Spotify radio player to hook up to home stereo receiver
Hello. Are there any hardware players that can play my choice of Spotify radio channel and can connected via stereo RCA to home stereo receivers? Pl note I do not want a Spotify enabled boom box with its own speakers, instead as my question states, a player enabled wit Spotify that can be connected to a home stereo receiver via stereo RCA jacks. thx Prateek To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Olympus LS-100 Recorder
There has been some discussion on this list about the Olympus LS-100 multi-track recorder with spoken menus. I know it has had some firmware upgrades since its release, but an old review by a user on the Musicians Friend web site has some serious criticisms of the unit. The two that If ound most problematic are quoted below. Are these still problems? I am considering buying the recorder and would like some feedback. No way to pause playback. You need to think about this...imagine an analog reel to reel tape recorder, now imagine that every time you press "stop" when the machine is playing or recording, the transport instantly rewinds to the beginning of the tape...that's what happens with the LS-100! So, let's say you are trying to come up with a part for the 2nd chorus of a song...say 1:50 seconds into a song (like I was), when you are done and want to hear it, you only option is to press STOP (it instantly stops and resets to zero) then press PLAY, then hold down the Fast Forward key to advance to 1:45 seconds...and that's just to hear it once. If you don't like what you hear, you press "STOP". "RECORD" to arm the track, "PLAY", "FF" to advance to the 2nd chorus, "RECORD" to begin recording again, and then "STOP" and repeat the 1st process to hear it, every time having to press "PLAY" and then holding down the FF key for 10 seconds or so to advance to 1:45 on your song. It becomes very tedious to say the least. You can't pause record either but I'm not sure why you would want to (at least in MTR mode). You can't alter, add to, or partially erase tracks in any way once they've been recorded. You either accept them or erase them entirely. -- Rich De Steno To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: the tiny tunes player
Glad you agree with me and although I won't take up on any of your Mp3 players, judging by the Tech Talk presentation you did months ago they all sound good and you certainly help those who just need a basic Mp3 player that talks. No gimmiks, no middle men, no unrealistic claims, brilliant job and keep up the good work. Christopher Hallsworth On 18/12/2012 22:53, Laz Mesa wrote: I tried to warn folks about this player months ago by responding to any emails that I saw regarding this con. There were many exaggerations and misrepresentations in these emails and even on their site itself. IN fact, if you go to their site today, you'll see that they claim 70 hours of battery life! i think most of us know that this is a wild exaggeration to say the least. they also still claim that it's the only MP3 player which you don't have to look at the screen to use, it's the first MP3 player that talks, etc. I feel sorry for all of those who fell for this con job. All I can say is that I tried to shed some light on it months ago. I'm not even going to try to promote my own Talking MP3 Players in this message, just that i feel very sorry for those who got ripped off. Happy holidays everyone! Laz From: Chris H To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: the tiny tunes player Message-ID: <50d05f44.4050...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Oh what a con this sounds like! I really hate it when companies do this, market a product that's claimed to be the first of its kind, only to be let down by stupid gimmiks and worst of all no way to get a refund. How disgusting! Think I will stick with my iPhone and Pc/Mac for playing music. Christopher Hallsworth To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
