you to search for control or something in the search box.

- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:56 PM
Subject: RE: Reposting A Question


Gary:  Forgive my stupitidy, but what exactly do you mean when you say 
go

to control?
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Schindler
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 1:24 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Reposting A Question

Why don't you just change the default programs in windows. I think you 
are

using windows 7, so go into control and find default settings.

when there, tab over to list view. hit a letter such as windows for
windows
media player and tab to where it says make default program, hit apply,
then
okay and see if that does what you want.

- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:48 AM
Subject: Reposting A Question



Hello list:  A couple of days ago or so, I posted a question concerning
an
audio podcast I have been trying to download.  I recently installed
Quicktime on my machine in anticipation of getting something that uses
that
program to play the file!  It used to be that when I would download 
these

podcasts, it would give me the choice whether to listen or to save.
Since
I've put Quicktime on here, when I click the link, it immediately opens
Quicktime and starts playing the file; this is _not_ want I want!  Is
there
a way around this problem?  Must I uninstall Qu9icktime in order to do
what
I want?  I sure hope not, for what I am hoping to get (so it would seem)
will only play in Quicktime; it's a video that was taken of a part of a
country Christmas show our band was involved in!  So if anyone can come
up
with a way around this problem I have (seems to me all I'd need to do is
to
tell Quicktime to just sit down and shut up until I need it.but I have
found no way to accomplish this!  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance!

Tom Kaufman




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Re: Reposting A Question

[Gary Schindler]

Why don't you just change the default programs in windows. I think you are 
using windows 7, so go into control and find default settings.


when there, tab over to list view. hit a letter such as windows for windows 
media player and tab to where it says make default program, hit apply, then 
okay and see if that does what you want.


- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:48 AM
Subject: Reposting A Question



Hello list:  A couple of days ago or so, I posted a question concerning an
audio podcast I have been trying to download.  I recently installed
Quicktime on my machine in anticipation of getting something that uses 
that

program to play the file!  It used to be that when I would download these
podcasts, it would give me the choice whether to listen or to save.  Since
I've put Quicktime on here, when I click the link, it immediately opens
Quicktime and starts playing the file; this is _not_ want I want!  Is 
there
a way around this problem?  Must I uninstall Qu9icktime in order to do 
what

I want?  I sure hope not, for what I am hoping to get (so it would seem)
will only play in Quicktime; it's a video that was taken of a part of a
country Christmas show our band was involved in!  So if anyone can come up
with a way around this problem I have (seems to me all I'd need to do is 
to

tell Quicktime to just sit down and shut up until I need it.but I have
found no way to accomplish this!  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance!

Tom Kaufman




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Re: Think I Have My Answer To My CD Ripping Problems!

[Gary Schindler]

Tom, I don't know who compiled this Hank Williams compilation you have,, but 
there were only 15 hank Williams albums that were made altogether before his 
untimely demise. every one of them should be referenced. I wonder if you got 
some kind of import or something. the reason why I ask is that a friend of 
mine had a box set with 12 discs which ripped and gave the title information 
correctly.


The set cost over $200.00 or so, which made it quite an expensive set.


- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:22 PM
Subject: Think I Have My Answer To My CD Ripping Problems!


Hello List:  Well I finally decided to try and rip another CD to see 
whether
or not I have a problem with CDEX; I grabbed an Eddy Arnold CD (believe 
this
or not, it's one from Timelife) it put the titles in just fine!  So I 
guess
this tells me that the CDs in the Hank Williams collection cannot be 
ripped

with the titles!  Grhrhrhrhrhrhrowl!  I really wanted to do that as a part
of a project; I would have thought that, since this boxed set I was going 
to

rip was a pretty popular item, that there'd be plenty of information to be
gathered; guess not!  And, as Steve may have accurately pointed out, 
Windows

Media may think that it has already ripped this CD.although I really can't
see any clear-cut evidence of it!  I was able to delete it (at least I 
think

I did) from the library as it kept kicking open the CD holder!  In case I
haven't said this enough, I am thankful that you folks on the list have
stuck with me on this one!  If anyone knows of a ripping program that may
give me better results than CDEX or Windows Media (preferably one that if
free) would sure appreciate it.although I might be willing to pay for one 
if

it's not super-expensive!

Tom Kaufman




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Re: Hank Williams Jr.

[Gary Schindler]

Okay Tom, Polydor is a division of Universal which bought up Mercury, MGM, 
Motown, NCA, Decca and a few others, so I think you are having trouble with 
your ripping programs getting the information.


- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 5:22 PM
Subject: RE: Hank Williams Jr.


Sorry; this is Hank _Senior_ we're talking!  But thanks for trying...the 
CD

was on either Mercury/Polydor or Mercury/Polygram, if that helps!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 4:38 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Hank Williams Jr.

Wonder if this is the CD you have. I'll list the first three
songs from each CD.

Disc one.
1 Mobile Boogie.
2 I Fought The Law.
3 Family Tradition.

Disc two.
1 Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight.
2 Leave Them Boys Alone.
3 Queen Of My Heart.

Disc three.
1 If The South Woulda Won.
2 That Old Wheel.
3 Early In The Morning and Late At Night.






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Re: a cd problem

[Gary Schindler]

Maybe you need discs that are a different color or something. I don't know 
what else could be the problem.


- Original Message - 
From: Joe Giovanelli joeg...@earthlink.net

To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: a cd problem



Hello, and thanks for your thoughts.

I'm not using rewritable disks. In any case these disks play on other 
machines so we can know for certain that they are finalized.


Joe G.

- Original Message -
From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 22:07
Subject: Re: a cd problem




Are you using COULDR or COULDRW discs. for whatever reason, your burning 
program

might not be  finalizing them.

- Original Message - 
From: Joe Giovanelli joeg...@earthlink.net

To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: a cd problem


 Hi, Alexandra,

 My Sony unit works very well. I listened to quite a bit of music today
 with no problems.

 It's only when I began using my new laptop to burn disks that this 
 problem

 occurred.

 I will see if my supplier can send me samples of other disks so I can 
 find

 a brand which will play. It is fortunate that my clients can play their
 disks, even though I cannot do so.

 Joe Giovanelli

 - Original Message -
 From: Alexandra_Grúnauer al.gruena...@gmx.de
 To: 'Pc Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:47
 Subject: RE: a cd problem



 Could either be the discs (so you could try discs of another brand) or
 the
 burner which would mean that you'd have to replace it in order to burn
 COULDs
 that will play on your sony device. I assume that you've checked that
 it's
 not the Sony thing itself?

 Take care
 Alexandra

  -Original Message-
  From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
  Joe

  Giovanelli
  Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:09 AM
  To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
  Subject: a cd problem
 
   Hi, All,
 
  I recently started using a laptop to burn cd's. They play perfectly 
  in

  a
 blue
  ray player and in a very cheap cd player. They won't play in my Sony
  Jukebox.
 
  I will very much appreciate your thoughts. Hopefully there's a 
  remedy.

 
  Joe Giovanelli





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Re: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title Tracks?

[Gary Schindler]

If it is an MGM, Polygram label it should be referenced. if it is from Time 
Life, or the mother's best recordings from Jett Williams I wouldn't be so 
sure.


- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:17 AM
Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title 
Tracks?



Okay...so CDEX _doesn't_ used Gracenote; that's what I was wondering!  So I
fail to understand why (aafter not having trouble with CDEX giving me the
track titles before) why it's doing so now!  It well me be that this CD
Bboxed set hasn't been referenced, but it seems strange, for it's a Hank
Williams collection that was put out probably ten years ago (iI don't
remember the exact year it came out) but I thought surely it could be ripped
with the track information...but maybe not!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Alexandra
Grünauer
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:25 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title
Tracks?

CDEx never used GraceNote.
You have to install Player.exe to get information from GraceNote that you
can also export to CDEx.
It is all described here:
The url for information and download is:
http://www.vuplayer.com/player.php

Alexandra

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Peter Scanlon
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 12:53 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title
Tracks?

So if Winamp and CDex don't use Gracenote any more, which ripper/player
does?


-Original Message-
From: Byron Stephens
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:34 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX:IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title
Tracks?

It could be your firewall is blocking the connection or it's a cd that's

not

been referenced.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 10:30 AM
Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: IsIt No Longer Possible To Have Cdex Title
Tracks?


Okay...here;'s the latest: I uninstalled CDEX; then installed a later
versionsame results!  I DON'T UNDERSTAND!  To the best of my
knowledge,
I am doing everything correctly (I have written my email where it's
supposed
to go) still..it says audio track 1; track 1...I must be stupid or
something, for it seems to work for everybody else!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:14 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex

Title

Tracks?

I'm either down to that...or just trying to see what I can do with Windows
Media; so far, no luck there as I cannot find something that says srip CD
(I have a set of instructions that tell me that control-3 will put me

where

I need to be for ripping CDs with Windows Media.  However I have been
through all the tabs and there's absolutely nothing indicating to me that

I

can rip a CD with this program either!  Totally frustrated!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Blackwell, Clifford
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:11 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex

Title

Tracks?

Maybe delete and reinstall?

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:47 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex

Title

Tracks?

Well I'm either not understanding something, or it's just plain not

working;

it _still_ gives me audio track 1...and on and on and on; not what I

want!

I don't understand why it used to work just fine, but now it's not!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Skarstad
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:03 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Ripping With CDEX: Is It No Longer Possible To Have Cdex

Title

Tracks?

If it doesn't grab them automaticly, go to your cddb sub menu and arrow
down
to freedb batch query and press enter.  I bet you that'll do the trick.


On 6/24/2014 11:54 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
 Yup; that's what my CDEX used to do too!  But that isn't what I found
 yesterday afternoon (it said audio track 1 01 (and so it went like that)

I

 wouldn't think that the information on this particular CD boxed set

would

be
 hard to get info for!
 Tom Kaufman

 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Chris
 Skarstad
 Sent: 

Re: a cd problem

[Gary Schindler]

Hi Vicki, I don't think you should have a problem with rewritable CD with 
your plextalk machine. I didn't know you could still buy the Cd recorders 
from Plextalk!


- Original Message - 
From: Vicky Vaughan vrvaugha...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: a cd problem


Sorry for butting in on this thread, but are you saying that I will not be 
able to use rewritable CDS in my first gen PlexTalk in my process of 
transferring cassettes to CD to my computer?


Thank you for any information!
Vicky

-Original Message- 
From: Gary Schindler

Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:29 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: a cd problem

Maybe you need discs that are a different color or something. I don't know
what else could be the problem.

- Original Message - 
From: Joe Giovanelli joeg...@earthlink.net

To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: a cd problem



Hello, and thanks for your thoughts.

I'm not using rewritable disks. In any case these disks play on other 
machines so we can know for certain that they are finalized.


Joe G.

- Original Message -
From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 22:07
Subject: Re: a cd problem




Are you using COULDR or COULDRW discs. for whatever reason, your burning 
program

might not be  finalizing them.

- Original Message - 
From: Joe Giovanelli joeg...@earthlink.net

To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: a cd problem


 Hi, Alexandra,

 My Sony unit works very well. I listened to quite a bit of music today
 with no problems.

 It's only when I began using my new laptop to burn disks that this 
 problem

 occurred.

 I will see if my supplier can send me samples of other disks so I can 
 find
 a brand which will play. It is fortunate that my clients can play 
 their

 disks, even though I cannot do so.

