Re: Stereo AM
Okay fine and I appreciate you looking this up in Wikipedia however not everything on Wikipedia is accurate, I know someone else who is well informed on this topic and - whilst I'm not disputing the standard used at all - I'm curious to know where Motorolla comes into the picture in Australia, I'll contribute what I find out to the list. On 6 Apr 2014, at 1:20 pm, Barry Chapman wrote: > Hi Dane, > > From Wikipedia: > > C-QUAM is the method of AM stereo broadcasting used in Canada, the United > States and most other countries. It was invented in 1977 > by Norman Parker, Francis Hilbert and Yoshio Sakaie, and published in an IEEE > journal. > > Using circuitry developed by Motorola, C-QUAM uses quadrature amplitude > modulation (QAM) to encode the stereo separation signal. > > Barry Chapman > > - Original Message - > From: "Dane Trethowan" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: Stereo AM > > > Now a question for you, is this the Motoroller standard? If so then yes, > that's the main one used in Australia. > > > On 6 Apr 2014, at 12:41 pm, Barry Chapman wrote: > >> Yes, Australia used the C-QUAM standard for AM stereo. >> >> Barry Chapman >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Gary Schindler" >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 11:52 AM >> Subject: Re: Stereo AM >> >> >> 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" >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >> 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 . >> >> 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 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 cou
Re: Stereo AM
Hi Dane, >From Wikipedia: C-QUAM is the method of AM stereo broadcasting used in Canada, the United States and most other countries. It was invented in 1977 by Norman Parker, Francis Hilbert and Yoshio Sakaie, and published in an IEEE journal. Using circuitry developed by Motorola, C-QUAM uses quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) to encode the stereo separation signal. Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 12:46 PM Subject: Re: Stereo AM Now a question for you, is this the Motoroller standard? If so then yes, that's the main one used in Australia. On 6 Apr 2014, at 12:41 pm, Barry Chapman wrote: > Yes, Australia used the C-QUAM standard for AM stereo. > > Barry Chapman > > - Original Message - > From: "Gary Schindler" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: Stereo AM > > > 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" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > 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 . > > 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 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
Re: Stereo AM
Now a question for you, is this the Motoroller standard? If so then yes, that's the main one used in Australia. On 6 Apr 2014, at 12:41 pm, Barry Chapman wrote: > Yes, Australia used the C-QUAM standard for AM stereo. > > Barry Chapman > > - Original Message - > From: "Gary Schindler" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: Stereo AM > > > 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" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > 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 . > > 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 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" >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM >>> Subject: Stereo AM >> >> >>> Back to the glory days of radio . >> >>> Actually we do have one radio station in Australia to my knowledg
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That wasn't always the case, there was a battle in court at some point there over what method was to be used, Sony was one of those company's that was absolutely sick and tired of the whole "Method" argument so they made their own systems whereby the user could either "Switch" methods depending on the one used or - in later models - the set would detect the method automatically. For a while in Australia the ABC was using the Haris method. On 6 Apr 2014, at 12:41 pm, Barry Chapman wrote: > Yes, Australia used the C-QUAM standard for AM stereo. > > Barry Chapman > > - Original Message - > From: "Gary Schindler" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: Stereo AM > > > 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" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > 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 . > > 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 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
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Yes, Australia used the C-QUAM standard for AM stereo. Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: "Gary Schindler" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Stereo AM 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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 . 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 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" >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM >> Subject: Stereo AM > > >> Back to the glory days of radio . > >> 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. >> > > >> ** > >> Dane Trethowa
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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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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 . 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 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM Subject: Stereo AM Back to the glory days of radio . 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. ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax
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 . 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 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" >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM >> Subject: Stereo AM > > >> Back to the glory days of radio . > >> 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. >> > > >> ** > >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > > > > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: RF headset