 Joe Giovanelli

 - Original Message -
 From: Alexandra_Grúnauer al.gruena...@gmx.de
 To: 'Pc Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:47
 Subject: RE: a cd problem



 Could either be the discs (so you could try discs of another brand) 
 or

 the
 burner which would mean that you'd have to replace it in order to 
 burn

 COULDs
 that will play on your sony device. I assume that you've checked that
 it's
 not the Sony thing itself?

 Take care
 Alexandra

  -Original Message-
  From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
  Joe

  Giovanelli
  Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:09 AM
  To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
  Subject: a cd problem
 
   Hi, All,
 
  I recently started using a laptop to burn cd's. They play perfectly 
  in

  a
 blue
  ray player and in a very cheap cd player. They won't play in my 
  Sony

  Jukebox.
 
  I will very much appreciate your thoughts. Hopefully there's a 
  remedy.

 
  Joe Giovanelli





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Re: a cd problem

[Gary Schindler]

Are you using CDR or CDRW discs. for whatever reason, your burning program 
might not be  finalizing them.


- Original Message - 
From: Joe Giovanelli joeg...@earthlink.net

To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: a cd problem



Hi, Alexandra,

My Sony unit works very well. I listened to quite a bit of music today 
with no problems.


It's only when I began using my new laptop to burn disks that this problem 
occurred.


I will see if my supplier can send me samples of other disks so I can find 
a brand which will play. It is fortunate that my clients can play their 
disks, even though I cannot do so.


Joe Giovanelli

- Original Message -
From: Alexandra_Grúnauer al.gruena...@gmx.de
To: 'Pc Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:47
Subject: RE: a cd problem




Could either be the discs (so you could try discs of another brand) or 
the
burner which would mean that you'd have to replace it in order to burn 
COULDs
that will play on your sony device. I assume that you've checked that 
it's

not the Sony thing itself?

Take care
Alexandra

 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Joe
 Giovanelli
 Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:09 AM
 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Subject: a cd problem

  Hi, All,

 I recently started using a laptop to burn cd's. They play perfectly in 
 a

blue
 ray player and in a very cheap cd player. They won't play in my Sony
 Jukebox.

 I will very much appreciate your thoughts. Hopefully there's a remedy.

 Joe Giovanelli







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Re: Connecting External FM Antenna To Tuner

[Gary Schindler]

It sounds to me like it has a Motorola type connector which was often  used 
for car radio antennas. you should be able to buy an F connector to mail 
Motorola connector.


- Original Message - 
From: Laurence Taylor g7...@btopenworld.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: Connecting External FM Antenna To Tuner



On 12/06/2014 05:08, Dane Trethowan wrote:


This tuner has antenna connecters that look like oversized RCA
sockets as opposed to the standard F Connector or TV antenna
type connectors, I know the adapters are around to convert one
type to another, mine broke, I need to get another so does
anyone know the name of the connector type I've described on
the back of my tuner so I know what to order from my local
electronics store?


Stange Japanese (probably Yamaha unique) connector. According to
a post on another forum, they originally came with their own
adaptors. You might get away with a push-on F connector (bent
about a bit) if the centre pin is the right size.

If all else fails, take the sockets out and replace them with
something more usable.


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Re: 60 cycle hum/noise interference

[Gary Schindler]

RadioShack sells ground loop isolators for use with RCA hookup, or look for 
the Art Cleanbox, or Behrenger hum destroyer. you will have to adapt the 
latter two units from quarter inch standard phone to RCA jacks respectively.


- Original Message - 
From: Frank Ventura frank.vent...@littlebreezes.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 7:58 PM
Subject: 60 cycle hum/noise interference


Hi all, when I plug the audio out (two rCA jacks) from my TV into my mixer I 
get a constant 60 cycle hum. I understand that a ground loop isolator might 
help this situation. Can anyone recommend one or point me in the direction 
of where I can buy one?

Thanks
Frank


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Re: Bose Soundlink 3

[Gary Schindler]

Airplay is much better than bluetooth. much better range because you use 
your home network for it.


- Original Message - 
From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 9:43 PM
Subject: RE: Bose Soundlink 3


Yes, my syster Johana has one. It' epic! Real christal clear. But since 
Dain
says Air Play is better then Blue Tooth then I might want to check that 
out.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 8:26 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Bose Soundlink 3

I wonder if anybody on list owns this speaker from Bose. It costs $300.
I saw one briefly last evening at the Verizon store, as I was purchasing 
my

new iPhone and was pretty impressed with the sound, given the size of the
box. I really haven't looked all that much in to this sort of speaker. I
have an older dock that works with the older style iPhone connectors, and 
it
really sounds pretty good, but my better half has sort of taken it over 
for

use in his class-room. So I'd like to know from those who have experienced
this equipment, what did you think, and are there other units you'd
recommend as good competition? I like the size and the volume and depth of
sound, but am not thrilled with the $300 price tag, naturally.

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Re: Bose Soundlink 3

[Gary Schindler]

I have to admit, the Bose soundlink sounded quite good when I had a chance 
to play with one.  the speaker didn't sound plastic like compared to the 
Bose wave radio I had the chance to audition,
- Original Message - 
From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: Bose Soundlink 3


Airplay is much better than bluetooth. much better range because you use 
your home network for it.


- Original Message - 
From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 9:43 PM
Subject: RE: Bose Soundlink 3


Yes, my syster Johana has one. It' epic! Real christal clear. But since 
Dain
says Air Play is better then Blue Tooth then I might want to check that 
out.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 8:26 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Bose Soundlink 3

I wonder if anybody on list owns this speaker from Bose. It costs $300.
I saw one briefly last evening at the Verizon store, as I was purchasing 
my

new iPhone and was pretty impressed with the sound, given the size of the
box. I really haven't looked all that much in to this sort of speaker. I
have an older dock that works with the older style iPhone connectors, and 
it
really sounds pretty good, but my better half has sort of taken it over 
for
use in his class-room. So I'd like to know from those who have 
experienced

this equipment, what did you think, and are there other units you'd
recommend as good competition? I like the size and the volume and depth 
of

sound, but am not thrilled with the $300 price tag, naturally.

Mary







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Re: Portable AirPlay Audio systems

[Gary Schindler]

Dane, I can vouch for the IHome system. It is well built and sounds good for 
the price. You may find it a bit heavy to carry around with the built in 
handle but it is manageable.


I found that it is best not to try to use the IHome iphone software to 
connect the speaker to  my home network. Once I plugged in the cable into 
the phone, voiceover was gone.


Push the wireless button on the back of the unit. This activates a 
networking module so you can type a web address once you join its network. 
You may use an iphone, Mac or Windows pc to find the built in network.  use 
whatever web browser you like. you can select your home network, fill in the 
required credentials. Now the speaker will try to join the network. the unit 
will beep once the speaker is on your network. the IHome network will 
disappear! go back to your home networking look for the speaker to show up 
in the Airplay list in the control center of the iphone.


I found the speaker to be a little sharp, but it may be my hearing aides 
giving me this impression.
I have had no issues with dropouts either when I take it out of doors in my 
back yard.


Good luck with it.

- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:34 PM
Subject: Portable AirPlay Audio systems


Hi!

Up until now I thought that Bose was the only company offering a portable 
audio AirPlay speaker system with its Soundlink Air and Soundtouch 
models.


I've since found another company offering a portable audio/AirPlay speaker 
system, look for iHome and you'll discover that this company offers a whole 
range of audio accessaries for iPhones and the like, airPlay, Bluetooth etc.


I plan to buy the iHome Rechargeable AirPlay system at some stage, the Bose 
is excellent but I'm a bit hesitant to take it outside for obvious reasons, 
just a superb piece of equipment and I want it to stay that way smile.


The iHome unit is smaller and gets some good reviews, sound quality is 
decent it seems.


I'll let the list know further details when I purchase the iHome system.


**

Dane Trethowan
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
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Re: Portable AirPlay Audio systems

[Gary Schindler]

I never thought of that!

- Original Message - 
From: Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Portable AirPlay Audio systems


Hi!
You can use it as i mention but have to have headphones.
/A
22 maj 2014 kl. 15:02 skrev Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net:

Dane, I can vouch for the IHome system. It is well built and sounds good 
for the price. You may find it a bit heavy to carry around with the built 
in handle but it is manageable.


I found that it is best not to try to use the IHome iphone software to 
connect the speaker to  my home network. Once I plugged in the cable into 
the phone, voiceover was gone.


Push the wireless button on the back of the unit. This activates a 
networking module so you can type a web address once you join its network. 
You may use an iphone, Mac or Windows pc to find the built in network. 
use whatever web browser you like. you can select your home network, fill 
in the required credentials. Now the speaker will try to join the network. 
the unit will beep once the speaker is on your network. the IHome network 
will disappear! go back to your home networking look for the speaker to 
show up in the Airplay list in the control center of the iphone.


I found the speaker to be a little sharp, but it may be my hearing aides 
giving me this impression.
I have had no issues with dropouts either when I take it out of doors in 
my back yard.


Good luck with it.

- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:34 PM
Subject: Portable AirPlay Audio systems


Hi!

Up until now I thought that Bose was the only company offering a portable 
audio AirPlay speaker system with its Soundlink Air and Soundtouch 
models.


I've since found another company offering a portable audio/AirPlay speaker 
system, look for iHome and you'll discover that this company offers a 
whole range of audio accessaries for iPhones and the like, airPlay, 
Bluetooth etc.


I plan to buy the iHome Rechargeable AirPlay system at some stage, the 
Bose is excellent but I'm a bit hesitant to take it outside for obvious 
reasons, just a superb piece of equipment and I want it to stay that way 
smile.


The iHome unit is smaller and gets some good reviews, sound quality is 
decent it seems.


I'll let the list know further details when I purchase the iHome system.


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Re: Sound bars

[Gary Schindler]

The sound bar would be great for me since I downsized, and can't change the 
furniture around and so on.

can't change the
- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: Sound bars



I'd say (and granted I don't know as much about it as you all do) but I'd
say that the soundbar would work in situations where surround sound just
isn't really practical; let's say maybe the room somehow just doesn't 
allow

for surround sound for whatever reason!  In this case, then the soundbar
would probably work fine!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit
Campos
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 8:08 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Sound bars

I'll stick to a true surround sound system thanks. I understand the fact
that sound bars are way better then TV speakers, and hell yeah they are. 
But

there are 8 channals in a 7.1 Blu-Ray movie, and each one has a set of
sounds. To hear them all you need a true system. Thing is sometimes people
try to sell them to you as if you are getting the full movie experience. 
Not

so. At the movies you have all 6 speakers if 5.1, or 8 if 7.1.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary 
Wood

Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 4:38 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Sound bars

But I would rather hear it from a soundbar, or like I have it, with my
surround sound and speakers.  Maybe I'll have to check those soundbars out
somewhere.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 7:47 PM
Subject: RE: Sound bars



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 much better than a little portable set!  Of
course I think I know that the idea is; the idea is that the
manufactures of these sets want you to go out and hook a stereo sound
system (maybe Dolby (or whatever it's called) would be simpler if
they'd just go ahead and make the sets sound good; then people
wouldn't have to go and buy extra equipment!  I have my television
back here in the room where I stay a lot going through my stereo.  But
the Sony 41-inch set currently isn't hooked to anything; I don't
really know that it'd be practical to buy a stereo system just for the
TV out there...maybe one of those Soundbars would do some justice for
it!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Mike Thomas
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 6:50 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Soundbars

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

could be made to sound better, but without any depth for an enclosure,
they sound very tinny and cheap.  The sound bar, even cheap ones help
quite a bit.  I'm not an audiophile by any means, but even I objected
to the television sound quality.
- Original Message -
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: Soundbars


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 
wrote:



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 surface.  What happened with mine is it improved the
television sound quality immensely, but the television had to sit
behind the sound bar, and



needed to be raised just a little so the television could see the
remote



signal.  I leave mine on all the time, and just turn the television off.
It makes no other sound and just sits in an idle mode.  I do have a
blueTooth model, so I can put it  that mode and play something from
my tablet or iphone with it.

Hope this helps,
Mike
- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 4:58 PM
Subject: Soundbars


Hi!

Does 

Re: Connecting Apple Tv to an older receiver with RCA aux/ins

[Gary Schindler]

You can buy an HDMI to RCA converter. Amazon has a few of them. one can be 
had for around $20.00 to $30.00 or so.


- Original Message - 
From: Bradford Trainham bradford.train...@sbcglobal.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:37 PM
Subject: Connecting Apple Tv to an older receiver with RCA aux/ins


The subject line says it all.
I want to stream audio via my Mac through an Apple Tv and from thence into a 
receiver with RCA/aux inputs.

Does a cable exist or does one need a converter box?
Thanks,
Brad Trainham



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Re: Victor reader Stream, Fello List Member Was Absolutely On The Ball

[Gary Schindler]

actually you don't need to since you can read talking books with the bard 
app in the states. on the IPhone. A lot of us had streams before the IPhone 
however, so we have the best of both worlds.

.


- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Victor reader Stream, Fello List Member Was Absolutely On The 
Ball



Again, I'm not discussing this to get into an argument about the virtues of 
a Victor Reader Stream, if you don't have an iPhone then all well and good, 
but if you have an iPhone etc then would you really want to spend $400 for 
much of what you have already?



On 13 Apr 2014, at 6:02 am, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote:


hi,
well Victor streem 2 or whatever they prefer to call it is a real charm.
You can listen to radio, look up stuff on the net, and a whole lot more, 
so comparing it to a simple iphone app isn't comprehensive.


-Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 8:47 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Victor reader Stream, Fello List Member Was Absolutely On The 
Ball


Certainly one of those I'll do it from my iPhone kind of guys yes, for 
me the Victor Reader Stream purchase would just be wasting a whole heap of 
money, another list member put forward this view quite some time ago, long 
before I had a chance to play with Voice Dream.


Now before others say I'm not seeing the full picture? Well I believe I 
am, I know there are others that don't have iPhones however the Victor 
Reader Stream itself - in Australia at any rate - is far from a cheap item 
at over $400.



On 13 Apr 2014, at 4:42 am, Aidan aidan.smartt...@gmail.com wrote:


So what does that mean? Will you stil get a stream or something? Or
are you also one of those I will do it on my phone type of guys?

On 12/04/2014, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:
Okay, finally had a chance to play with the Voice Dream App and all I 
can
say is the App is aptly named, its a Dream', easily the best reading 
tool

I've ever used whether that be Hardware or Software so the gentleman who
questioned my wisdom when I suggested I might buy a victor Reader Stream 
or

another device is well up with the times smile.



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Re: Digital audio question

[Gary Schindler]

the other device will convert the digital audio output to the 44.1 sampling 
rate. you used to be able to buy a unit that you could force copy to cd or 
another mini disc but you can't any more.



- Original Message - 
From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Digital audio question


I imagine if you use the digital output jacks, it will send uncompressed 
digital audio as decoded from the Atrak on the disk. I'm not sure if the 
Minidisc players convert the sample rate to 44.1 khz when outputting 
digitally, or if the device at the other end has to support the 32 khz on 
the disk.


- Original Message - 
From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Digital audio question


Don, the system is called atrac, which stands for Audio Transform 
acoustics or something like that. it is near CD quality, 128 KBPS with a 
sampling rate of 32 kilobytes.




- Original Message - 
From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 9:55 PM
Subject: Digital audio question




Though the system is obsolete, I still enjoy using my mini disc players. 
Until now, I have always made analog copies of material I wanted on mini 
disc.  But I would like to know specifically which digital audio format 
is used when making a digital copy on to mini disc.  I am aware of the 
limitations caused by the mini disc's digital serial copy management 
system.


Thanks for feedback.

Don Roberts

Re: Digital audio question

[Gary Schindler]

Use a Toslink digital optical or SPDIF coaxial cable depending what is on 
the machine.


- Original Message - 
From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: Digital audio question


Thanks to both Gary and to Dane for answering my question.  I apparently 
did not verbalize correctly.  What I am trying to find out is what digital 
format I need to use for the inputs.  In other words, instead of 
connecting the input device to the mini disc via analog connection, I want 
to use the digital input mode so that the beginning and end of track 
markers will be put in automatically.  When transferring pop stuff to mini 
disc, the markers work reasonably well.  But when attempting to transfer 
classical music, because of the quiet passages, sometimes extra start 
markers are inserted.


Again, thanks for responding.

Don Roberts


On 4/6/2014 7:19 PM, Gary Schindler wrote:

Don, the system is called atrac, which stands for Audio Transform
acoustics or something like that. it is near CD quality, 128 KBPS with a
sampling rate of 32 kilobytes.



- Original Message - From: Donald L. Roberts
donald.robert...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 9:55 PM
Subject: Digital audio question




Though the system is obsolete, I still enjoy using my mini disc
players. Until now, I have always made analog copies of material I
wanted on mini disc.  But I would like to know specifically which
digital audio format is used when making a digital copy on to mini
disc.  I am aware of the limitations caused by the mini disc's digital
serial copy management system.

Thanks for feedback.

Don Roberts




.

Re: Digital audio question

[Gary Schindler]

Don, the system is called atrac, which stands for Audio Transform acoustics 
or something like that. it is near CD quality, 128 KBPS with a sampling rate 
of 32 kilobytes.




- Original Message - 
From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 9:55 PM
Subject: Digital audio question




Though the system is obsolete, I still enjoy using my mini disc players. 
Until now, I have always made analog copies of material I wanted on mini 
disc.  But I would like to know specifically which digital audio format is 
used when making a digital copy on to mini disc.  I am aware of the 
limitations caused by the mini disc's digital serial copy management 
system.


Thanks for feedback.

Don Roberts

Re: Stereo AM

[Gary Schindler]

Maybe the Melbourne station used SeQuam like the system that was adopted in 
the states. Stereo separation was pretty decent and most of the big gun 
radio stations in Pittsburgh broadcast in stereo 24 7. by the late 90's 
stereo AM went buy the wayside like HD AM is pretty much done around here 
now. If KDKA can't make a go or looses interest in the newest form of 
transmission, the others follow suit.


- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Stereo AM


I think I know the Sony Walkman Stereo AM Walkman you're referring to, its 
easily identifiable by the very large band switch on the face of the radio, 
I used to call that Walkman the Biscuit Radio as the band switch reminded 
me of a chocolate biscuit/cookie smile.


The radio was okay though I thought the smaller Sangean Pocket model had the 
edge, far better sensitivity to start with though - knowing Sangean as I 
do - that's not at all surprising.


I have a couple of Sony AM Stereo tuners though they had to be adjusted to 
get decent clarity out of them, they also exhibited an annoying trait, you 
could hear the 25HZ tone which tells the tuner that the signal is an AM 
Stereo signal.


The other capable Stereo AM tuner I have here is one that I had built for me 
from the information supplied in the electronics magazine Silicon Chip back 
in 1987.


What I like about Stereo AM is that it can be broadcast at any time and - if 
its done properly - the average consumer will not notice any interference or 
odd sound from their standard Mono AM radio, some of the AM Stereo signals I 
used to listen to did exhibit slight bass distortion on a Mono set but these 
signals usually sounded pretty poor when listening on an AM Stereo tuner.


The Melbourne radio station 3UZ had by far the best Stereo AM sound I've 
ever heard - along with Canberra's 2CA -, I don't know what they were using 
on their transmitter but even the mono signal sounded clean and crisp.



On 6 Apr 2014, at 5:32 am, Steve Jacobson steve.jacob...@visi.com wrote:

I had a Carver TX11 tuner that received AM stereo and also a Sony pocket 
portable that did.  There is no doubt that the current HD system on AM is 
quieter and better sounding, but one has to have such a
perfect signal that I find it pretty annoying.  In addition, stations that 
use HD on AM have to restrict their analog audio bandwidth.  I actually 
prefer a noisier but more reliable AM stereo system as was used here
in the US in the 1980's.  Even more, that system did not interfere with 
adjacent stations as does the HD system does now.


Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:09:27 -0400, Tom Kaufman wrote:

In the 90s. WSM (Nashville, Tennessee) was in AM stereo; we had an AM 
stereo
system in the car (a Lincoln Town Car) I remember riding home from a gig 
and

would have the Grand Ole Opry on one night; if the station would come in
just right, the stereo would kick in; it sounded great!  But my first
experience with hearing AM stereo (again it was with WSM) we had traveled 
to

Nashville; we had a Lincoln Town Car; I did not realize that the car was
equipped with AM stereo!  We had stopped to see about getting rooms (my
father and I stayed in the car and WSM was on the radio.But then I
noticed it was in stereo, so I figured no; that couldn't be WSM!  So 
just
to confirm what I thought my ear was telling me, I asked my father to 
tell

me what station the radio was on!  When he said 6500, then I knew and was
totally amazed at how good it sounded!
Tom Kaufman



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan
Reese
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:59 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Stereo AM



Back in the 80s when I was visiting my parents in California, there was a
stero AM station. But I didn't have any stereo AM receivers. But I did 
have

two portable radios. I discovered that if you tuned them just right, you
could get the stereo sound.
Evan


- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM
Subject: Stereo AM




Back to the glory days of radio smile.


Actually we do have one radio station in Australia to my knowledge that 
does



broadcast in AM Stereo to this day and that's 2CA Canberra, Here's a
recording I found on Youtube of a station in the U.S. though I'm not sure
when the content was actually aired, quite nice audio so - for those who
have never heard stereo AM before - take a moment to enjoy.
WCTC in AM Stereo on Denon TU-680NAB




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Re: Hum from Cable

[Gary Schindler]

get a ground isolator and put it between the TV and recording device.

- Original Message - 
From: Steve Jacobson steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: Hum from Cable



Dean,

I'm not sure what you mean about not wishing to raise the volume unless 
the movie has explosions and loud parts.
I was referring to when you had the patch cord plugged into the headphone 
plug and you were recording.  I am
assuming that you are not listening to the movie when you do that.  If you 
raise the volume on the TV, you might

have to lower the record level on the PC.

The advice to get one long good quality cable rather than using two with 
the RCA connector might be worth a try,

too.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:54:34 -0400, Dean Masters wrote:


Thanks for all you wrote. Someone said the problem is that Comcast doesn't
ground their cables correctly. i did raise the volume and that would be 
fine

if I was recording a movie with all kinds of explosions. but htat is not
what I want to record. And I don't have a portable recorder. I do have a
VDR/DVD recorder hooked in to that TV so I guess I am goingn to have to
figure out how to record with DVD. So far I have taped with tapes but 
either

the tapes are wearing outor the recorder is. I would then disconnect the
cable and hook cables to the RCA jacks and run from the recorder to my PC.
so it took twice as long to record something on my PC. I was hoping to
delete the middle man and save half the time.


I think to finish the DVD recording I would have to have sighted help to 
go

through the menus or I could rip them onto my PC.



Dean



-Original Message- 
From: Steve Jacobson

Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:18 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Hum from Cable


This is probably stating the obvious, but be sure to turn up the volume 
some

on your TV to overcome any residual
hum that is a part of the TV's circuitry.  If you run your headphones at
relatively low volume, you may not hear
the hum, but when that same signal is fed through another amplifier and
played back at a higher volume, hum can
become evident.  However, that would be too easy a fix.


Also check where your cable is routed.  Sometimes if a cable is too close 
to

another power supply, even an AC
adapter, hum can be introduced.



Finally, the cause is most likely the hardest to fix, that being a ground
loop.  This is especially likely if your
TV is connected to cable TV.  It can be further complicated if your 
computer

is connected to a network through an
ethernet connection as well.  Try disconnecting the cable from your TV 
while

it is on to see if the hum goes away,
realizing, of course, this isn't a viable solution.  If the hum does go
away, you probably have a groundloop.  We
tend to think that ground is ground and this just isn't the case. 
When

devices are connected to ground
through multiple paths that take different routes, those paths can
themselves create what amounts to one turn on a
large coil that can pick up hum.  Sometimes to correct such a problem you
have to actually disconnect a device
from ground or isolate devices.  Let's take a quick possible example. 
Let's

say that your computer is connected
to internet by being plugged into a router that is connected to a cable
modem.  In addition to normal grounds,
there is a ground on the ethernet cable that connects back to the ground 
of

your router, that connects to the
ground on your cable modem that connects to the ground or outer shield of
the coaxial cable that goes to a
splitter where the cable splits and goes to your tv.  Now, the ground on
your tv is connected to the audio ground
on your patch cord which connects to the audio ground on your desktop 
which

is connected to your desktops ground.
We have just described a path that makes a long trip that can be described
as a loop.  If disconnecting the cable
from your TV gets rid of the hum, there are filters that can be placed
between a TV and a cable that allows the
cable's shield to act as a ground for radio and TV signals but not for AC.
This would then break this particular
loop.  Unfortunately, there are other interactions that can cause ground
loops so figuring out how to avoid them
is a pain.



Of course, if you were able to connect your TV to your desktop using
bluetooth, there would be no physical
connection.  This can be done in a number of ways, but the bluetooth sound
might be lower quality.  You also might
consider recording on aa portable audio recorder and then transferring the
results to your computer.  In the end,
you should be able to record directly on your desktop, but depending upon
other factors, the hum may not be so
easy to eliminate.  Maybe, though, you'll be lucky, and turning up the 
TV's

volume a little will clear up
everything!



Best regards,



Steve Jacobson



On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:17:09 -0400, Dean 

Re: Apple TV

[Gary Schindler]

I think you would be better off to use an HDMI input on the TV, maybe you 
have to buy an HDMI to analog converter for an older set, and things would 
be less confusing for you. Also hopefully you have a broadband connection 
too!



- Original Message - 
From: Gary Wood k8...@att.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: Apple TV


I hope I'm not confusing things, but when I get Apple TV set up again, I 
want to use the things I want to use it for, but if I want to watch my 
usual programs, can I still be able to do so?  I hope this cleans things 
up, but I will try again with it, but I don't want to lose my cable again.
- Original Message - 
From: Gary Wood k8...@att.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: Apple TV



I had someone help me set it up.  I think I had another HDMI set up.
- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: Apple TV


Hi!

I can't comment any further then I have already done on this thread but 
I'm wondering if the equipment Gary is using has limited HDMI 
connectivity, that is to say only 1 HDMI port for example, if this is the 
case then that may cause problems given that you either have the Cable 
Box connected or the Apple TV connected so perhaps that's what Gary' 
getting at when he says he should have a choice of watching Apple TV or 
Cable? So Gary yes please, give us more details and I'm sure we'll be 
able to find a solution to the problem.



On 24 Feb 2014, at 2:28 am, Steve Jacobson steve.jacob...@visi.com 
wrote:



Gary,

My response last night got stuck so is late, but the Apple TV shouldn't 
affect cable at all, it doesn't generally even use the same connections 
unless you're
using an HDMI cable from your cable box.  Please explain more about your 
setup.


Also, I've had an Apple TV for a year now and am very happy.  There are 
a good number of things you can do with it for free.  For example, you 
can
search for and watch a lot on YouTube, and there is a radio option that 
has a good number of options as well.  There is a lot that can be 
watched on PBS
as well.  While not free, the $7.99 a month Netflix streaming option 
let's you watch a lot of stuff on your Apple TV without paying for each 
program. If you
have other Apple devices such as an iPhone, there are some things you 
can do to share iTunes music between devices, and you can send your 
iPhone
output to your Apple TV which is nice if you have your Apple TV 
connected to a stereo.  You will need an Apple ID, but you don't need to 
pay to get that.


While Dane is correct that there are restrictions, the big one being 
that accessing your personal music must be done through iTunes, there 
are home
sharing options that let you access music from another computer on your 
network that provide some flexibility.  I have found the Netflix 
interface to be
much nicer than accessing it through a computer.  It would be 
interesting to know how Raspberry Pie handles that.  When someone says 
It's accessible
but not out of the box and there are several ways to go as was said 
about Raspberry pie, that sets off alarm bells for me.  Since you have 
already made
the purchase of the Apple TV, I'd be surprised if you regret it.  What 
concerns me a little is that there may not be a clear understanding of 
what the Apple
TV is, and some of us can help with that.  Generally, you can pay to get 
some programming and you can get some for free, but there aren't really 
apps as
such.  You will have to select which input you want to be watching on 
your TV, and that isn't always simple on some TV's but can usually be 
mastered.
However, we need to understand better how your system is set up and what 
you already understand so that we don't give you a bunch of useless

information.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 04:09:14 -0500, Gary Wood wrote:

I did buy one.  We tried setting it up the other day, but for some 
reason, I
couldn't get anything on cable.  What's the advantages of the Rasberry 
Pie?
- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Apple TV



The Apple TV is a separate device from your cable system, nothing 
whatever
to do with the cable system, are you thinking of buying one? The Apple 
TV is
a good system, I have one but there are better systems available such 
as the

Raspberry Pi running XMC Media Center.



On 23 Feb 2014, at 1:50 pm, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote:



When someone sets up Apple TV, can he or she still watch the cable
channels normally watched, or can they only watch ones on the Apple TV
system?




**



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Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 

Re: Apple TV

[Gary Schindler]

As a new Apple TV user myself, my biggest complaint is that I haven't found 
out how I can get voiceover to repeat information I may want repeated, say a 
code for subscription access. can this be done?
- Original Message - 
From: Steve Jacobson steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: Apple TV



Gary,

My response last night got stuck so is late, but the Apple TV shouldn't 
affect cable at all, it doesn't generally even use the same connections 
unless you're
using an HDMI cable from your cable box.  Please explain more about your 
setup.


Also, I've had an Apple TV for a year now and am very happy.  There are a 
good number of things you can do with it for free.  For example, you can
search for and watch a lot on YouTube, and there is a radio option that 
has a good number of options as well.  There is a lot that can be watched 
on PBS
as well.  While not free, the $7.99 a month Netflix streaming option let's 
you watch a lot of stuff on your Apple TV without paying for each program. 
If you
have other Apple devices such as an iPhone, there are some things you can 
do to share iTunes music between devices, and you can send your iPhone
output to your Apple TV which is nice if you have your Apple TV connected 
to a stereo.  You will need an Apple ID, but you don't need to pay to get 
that.


While Dane is correct that there are restrictions, the big one being that 
accessing your personal music must be done through iTunes, there are home
sharing options that let you access music from another computer on your 
network that provide some flexibility.  I have found the Netflix interface 
to be
much nicer than accessing it through a computer.  It would be interesting 
to know how Raspberry Pie handles that.  When someone says It's 
accessible
but not out of the box and there are several ways to go as was said about 
Raspberry pie, that sets off alarm bells for me.  Since you have already 
made
the purchase of the Apple TV, I'd be surprised if you regret it.  What 
concerns me a little is that there may not be a clear understanding of 
what the Apple
TV is, and some of us can help with that.  Generally, you can pay to get 
some programming and you can get some for free, but there aren't really 
apps as
such.  You will have to select which input you want to be watching on your 
TV, and that isn't always simple on some TV's but can usually be mastered.
However, we need to understand better how your system is set up and what 
you already understand so that we don't give you a bunch of useless

information.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 04:09:14 -0500, Gary Wood wrote:

I did buy one.  We tried setting it up the other day, but for some reason, 
I
couldn't get anything on cable.  What's the advantages of the Rasberry 
Pie?
- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Apple TV




The Apple TV is a separate device from your cable system, nothing whatever
to do with the cable system, are you thinking of buying one? The Apple TV 
is
a good system, I have one but there are better systems available such as 
the

Raspberry Pi running XMC Media Center.



On 23 Feb 2014, at 1:50 pm, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote:



When someone sets up Apple TV, can he or she still watch the cable
channels normally watched, or can they only watch ones on the Apple TV
system?




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Skype: grtdane12
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Re: Apple TV

[Gary Schindler]

good suggestion.
- Original Message - 
From: Rick Alfaro rick.alf...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Apple TV


This is an issue for codes like that. You can back out of the dialog and 
go back in to have it repeated, but there is no way to review the code by 
itself like character by character. The best you can do is record the 
dialog with your recorder of choice then play it back bit by bit to try to 
understand the code which can be a challenge sometimes as well.




Best Regards,

Rick alfaro

On 2/23/2014 2:15 PM, Gary Schindler wrote:

As a new Apple TV user myself, my biggest complaint is that I haven't
found out how I can get voiceover to repeat information I may want
repeated, say a code for subscription access. can this be done?
- Original Message - From: Steve Jacobson
steve.jacob...@visi.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: Apple TV



Gary,

My response last night got stuck so is late, but the Apple TV
shouldn't affect cable at all, it doesn't generally even use the same
connections unless you're
using an HDMI cable from your cable box.  Please explain more about
your setup.

Also, I've had an Apple TV for a year now and am very happy.  There
are a good number of things you can do with it for free.  For example,
you can
search for and watch a lot on YouTube, and there is a radio option
that has a good number of options as well.  There is a lot that can be
watched on PBS
as well.  While not free, the $7.99 a month Netflix streaming option
let's you watch a lot of stuff on your Apple TV without paying for
each program. If you
have other Apple devices such as an iPhone, there are some things you
can do to share iTunes music between devices, and you can send your
iPhone
output to your Apple TV which is nice if you have your Apple TV
connected to a stereo.  You will need an Apple ID, but you don't need
to pay to get that.

While Dane is correct that there are restrictions, the big one being
that accessing your personal music must be done through iTunes, there
are home
sharing options that let you access music from another computer on
your network that provide some flexibility.  I have found the Netflix
interface to be
much nicer than accessing it through a computer.  It would be
interesting to know how Raspberry Pie handles that.  When someone says
It's accessible
but not out of the box and there are several ways to go as was said
about Raspberry pie, that sets off alarm bells for me.  Since you have
already made
the purchase of the Apple TV, I'd be surprised if you regret it.  What
concerns me a little is that there may not be a clear understanding of
what the Apple
TV is, and some of us can help with that.  Generally, you can pay to
get some programming and you can get some for free, but there aren't
really apps as
such.  You will have to select which input you want to be watching on
your TV, and that isn't always simple on some TV's but can usually be
mastered.
However, we need to understand better how your system is set up and
what you already understand so that we don't give you a bunch of useless
information.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 04:09:14 -0500, Gary Wood wrote:


I did buy one.  We tried setting it up the other day, but for some
reason, I
couldn't get anything on cable.  What's the advantages of the
Rasberry Pie?
- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Apple TV




The Apple TV is a separate device from your cable system, nothing
whatever
to do with the cable system, are you thinking of buying one? The
Apple TV is
a good system, I have one but there are better systems available such
as the
Raspberry Pi running XMC Media Center.



On 23 Feb 2014, at 1:50 pm, Gary Wood k8...@att.net wrote:



When someone sets up Apple TV, can he or she still watch the cable
channels normally watched, or can they only watch ones on the Apple TV
system?




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Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade

[Gary Schindler]

I thought that Humanware used Tunein Radio.
- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade


Okay well that's not too bad then if Humanware are using a provider, I don't 
know what the provider is for Apple's iTunes/Apple TV Radio service, I know 
that Denon and Panasonic use vTunes and Sangean use something called Wifi 
Radio.



On 15 Feb 2014, at 9:34 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote:


hi,
no not flash, and it's also only afiliated with one radio provider. The 
same one as Apple is using.
But there are allot of well known stations like public service stations, 
and even ACB.


Brian


-Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 11:15 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade

So can the Victor Reader Stream handle flash streams like most other 
portable Internet Radio devices can?


If it can then I'll certainly look at buying one.

One thing than can be said about the new Victor Reader Stream is that it 
has a far better speaker than the older model but then again, what 
doesn't!


I'm looking at Daisy players at the moment, the Plextalk Pocket looks a 
very attractive option still even though the processor isn't as good as 
that found in the Stream, dealers tell me that still the firmware is far 
better.


The Milestone is also something I'm considering, Bluetooth connectivity is 
very appealing.



On 12 Feb 2014, at 11:09 am, Andrea Sherry sherr...@wideband.net.au 
wrote:


Some may be interested in the latest upgrade for this device. Using the 
in-built wireless facility users now have the capability of accessing 
on-line radio.

Hopefully current VRS users have received notification of this change.
The upgrade can be installed using the update facility of the VRS or can 
be downloaded from the Humanware site and then installed.

Andrea
--
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from now and make a brand new ending. - Carl Brad





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Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade

[Gary Schindler]

I am glad you cleared this up.

- Original Message - 
From: Kulvinder Singh Bhogal kbhog...@btinternet.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade


Hi there

Just to clear up this business about Tunein radio, the Stream does not use 
it but it does use Ootunes like the Apple products do.


Regards


Kulvinder Singh Bhogal
Twitter: @BhogalKulvinder
SKYPENAME: bobba2006
Tel: +441332 514323
Mob: +447581 483856

From: Howard
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 5:36 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade


howard wolcott

--
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 8:02 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade


Possibly they do and no one has said they aren't.

On 15 Feb 2014, at 11:57 pm, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net wrote:


I thought that Humanware used Tunein Radio.
- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan
grtd...@internode.on.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade


Okay well that's not too bad then if Humanware are using a provider, I
don't know what the provider is for Apple's iTunes/Apple TV Radio
service, I know that Denon and Panasonic use vTunes and Sangean use
something called Wifi Radio.


On 15 Feb 2014, at 9:34 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote:


hi,
no not flash, and it's also only afiliated with one radio provider. The
same one as Apple is using.
But there are allot of well known stations like public service stations,
and even ACB.

Brian


-Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 11:15 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream Upgrade

So can the Victor Reader Stream handle flash streams like most other
portable Internet Radio devices can?

If it can then I'll certainly look at buying one.

hi:
humanware uses ootunes.



One thing than can be said about the new Victor Reader Stream is that it
has a far better speaker than the older model but then again, what
doesn't!

I'm looking at Daisy players at the moment, the Plextalk Pocket looks a
very attractive option still even though the processor isn't as good as
that found in the Stream, dealers tell me that still the firmware is far
better.

The Milestone is also something I'm considering, Bluetooth connectivity
is very appealing.


On 12 Feb 2014, at 11:09 am, Andrea Sherry sherr...@wideband.net.au
wrote:


Some may be interested in the latest upgrade for this device. Using the
in-built wireless facility users now have the capability of accessing
on-line radio.
Hopefully current VRS users have received notification of this change.
The upgrade can be installed using the update facility of the VRS or
can be downloaded from the Humanware site and then installed.
Andrea
--
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start
from now and make a brand new ending. - Carl Brad




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Re: need help with blue yeti pro.

[Gary Schindler]

Do this in the sound card setting of jaws.
- Original Message - 
From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 2:50 PM
Subject: RE: need help with blue yeti pro.


Change the synth in Jaws itself.  I'm not quite sure where to do this but
you should be able to do this depending on which version of Jaws you have.



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Content preview:  it did not but I installed xp drivers now the only thing
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   got to figure out is once I plug in mic how to get xp to turn off
speakers
   so I could moniter everything through the head set that is attached to
the
   mic itself. great mic it's awesome. that - Original Message -
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it did not but I installed xp drivers now the only thing I got to figure out
is once I plug in mic how to get xp to turn off speakers so I could moniter
everything through the head set that is attached to the mic itself. great
mic it's awesome. that - Original Message -
From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 4:40 AM
Subject: RE: need help with blue yeti pro.



Hi

I have the blue yeti not the pro one but I think basically it is the
same thing.

It is supposed to run from the standard windows drivers. Don't know if
it works with windows xp though?



-Original Message-
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angel.adorno1
Sent: 05 December 2013 11:37 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: need help with blue yeti pro.

hello list just got a blue yeti pro for an early christmas gift.
the mic pings 3 times when I plug it in toUSB but pc does not see it.
mic did not come with cd and I am using jfw 12 windows xp service pac
3. this is a great mic it comes on I can here it, but like mentioned
above pc does not see it at all.
skipe, gw connect and spl does not see the mic.
all help would be appreciated.

Re: need help with blue yeti pro.

[Gary Schindler]

yes, you make the Yeti the default sound card and when you unplug it you 
will revert back to the speakers.


- Original Message - 
From: angel.adorno1 angel.ador...@verizon.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: need help with blue yeti pro.


thanks. so I could just tell the sound card to cut off every time I plug 
in the yeti mic?
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From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: need help with blue yeti pro.



Do this in the sound card setting of jaws.
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To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 2:50 PM
Subject: RE: need help with blue yeti pro.


Change the synth in Jaws itself.  I'm not quite sure where to do this but
you should be able to do this depending on which version of Jaws you 
have.




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it did not but I installed xp drivers now the only thing I got to figure 
out
is once I plug in mic how to get xp to turn off speakers so I could 
moniter

everything through the head set that is attached to the mic itself. great
mic it's awesome. that - Original Message -
From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 4:40 AM
Subject: RE: need help with blue yeti pro.



Hi

I have the blue yeti not the pro one but I think basically it is the
same thing.

It is supposed to run from the standard windows drivers. Don't know if
it works with windows xp though?



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
angel.adorno1
Sent: 05 December 2013 11:37 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: need help with blue yeti pro.

hello list just got a blue yeti pro for an early christmas gift.
the mic pings 3 times when I plug it in toUSB but pc does not see it.
mic did not come with cd and I am using jfw 12 windows xp service pac
3. this is a great mic it comes on I can here it, but like mentioned
above pc does not see it at all.
skipe, gw connect and spl does not see the mic.
all help would be appreciated.

Re: need help with blue yeti pro.

[Gary Schindler]

it does.

- Original Message - 
From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 4:40 AM
Subject: RE: need help with blue yeti pro.



Hi

I have the blue yeti not the pro one but I think basically it is the same
thing.

It is supposed to run from the standard windows drivers. Don't know if it
works with windows xp though?



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angel.adorno1
Sent: 05 December 2013 11:37 AM
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Subject: need help with blue yeti pro.

hello list just got a blue yeti pro for an early christmas gift.
the mic pings 3 times when I plug it in toUSB but pc does not see it. mic
did not come with cd and I am using jfw 12 windows xp service pac 3. this 
is
a great mic it comes on I can here it, but like mentioned above pc does 
not

see it at all.
skipe, gw connect and spl does not see the mic.
all help would be appreciated.

Re: Cd duplicators, have any of you used them?

[Gary Schindler]

I have an Addonics which I like a lot. A friend of mine had an Allysis 
machine which did okay too.
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From: Vinny Samarco vin...@hughes.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:31 PM
Subject: Cd duplicators, have any of you used them?



Hi,
   I am considering buying a cd duplicator, but I don't know anything 
about them.  Which kinds are good, accessible with the printer etc.
   I haven'tdecided if I just want to do one at a time, or more than one. 
I just what an idea of price, and  how well they stand up to a good number 
of copies.
   I am making another piano cd, and I am thinking of copying myself, 
instead of asking others to do it for me.

Thanks for your  suggestions.
   Vinny

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Re: AC line filter question

[Gary Schindler]

John, I don't know what you can do. without hearing the noise it would be 
hard to tell. I guess it will be trial and error.
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To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: AC line filter question



Gary,

I'm using a new Allen -Heath Zed 10Fx mixing board with usb interface  and 
my cableing is brand new as well.  My Win 7 I3, 8gb computer is also brand 
new and I'm using Audacity 2.0.3.  In a way I'm glad you don't think that 
it is line noise  interference.   But how do I go about finding the 
problem?  Oh I forgot to mention that I'm using one of two new EV voice 
quality mics and a Kurzwell K2600.  Any suggestions on how I go about 
finding where the problem may be is appreciated.


Thanks,

John
On 9/10/2013 10:14 PM, Gary Schindler wrote:
That doesn't sound like an AC line problem. If you had an AC line problem 
you would hear a 60 or 120 HZ hum. it wouldn't be high pitched.


It may be noisy circuitry in your mixer, coupled with a cabling problem, 
such as poor shielding or an impedance mismatch.



- Original Message - From: John Chilelli j...@neo.rr.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 5:48 PM
Subject: AC line filter question



Hi all,

I am experiencing some sort of high pitch line noise in my recordings. 
I am using an Allen - Heath mixing board with a usb interface into my 
Windows 7 computer using Audacity 2.0.4.  I was told that I should look 
into an AC line adapter, but I'm afraid that the entire electrical 
system for tha room I am using is on one circut, including overhead 
lights and fans.  I wish to be able to get rid of this line noise that 
exists even with the overhead fan off.  Can anyone make a good 
suggestion as to what I should do for this problem?


Thanks,

John

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Re: AC line filter question

[Gary Schindler]

Steve, I thought of a ground loop as you did, but I never heard a high 
pitched one, only a 60 cycle one, that is why I ruled it out. you gave him a 
lot of good suggestions to try.


- Original Message - 
From: Steve Jacobson steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: AC line filter question



John,

Here are a couple of thoughts on this, although Gary may have some better 
ideas.


First, have you been able to establish whether you hear the high-pitched 
sound when recordings are being monitored?  I have seen
it happen where sounds like this are introduced particularly when playing 
back a recording made at a lower sampling rate.


If you can hear the sound while monitoring the mixer through your 
computer, then check each of your inputs by turning all of the
gains down to see if this problem is being introduced by a particular 
input.  Extraneous noise can easily be introduced by a
microphone input if nothing is plugged in but the gain is up for example. 
If you find that a particular input is causing the
problem, then determine if it remains if you disconnect the cable to that 
input.  Knowing which device is causing the problem

might help us come up with ideas.

Make sure your mixer isn't sitting on top of or just underneath another 
device such as a modem or router.


If you find that you still hear the pitch even with all inputs durned 
down, the problem is harder to find.  However, it is still
worth unplugging all cables to the mixer except the USB cable that 
connects it to the computer to see if the sound disappears.  If
it does not, you should look at options that affect the USB  interface to 
your computer.  Even trying another USB input or another
USB cable is worth while.  If disconnecting all cables even with the gain 
turned down removes the problem, reconnect each cable
until you figure out which cable starts the problem.  If a digital device 
is connected to that cable, it is possible that the
analog output of the digital device doesn't have remaining digital signals 
filtered out very well.  Another possibility is that
you have what is called a ground loop.  Ground loops most often cause AC 
hum to be added, but they can cause digitial interference
as well.  They result when a device has two separate ground paths going to 
a computer.  For example, if you had an audio player
connected to computer speakers that are also connected to your computer, a 
ground path will exist from that device to your
speakers and then to your computer.  If that device is also connected to 
the mixer, a second ground path exists from the device,
through the mixer, and then to your computer through the USB cable.  This 
isn't an exact science, though, and it can depend some
on how various devices are designed, and whether your mixer accepts 
digital inputs as well as analog inputs and on and on.  But

you have to narrow down the cause before you can attack it.

Another thing to check is whether you have other devices that might emit 
interference that is getting into your system.  For
example, older computer monitors or televisions can emit interference.  If 
such a device is too close to your equipment, this can
get into your system and result in audible interference when it mixes with 
other digital signals.


Good luck.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:45:44 -0400, John Chilelli wrote:


Gary,



I'm using a new Allen -Heath Zed 10Fx mixing board with usb interface
and my cableing is brand new as well.  My Win 7 I3, 8gb computer is also
brand new and I'm using Audacity 2.0.3.  In a way I'm glad you don't
think that it is line noise  interference.   But how do I go about
finding the problem?  Oh I forgot to mention that I'm using one of two
new EV voice quality mics and a Kurzwell K2600.  Any suggestions on how
I go about finding where the problem may be is appreciated.



Thanks,



John
On 9/10/2013 10:14 PM, Gary Schindler wrote:

That doesn't sound like an AC line problem. If you had an AC line
problem you would hear a 60 or 120 HZ hum. it wouldn't be high pitched.

It may be noisy circuitry in your mixer, coupled with a cabling
problem, such as poor shielding or an impedance mismatch.


- Original Message - From: John Chilelli j...@neo.rr.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 5:48 PM
Subject: AC line filter question



Hi all,

I am experiencing some sort of high pitch line noise in my
recordings.  I am using an Allen - Heath mixing board with a usb
interface into my Windows 7 computer using Audacity 2.0.4.  I was
told that I should look into an AC line adapter, but I'm afraid that
the entire electrical system for tha room I am using is on one
circut, including overhead lights and fans.  I wish to be able to get
rid of this line noise that exists even with the overhead fan off.
Can anyone make a good suggestion as to what I

Re: AC line filter question

[Gary Schindler]

That doesn't sound like an AC line problem. If you had an AC line problem 
you would hear a 60 or 120 HZ hum. it wouldn't be high pitched.


It may be noisy circuitry in your mixer, coupled with a cabling problem, 
such as poor shielding or an impedance mismatch.



- Original Message - 
From: John Chilelli j...@neo.rr.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 5:48 PM
Subject: AC line filter question



Hi all,

I am experiencing some sort of high pitch line noise in my recordings.  I 
am using an Allen - Heath mixing board with a usb interface into my 
Windows 7 computer using Audacity 2.0.4.  I was told that I should look 
into an AC line adapter, but I'm afraid that the entire electrical system 
for tha room I am using is on one circut, including overhead lights and 
fans.  I wish to be able to get rid of this line noise that exists even 
with the overhead fan off.  Can anyone make a good suggestion as to what I 
should do for this problem?


Thanks,

John

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Re: turntables

[Gary Schindler]

I think if you can find a Thomas Picconi or Studebaker turntable, this may 
be your only hope.


you may have to resample the 78 rpm records to listen to them on the 
computer or something.


good luck finding something.

- Original Message - 
From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:05 PM
Subject: turntables


I am wondering whether anyone on list can recommend a turntable which will 
play 78 RPM records. Not crazy about USB because of the problems that some 
folks have had. I have some old 78s saved since childhood which I would 
enjoy playing, so I don't want to sink much money into it. I do have a 
preamp which has the appropriate equalization settings for a magnetic 
cartridge, but I will be lucky to find anything as I am sure that most low 
cost turntables will have ceramic cartridges and probably will be USB.


So I would appreciate ideas.

Don Roberts

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Re: turntables

[Gary Schindler]

I think the Teac 350 had a ceramic cartridge on it. not much for tonal 
quality.


- Original Message - 
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To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: turntables



Those old style cartriges went out with the infamous bsr turntables.
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From: Don Ball donbal...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: turntables


I haven't seen a ceramic cartridge sense the seventys. I think that all 
turn tables have magnetic cartridges now. Most turntables have 78 speed. 
YOu could probably by a cheap one at radio shack. I bought a numark 
turntable that has 78 speed for about $250. I have heard on the email 
lists about portable record players with built in speakers still being 
around.

Look for record players on amazon and see what you find.

- Original Message - 
From: Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:05 PM
Subject: turntables


I am wondering whether anyone on list can recommend a turntable which 
will play 78 RPM records. Not crazy about USB because of the problems 
that some folks have had. I have some old 78s saved since childhood which 
I would enjoy playing, so I don't want to sink much money into it. I do 
have a preamp which has the appropriate equalization settings for a 
magnetic cartridge, but I will be lucky to find anything as I am sure 
that most low cost turntables will have ceramic cartridges and probably 
will be USB.


So I would appreciate ideas.

Don Roberts

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Re: pop filter for blue yeti usb microphone

[Gary Schindler]

I don't think you need one.
- Original Message - 
From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za

To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 4:03 AM
Subject: pop filter for blue yeti usb microphone



Hi all



I have just ordered a blue yeti usb microphone which I will be using for
home recording which might include all kinds of things like singing with
backing tracks, some podcasting, etc.



My question is now whether I should invest in a pop filter for the yeti or
not?  The pop filter seems to be quite expensive.



Also, according to some youtube videos it seems as if the pop filter made 
by

Blue does not fit properly on the yeti specifically.  Is there a separate
pop filter for the yeti then?



Andre





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Re: A Favour

[Gary Schindler]

Steve, we are talking about the same tuner, and I won't pay the price 
either.


I guess I will have to save my money and buy a stereo receiver equipped with 
HD tuning.


unless you buy a portable hd radio you really can't get an entry level radio 
any more. Boston acoustics and Accurion quit making HD radios. I don't think 
Crossly ever made one even though there was talk about one possibly in the 
works.


As to comment on one of Dane's earlier posts, the CC radios are not worth 
the price they are asking for them. If the GE/RCA super radios are still 
being made, they are a better value because they pick up about the same and 
the cabinet has much better sound to me at about half the price. the tuning 
can be touchy but I can live with that.


- Original Message - 
From: Steve Jacobson steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: A Favour



Gary,

You are correct, it is a Coby Tuner.  Besides the antenna connection, the 
unit received had a power supply that generated so much AM interference 
that it was difficult to get an HD signal.  I found another
power supply to substitute and the problem was gone completely.  The tuner 
itself is pretty good, though, and I am very happy with the audio 
performance.


I also have a Teac HD radio that does have a 75 ohm connector, and it has 
a line out jack as well.  I am thinking that it might be worth trying to 
pick another of those up and use it as a tuner.  I am certain that
we are discussing the same Sony tuner.  I would be willing to pay 
something above list to get one, but not three times the list from a 
questionable seller.  I should look around more, though.


Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On 25/07/2013, at 11:55 AM, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net wrote:

Steve, usually the CBS and Clear channel stations have good CD quality 
audio on HD 1 and 2 here in Pittsburgh. On KDKA HD 3 you get the CBs 
Radio Sports programming which doesn't sound any better

than FM programming. I would guess that WCCO probably has the same setup.


There is another local broadcast company called Steel City Media that 
broadcast on all 4 hd channels in Stereo. all of them sound like hd 
quality but the fourth channel is much weaker on both stations, so if

we have windy days you have a lot of drop outs.



I concur with you, A M HD isn't good at all. during the day KDKA A M was 
decent, but at night, the signal wasn't strong enough to hold it locked 
in. WTAE was weak enough that it is impossible to listen to it

in the day time too.


Since the a m uses the ajacent channels you can forget night time DX 
listening.


I think you have a Coby from what you are describing, and I was tempted 
to buy one but never did. Try looking for a Sony HD-100 tuner. that 
should have a 75 ohm F connector that you want. I guess you

will have to find it on EBay.


I have a couple of Radiosoppy tabletop hd radios that you take the whip 
antenna off the back of the radio and there is the F connector for a 
rooftop antenna. they don't make the sets any more, so EBay

might be the place to find them too.


any more you have to get hd tuners incorporated in to stereo receivers 
like Pioneer, Demon or something like that.
- Original Message - From: Steve Jacobson 
steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: A Favour



Dane,

I do have an inexpensive HD Tuner and a couple of HD radios and could 
provide an example.  However, I am not sure what such a
sample will tell you.  HD Radio in the United States is so variable in 
its quality.  For example, on FM, the HD programming can be
divided into multiple programs and the bandwidth that is allocated to 
each program can vary.  One of the Christian stations here
in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, has four HD channels.  One of our 
public stations has three HD channels but one is the BBC and
they allocate very little bandwidth to it so it sounds a little like a 
lower bit-rate MP3.  Some radio stations seem pretty good
about not compressing the HD program while others seem to feed pretty 
much the same signal to the HD program as to the main analog
program so the difference is just less noise.  .  From what I have 
read, DAB is clearly a superior system, but it uses an

additional frequency band that broadcasters here did not want to risk.

In my opinion, HD on AM radio here is not very good.  A good HD signal 
on AM sounds very nice, almost as good as an analog FM
signal, but the AM signal has to be so good that the analog signal 
would sound pretty good if it was not restricted in bandwidth
because of the HD signal.  I bought a Carver tuner that was capable of 
receiving AM Stereo back in the 1980's here, and the sound
quality was pretty good.  HD AM radio sounds better, but it takes so 
little to disrupt it that it doesn't seem all that practicle.


Another

Re: A Favour

[Gary Schindler]

I'll check it out.

- Original Message - 
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: A Favour


Someone asked me privately what Yamaha in the U.S. has to offer in this 
regard and I have to admit to being curious myself given that I've written 
about my new Yamaha TD500 tuner, perhaps Yamaha have something like a 
Thd500 tuner in the states? If its anything like the TD500 I have then it 
would certainly be worth the look.



On 28/07/2013, at 3:36 AM, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net wrote:

Steve, we are talking about the same tuner, and I won't pay the price 
either.


I guess I will have to save my money and buy a stereo receiver equipped 
with HD tuning.


unless you buy a portable hd radio you really can't get an entry level 
radio any more. Boston acoustics and Accurion quit making HD radios. I 
don't think Crossly ever made one even though there was talk about one 
possibly in the works.


As to comment on one of Dane's earlier posts, the CC radios are not worth 
the price they are asking for them. If the GE/RCA super radios are still 
being made, they are a better value because they pick up about the same 
and the cabinet has much better sound to me at about half the price. the 
tuning can be touchy but I can live with that.


- Original Message - From: Steve Jacobson 
steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: A Favour



Gary,

You are correct, it is a Coby Tuner.  Besides the antenna connection, 
the unit received had a power supply that generated so much AM 
interference that it was difficult to get an HD signal.  I found another
power supply to substitute and the problem was gone completely.  The 
tuner itself is pretty good, though, and I am very happy with the audio 
performance.


I also have a Teac HD radio that does have a 75 ohm connector, and it 
has a line out jack as well.  I am thinking that it might be worth 
trying to pick another of those up and use it as a tuner.  I am certain 
that
we are discussing the same Sony tuner.  I would be willing to pay 
something above list to get one, but not three times the list from a 
questionable seller.  I should look around more, though.


Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On 25/07/2013, at 11:55 AM, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net 
wrote:


Steve, usually the CBS and Clear channel stations have good CD quality 
audio on HD 1 and 2 here in Pittsburgh. On KDKA HD 3 you get the CBs 
Radio Sports programming which doesn't sound any better
than FM programming. I would guess that WCCO probably has the same 
setup.


There is another local broadcast company called Steel City Media that 
broadcast on all 4 hd channels in Stereo. all of them sound like hd 
quality but the fourth channel is much weaker on both stations, so if

we have windy days you have a lot of drop outs.



I concur with you, A M HD isn't good at all. during the day KDKA A M 
was decent, but at night, the signal wasn't strong enough to hold it 
locked in. WTAE was weak enough that it is impossible to listen to it

in the day time too.


Since the a m uses the ajacent channels you can forget night time DX 
listening.


I think you have a Coby from what you are describing, and I was 
tempted to buy one but never did. Try looking for a Sony HD-100 tuner. 
that should have a 75 ohm F connector that you want. I guess you

will have to find it on EBay.


I have a couple of Radiosoppy tabletop hd radios that you take the 
whip antenna off the back of the radio and there is the F connector 
for a rooftop antenna. they don't make the sets any more, so EBay

might be the place to find them too.


any more you have to get hd tuners incorporated in to stereo receivers 
like Pioneer, Demon or something like that.
- Original Message - From: Steve Jacobson 
steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: A Favour



Dane,

I do have an inexpensive HD Tuner and a couple of HD radios and could 
provide an example.  However, I am not sure what such a
sample will tell you.  HD Radio in the United States is so variable 
in its quality.  For example, on FM, the HD programming can be
divided into multiple programs and the bandwidth that is allocated to 
each program can vary.  One of the Christian stations here
in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, has four HD channels.  One of our 
public stations has three HD channels but one is the BBC and
they allocate very little bandwidth to it so it sounds a little like 
a lower bit-rate MP3.  Some radio stations seem pretty good
about not compressing the HD program while others seem to feed pretty 
much the same signal to the HD program as to the main analog
program so the difference is just less noise.  .  From what I have 
read, DAB is clearly a superior system

Re: Sangean WFR-28 Internet Radio Again

[Gary Schindler]

How do you obtain the access code so you can set up the presets for your 
radio on the website. this sounds like a radio with many possibilities.


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To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 6:28 PM
Subject: Sangean WFR-28 Internet Radio Again



Hi!

1 thing I forgot to mention, this radio comes with a CD ROM containing 
accessible versions of the owners manual, I found this to be of great 
help.



**

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Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
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Re: Sangean WFR-28 Internet Radio Again

[Gary Schindler]

Thanks a lot.


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From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Sangean WFR-28 Internet Radio Again


You may need sighted assistance for this, you go into the Help menu of the 
radio and obtain the access code from there.


I initially thought that the Access code might be the Mac address of the 
radio which can be gotten from your Rooter but this didn't work.


The access code is 7 characters long.

If I find another way of getting the code then I'll let the list know.


On 28/07/2013, at 9:31 AM, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net wrote:

How do you obtain the access code so you can set up the presets for your 
radio on the website. this sounds like a radio with many possibilities.


- Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan 
grtd...@internode.on.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 6:28 PM
Subject: Sangean WFR-28 Internet Radio Again



Hi!

1 thing I forgot to mention, this radio comes with a CD ROM containing 
accessible versions of the owners manual, I found this to be of great 
help.



**

Dane Trethowan
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
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Re: A Favour

[Gary Schindler]

they don't make it any more. it used to retail for $159.00 or so.

I came to the conclusion that HD radio isn't making the big splash that the 
broadcasters had hoped that it would in the states.


When I went to buy the HD-100 tuner it was sold out and discontinued.
- Original Message - 
From: hank smith, and seeing-eye dog iona hanksm...@hanksmith.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: A Favour


all I am finding is a  tuner for cars are u sure the sony hd is the 
correct model number?

also what was the model of the coby one as well?
Hank
On 7/24/2013 9:10 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hmm, and I thought our DAB+ system was bad at times smile.

I'm very sorry to hear that you seem to have a lack of choice when it 
comes to tuners etc.


I'm outside the DAB+ receiving area of Melbourne in theory and I can 
still receive DAB+ on all my sets here though the Yamaha Tuner I wrote 
about last week handles DAB+ signals better than any other DAB+ capable 
device I have here and I have around a dozen of those.


Someone told me that Sony made a very Hot HD tuner and perhaps this is 
the one you refer to in your message below?


If they're still available then they're worth grabbing, not so much for 
the HD content but they're very good for DXing work.



On 25/07/2013, at 11:55 AM, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net wrote:

Steve, usually the CBS and Clear channel stations have good CD quality 
audio on HD 1 and 2 here in Pittsburgh. On KDKA HD 3 you get the CBs 
Radio Sports programming which doesn't sound any better than FM 
programming. I would guess that WCCO probably has the same setup.


There is another local broadcast company called Steel City Media that 
broadcast on all 4 hd channels in Stereo. all of them sound like hd 
quality but the fourth channel is much weaker on both stations, so if we 
have windy days you have a lot of drop outs.



I concur with you, A M HD isn't good at all. during the day KDKA A M was 
decent, but at night, the signal wasn't strong enough to hold it locked 
in. WTAE was weak enough that it is impossible to listen to it in the 
day time too.


Since the a m uses the ajacent channels you can forget night time DX 
listening.


I think you have a Coby from what you are describing, and I was tempted 
to buy one but never did. Try looking for a Sony HD-100 tuner. that 
should have a 75 ohm F connector that you want. I guess you will have to 
find it on EBay.


I have a couple of Radiosoppy tabletop hd radios that you take the whip 
antenna off the back of the radio and there is the F connector for a 
rooftop antenna. they don't make the sets any more, so EBay might be the 
place to find them too.


any more you have to get hd tuners incorporated in to stereo receivers 
like Pioneer, Demon or something like that.
- Original Message - From: Steve Jacobson 
steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: A Favour



Dane,

I do have an inexpensive HD Tuner and a couple of HD radios and could 
provide an example.  However, I am not sure what such a
sample will tell you.  HD Radio in the United States is so variable in 
its quality.  For example, on FM, the HD programming can be
divided into multiple programs and the bandwidth that is allocated to 
each program can vary.  One of the Christian stations here
in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, has four HD channels.  One of our 
public stations has three HD channels but one is the BBC and
they allocate very little bandwidth to it so it sounds a little like a 
lower bit-rate MP3.  Some radio stations seem pretty good
about not compressing the HD program while others seem to feed pretty 
much the same signal to the HD program as to the main analog
program so the difference is just less noise.  .  From what I have 
read, DAB is clearly a superior system, but it uses an

additional frequency band that broadcasters here did not want to risk.

In my opinion, HD on AM radio here is not very good.  A good HD signal 
on AM sounds very nice, almost as good as an analog FM
signal, but the AM signal has to be so good that the analog signal 
would sound pretty good if it was not restricted in bandwidth
because of the HD signal.  I bought a Carver tuner that was capable of 
receiving AM Stereo back in the 1980's here, and the sound
quality was pretty good.  HD AM radio sounds better, but it takes so 
little to disrupt it that it doesn't seem all that practicle.


Another frustration of mine is that I can't find a good HD Tuner any 
more. I bought one from Amazon that listed for $99 but is
now sold for $35 and it isn't bad, but it has a permanently connected 
wire antenna for FM with no obvious place to connect a
ground.  My system is in a basement and I have an outdoor FM antenna, 
but there is no simple way to connect a 75-ohm coxial cable
to it.  The HD table radios I have all have

Re: A Favour

[Gary Schindler]

Steve, usually the CBS and Clear channel stations have good CD quality audio 
on HD 1 and 2 here in Pittsburgh. On KDKA HD 3 you get the CBs Radio Sports 
programming which doesn't sound any better than FM programming. I would 
guess that WCCO probably has the same setup.


There is another local broadcast company called Steel City Media that 
broadcast on all 4 hd channels in Stereo. all of them sound like hd quality 
but the fourth channel is much weaker on both stations, so if we have windy 
days you have a lot of drop outs.



I concur with you, A M HD isn't good at all. during the day KDKA A M was 
decent, but at night, the signal wasn't strong enough to hold it locked in. 
WTAE was weak enough that it is impossible to listen to it in the day time 
too.


Since the a m uses the ajacent channels you can forget night time DX 
listening.


I think you have a Coby from what you are describing, and I was tempted to 
buy one but never did. Try looking for a Sony HD-100 tuner. that should have 
a 75 ohm F connector that you want. I guess you will have to find it on 
EBay.


I have a couple of Radiosoppy tabletop hd radios that you take the whip 
antenna off the back of the radio and there is the F connector for a rooftop 
antenna. they don't make the sets any more, so EBay might be the place to 
find them too.


any more you have to get hd tuners incorporated in to stereo receivers like 
Pioneer, Demon or something like that.
- Original Message - 
From: Steve Jacobson steve.jacob...@visi.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: A Favour



Dane,

I do have an inexpensive HD Tuner and a couple of HD radios and could 
provide an example.  However, I am not sure what such a
sample will tell you.  HD Radio in the United States is so variable in its 
quality.  For example, on FM, the HD programming can be
divided into multiple programs and the bandwidth that is allocated to each 
program can vary.  One of the Christian stations here
in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, has four HD channels.  One of our 
public stations has three HD channels but one is the BBC and
they allocate very little bandwidth to it so it sounds a little like a 
lower bit-rate MP3.  Some radio stations seem pretty good
about not compressing the HD program while others seem to feed pretty much 
the same signal to the HD program as to the main analog
program so the difference is just less noise.  .  From what I have read, 
DAB is clearly a superior system, but it uses an

additional frequency band that broadcasters here did not want to risk.

In my opinion, HD on AM radio here is not very good.  A good HD signal on 
AM sounds very nice, almost as good as an analog FM
signal, but the AM signal has to be so good that the analog signal would 
sound pretty good if it was not restricted in bandwidth
because of the HD signal.  I bought a Carver tuner that was capable of 
receiving AM Stereo back in the 1980's here, and the sound
quality was pretty good.  HD AM radio sounds better, but it takes so 
little to disrupt it that it doesn't seem all that practicle.


Another frustration of mine is that I can't find a good HD Tuner any more. 
I bought one from Amazon that listed for $99 but is
now sold for $35 and it isn't bad, but it has a permanently connected wire 
antenna for FM with no obvious place to connect a
ground.  My system is in a basement and I have an outdoor FM antenna, but 
there is no simple way to connect a 75-ohm coxial cable
to it.  The HD table radios I have all have coxial cable connections so I 
never thought to check if the tuner had a 75-ohm
connection.  The wire antenna would be adequate above ground level.  I 
have some electronic knowledge so I've experimented with
making a connection to the 75-ohm cable available in the basement, but the 
connection is not very efficient.  I saw a Sony tuner
available used but it was at three or four times the original price, and 
there were some bad reviews associated with the seller.



Finally, here in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, apparently HD is not a part 
of many of our stations' backup transmitters.  A number
of our bigger stations are on a couple of tall transmission towers, and 
when they do maintenance on the towers, the analog signal
is transmitted from a backup site but no HD.  This has been a somewhat 
common occurrence this summer for some reason.


Even with all this, I like HD because the sound can be good, and it opens 
up the potential for additional programming on our FM

bands.

After reading all of this, let me know what sort of samples you might like 
or if you would simply like a good and a poor example.


Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:48:52 +1000, Dane Trethowan wrote:


Hi!


Does anyone out there have a HD Tuner? I'm looking for some samples of HD 
radio so if someone could provide then I'd be most

appreciative.


I can return the favour perhaps by providing some 

Re: Just broken my mains cable for my MINI disk, Sony MZ-R900 Where can I purchase a new one

[Gary Schindler]

try http://www.minidisc.org and see what you can find.

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Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 6:14 AM
Subject: Just broken my mains cable for my MINI disk,Sony MZ-R900 Where can 
I purchase a new one




Hi folks.
Just broken my mains cable for my MINI disk, Sony MZ-R900/L  Portable Mini
Disc A-C adapter.
Where can I purchase a new one, look on eBay but No luck.
Thanks.
Barrie.


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Re: small jambox help

[Gary Schindler]

Don, try to hold both volume buttons at the same time while powering up the 
Jambox at the same time. I think that might fix your problem.


- Original Message - 
From: hank smith, and seeing-eye dog iona hanksm...@hanksmith.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 11:41 PM
Subject: small jambox help



On 1/14/2013 2:50 PM, Donald L. Roberts wrote:
I really enjoy using my small Jambox.  Recently, I inadvertently let the 
battery completely discharge.  Now it won't give the usual turn-on 
message jambox ready.  I did get it to say jambox is in pairing mode. 
Once I got it to say the battery status.  What is the likelihood that 
reinstalling the software from the web site will resolve this issue?  It 
is no longer under warranty. Fortunately, it plays both through blue 
tooth and via the stereo jack just fine.


Don Roberts

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Hello can I get a audio tutorial on the small jambox?
I can't figure out what is what as far as how to turn it on off I figured 
out how to pair it and I think I figured outr the volume bottuns but a 
audio user guide or something would be helpfull/ this is the small jambox 
can some one give me a hand?

Hank


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Re: converting itunes m4v files to mp3

[Gary Schindler]

Would it be sacrilege to say I don't care for switch, and say Goldewave and 
ITunes will do the conversion quite nicely?
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From: Blackwell, Clifford cblackw...@cityofmadison.com

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 10:09 AM
Subject: RE: converting itunes m4v files to mp3


In addition to Switch as another poser indicated, Format Factory should 
also.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of tim 
cumings

Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 5:12 AM
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Subject: converting itunes m4v files to mp3


What program can i use to convert itunes m4v files i have purchased to mp3 
files?

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Re: converting itunes m4v files to mp3

[Gary Schindler]

I got M4A files to open in Goldwave without any trouble. they are converted 
to wav and then you convert to MP3. it is clunky but it works. In ITunes you 
convert using the same method converting wave or Mp3 files through the 
import settings.


- Original Message - 
From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: converting itunes m4v files to mp3


So how do I do this in iTunes? And also GoldWave can't do anything with 
M4V files, or at least it's not listed in the files it supports. I checked 
out Media Foundation but only M4A, Mp4 and 3Gp can be dealth with. In 
iTunes all conversion options are unavailable.



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On 29/03/2013 14:34, Gary Schindler wrote:

Would it be sacrilege to say I don't care for switch, and say Goldewave
and ITunes will do the conversion quite nicely?
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cblackw...@cityofmadison.com
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 10:09 AM
Subject: RE: converting itunes m4v files to mp3



In addition to Switch as another poser indicated, Format Factory
should also.

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of tim
cumings
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 5:12 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: converting itunes m4v files to mp3


What program can i use to convert itunes m4v files i have purchased to
mp3 files?
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Re: converting itunes m4v files to mp3

[Gary Schindler]

Try DVD Video soft and see if this will work for you.
- Original Message - 
From: tim cumings thcumi...@comcast.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: converting itunes m4v files to mp3


i tried it with goldwave and i got the message that it could not open the 
file, i assume because it has the drm on it.


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From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: converting itunes m4v files to mp3


Would it be sacrilege to say I don't care for switch, and say Goldewave 
and ITunes will do the conversion quite nicely?
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From: Blackwell, Clifford cblackw...@cityofmadison.com

To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 10:09 AM
Subject: RE: converting itunes m4v files to mp3


In addition to Switch as another poser indicated, Format Factory should 
also.


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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of tim 
cumings

Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 5:12 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: converting itunes m4v files to mp3


What program can i use to convert itunes m4v files i have purchased to 
mp3 files?

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Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds

[Gary Schindler]

I don't see what OS you are running either. that would help me to help you!

- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds


I also should add here that I'm running Jaws 14, if this helps as I failed
to give this information before!
Tom Kaufman
- Original Message - 
From: Rebecca jackson rebeccajacks...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds


To see if you have the windows sound scheme selected go to control
panel and find sounds and audio devices. Go to the sounds page and
there is a combo box where you can select the different sound schemes
for your computer. It should say windows default. If it doesn’t, just
press the up or down arrows until it does. Then tab until you find the
apply button and the okay button. Hope this helps.

On 2/24/13, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote:
Sorry, but afraid I need a little more info than this, please?  I don't 
know


much about this area of the computer!
Tom Kaufman
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From: Isaac Brofman bigikemu...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds



just reselect the sound scheme
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From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net
To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 12:22 PM
Subject: Have Lost Windows Sounds


Hello listers:  I seem to have lost my Windows sounds; am running 
Windows


XP (home edition) think my sound card is an Audigy 2.  I no longer have
the sounds I used to hear when the computer starts up or shuts down; no
longer hear the little sounder for Outlook Express when new email comes
in; no longer hear the little sound when I want to delete a message (I
usually use shift-delete to bypass the deleted items folder (it used 
to


make a sound as the dialog popped up, asking me if I was sure I wanted 
to


delete these messages!  So as you can guess, my question is: how do I 
get


these sounds back?  Appreciate the help and info in advance!
Tom Kaufman
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Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds

[Gary Schindler]

Tom, Rebecca gave you the right information, I see your operating system way 
down the end of the thread.


- Original Message - 
From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds


I don't see what OS you are running either. that would help me to help you!

- Original Message - 
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds


I also should add here that I'm running Jaws 14, if this helps as I failed
to give this information before!
Tom Kaufman
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From: Rebecca jackson rebeccajacks...@gmail.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds


To see if you have the windows sound scheme selected go to control
panel and find sounds and audio devices. Go to the sounds page and
there is a combo box where you can select the different sound schemes
for your computer. It should say windows default. If it doesn’t, just
press the up or down arrows until it does. Then tab until you find the
apply button and the okay button. Hope this helps.

On 2/24/13, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote:
Sorry, but afraid I need a little more info than this, please?  I don't 
know


much about this area of the computer!
Tom Kaufman
- Original Message -
From: Isaac Brofman bigikemu...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds



just reselect the sound scheme
- Original Message -
From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net
To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 12:22 PM
Subject: Have Lost Windows Sounds


Hello listers:  I seem to have lost my Windows sounds; am running 
Windows


XP (home edition) think my sound card is an Audigy 2.  I no longer have
the sounds I used to hear when the computer starts up or shuts down; no
longer hear the little sounder for Outlook Express when new email comes
in; no longer hear the little sound when I want to delete a message (I
usually use shift-delete to bypass the deleted items folder (it used 
to


make a sound as the dialog popped up, asking me if I was sure I wanted 
to


delete these messages!  So as you can guess, my question is: how do I 
get


these sounds back?  Appreciate the help and info in advance!
Tom Kaufman
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Re: Iris Webradio

[Gary Schindler]

from what I understand, if you want to put in your secure password, you 
don't get any feedback on what letters and numbers when you adjust the knob 
to enter it in it also seems you can't get hold of anyone via phone to order 
the radio. it does sound nice though..
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To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 8:47 PM
Subject: Iris Webradio



Hi All,



I'm considering ordering the wifi  Iris Webradio from Solutions Radio.



Interested in learning of anyone's experience of this device. Happy if you
write to me off list.



On first read, it seems to be the solution for anyone who can't see the
stations on the display.



Regards,

Stephen Jolley

Melbourne Australia

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Re: Pairing Boes soundlink with Iphone 4-s

[Gary Schindler]

Okay Dave, we will do that!
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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: Pairing Boes soundlink with Iphone 4-s


Sounds like you pretty much have an idea what you're doing so I probably 
don't have too much to add except be sure the Bose is in discoverable mode 
when the pairing attempt is made (push down the pairing switch before you 
try to pair them).
If that doesn't work reboot the phone and turn the bose off and then on. 
Once done try  it  again.


On Feb 10, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net 
wrote:


Hi Dave, the phone is searching for the device but can't find it. it 
happens with two phones, so I am thinking it has to be something with the 
phones themselves.


- Original Message - From: David McLean david.mcl...@cox.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Pairing Boes soundlink with Iphone 4-s


I don't have an iPhone but I do have a Soundlink and it has paired with 
everything I've attempted so far.
Does it come back with a message that someone can read to you (assuming 
you can't see it of course)?

I assume you have the Bose less than 30 feet away from your iPhone?
We'd need to know whether you're having a problem pairing or finding the 
device.

Once we find that out we will have a better idea how to proceed.
On Feb 10, 2013, at 7:40 PM, Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net 
wrote:


Does anyone on the list own a Bose Soundlink Bluetooth speaker? if so 
have you paired it with an Iphone 4-s? My step daughter can pair the 
speaker with her Ipad four, gut not with the Iphone 4-s. this seems 
kind of strange to me because both products are made by Apple, and the 
A2Dp protocol is used.

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