I wasn't specifically referring to Bluetooth headsets here, the devices I spoke of don't use Bluetooth and I can walk from one end of the house to the other using these headsets. I'm not sure about the Plantronics but the Logitech uses part of the 2.4GHZ band and no! I've not seen any interference on my Wi-Fi Network though then again I'm not at all surprised, the Asus RTN-56U router I'm now using is the most robust Wi-Fi router I've ever had the pleasure of using. On 6 Apr 2014, at 4:15 am, Steve Jacobson wrote: > Dane, > > Are these actual RF or Bluetooth? I know that technically Bluetooth is RF, > but I looked for some of the older type of RF headphones a year or so ago > that have greater range than Bluetooth or similar types and > found it is getting harder to tell what one is getting when one reads the > package. I bought some from Radio Shack, for example, that did not mention > Bluetooth at all, and perhaps they didn't actually use that > protocol, but the range was only the range of Bluetooth. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 18:40:51 +1100, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Okay so what's the headset going to be used for, are you using it with a >> computer and something like Skype or will you be using it with a radio or >> something else. > >> If looking for a Wireless Headset for your computer then the Logitech H600 >> is worth a look, their's a nice Plantronics model which I have but can't >> remember the name of it. > >> both headsets are different, the Plantronics is a closed back type whilst >> the Logitech is an open backed type, both go over the head and ears. > > >> On 5 Apr 2014, at 1:59 pm, John Chilelli wrote: > >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I need a decent but smallish, lightweight, over the ear RF headset for my >>> reading. >>> >>> Has anyone had any experience with this headset? >>> >>> Anyone have any good recommendations under $100.00? >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS120-Wireless-Headphones-Charging/dp/B0001FTVEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396665015&sr=8-1&keywords=sennheiser+head+phones >>> >>> Sorry, for some reason the link got broken. It's on Amazon for like $87.00 >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> John Chilelli >>> > > >> ** > >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: CD Data And Information
Well, other than Winamp, the only other ripper I tried was CDex. I've heard that it uses Gracenotes as Winamp does, but it didn't tag up my files as well as Winamp did. Evan - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 4:42 PM Subject: RE: CD Data And Information Hello Evan and list: So are there any advantages with ripping with Winamp, as opposed to other CD rippers such as Cdex, WMP and MP3 Ripper? BTW-I installed MP3 Ripper a little while ago, but don't see how to make it give title and artist and such! Besides, it still wouldn't rip the cut on the CD I've been working with; I suspect there's a problem with that track and probably is nothing I can do with it! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 3:55 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Someone please correct me if I am wrong about any of the following, but the Pro version costs $20, and as far as I know the only benefits are that you get unlimited ripping speed and mp3 ripping capability. If there are any other benefits, I don't know about them. Evan - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 1:50 PM Subject: RE: CD Data And Information How much does the "pro" version of Winamp cost? And what other perks do you get with the "pro" version of Winamp that you don't get with the "free" version? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Scanlon Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 1:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yes, and it costs very little.e. -Original Message- From: Tom Kaufman Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 2:51 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: CD Data And Information I've never ripped CDs with Winamp! But don't you have to have the "pro" version to do this anyway? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail stors. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people re
RE: CD Data And Information
Hello Evan and list: So are there any advantages with ripping with Winamp, as opposed to other CD rippers such as Cdex, WMP and MP3 Ripper? BTW-I installed MP3 Ripper a little while ago, but don't see how to make it give title and artist and such! Besides, it still wouldn't rip the cut on the CD I've been working with; I suspect there's a problem with that track and probably is nothing I can do with it! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 3:55 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Someone please correct me if I am wrong about any of the following, but the Pro version costs $20, and as far as I know the only benefits are that you get unlimited ripping speed and mp3 ripping capability. If there are any other benefits, I don't know about them. Evan - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 1:50 PM Subject: RE: CD Data And Information How much does the "pro" version of Winamp cost? And what other perks do you get with the "pro" version of Winamp that you don't get with the "free" version? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Scanlon Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 1:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yes, and it costs very little.e. -Original Message- From: Tom Kaufman Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 2:51 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: CD Data And Information I've never ripped CDs with Winamp! But don't you have to have the "pro" version to do this anyway? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information >I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD >Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream >retail stors. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: CD Data And Information > > Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something > else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. > > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you >> use a device to do that? >> >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: CD Data And Information >> >> Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I >> just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the >> information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains >> or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. >> >> On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer >> wrote: >> >>> Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. >>> I'll >>> check out Music Brains. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Alexandra >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>> Trethowan >>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >>> >>> Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD >>> organisation around which do a better job. >>> >>> Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry >>> made >>> into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to >>> use >>> like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. >>> >>> The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD >>> Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music >>> Brains. >>> >>> >>> On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: >>> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote >>> CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday,
Re: CD Data And Information
Someone please correct me if I am wrong about any of the following, but the Pro version costs $20, and as far as I know the only benefits are that you get unlimited ripping speed and mp3 ripping capability. If there are any other benefits, I don't know about them. Evan - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 1:50 PM Subject: RE: CD Data And Information How much does the "pro" version of Winamp cost? And what other perks do you get with the "pro" version of Winamp that you don't get with the "free" version? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Scanlon Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 1:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yes, and it costs very little.e. -Original Message- From: Tom Kaufman Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 2:51 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: CD Data And Information I've never ripped CDs with Winamp! But don't you have to have the "pro" version to do this anyway? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail stors. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just wo
RE: Stereo AM
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" >To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM >Subject: Stereo AM >Back to the glory days of radio . >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. > >** >Dane Trethowan >Skype: grtdane12 >Phone US (213) 438-9741 >Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >Mobile: +61400494862 >faceTime +61400494862 >Fax +61397437954 >Twitter: @grtdane
Re: RF headset
Dane, Are these actual RF or Bluetooth? I know that technically Bluetooth is RF, but I looked for some of the older type of RF headphones a year or so ago that have greater range than Bluetooth or similar types and found it is getting harder to tell what one is getting when one reads the package. I bought some from Radio Shack, for example, that did not mention Bluetooth at all, and perhaps they didn't actually use that protocol, but the range was only the range of Bluetooth. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 18:40:51 +1100, Dane Trethowan wrote: >Okay so what's the headset going to be used for, are you using it with a >computer and something like Skype or will you be using it with a radio or >something else. >If looking for a Wireless Headset for your computer then the Logitech H600 is >worth a look, their's a nice Plantronics model which I have but can't remember >the name of it. >both headsets are different, the Plantronics is a closed back type whilst the >Logitech is an open backed type, both go over the head and ears. >On 5 Apr 2014, at 1:59 pm, John Chilelli wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I need a decent but smallish, lightweight, over the ear RF headset for my >> reading. >> >> Has anyone had any experience with this headset? >> >> Anyone have any good recommendations under $100.00? >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS120-Wireless-Headphones-Charging/dp/B0001FTVEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396665015&sr=8-1&keywords=sennheiser+head+phones >> >> Sorry, for some reason the link got broken. It's on Amazon for like $87.00 >> >> Thanks, >> >> John Chilelli >> >** >Dane Trethowan >Skype: grtdane12 >Phone US (213) 438-9741 >Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >Mobile: +61400494862 >faceTime +61400494862 >Fax +61397437954 >Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Accessibility of the New amazon FireTV Set Top Box?
That's very surprising. Will save my $99 then. Thanks for this info. At 01:31 PM 4/5/2014, you wrote: The Verge did a review of the Fire TV from a general perspective. From what I've read, the Voice Search feature works wonderfully, but there's no auditory read out of the results i.e. you'll need to know the title of the movie for which you're looking. Music search is not yet available, but is rummored to be coming soon. The Boice Search, for now, is limited to Amazon products i.e. not with Net Flix, Hulu Plus, etc. I have yet to see any info about accessibbility features other than Voice Search. - Original Message - From: "Salien Brown" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 8:08 AM Subject: Accessibility of the New amazon FireTV Set Top Box? Hello, I'm curious if anyone here knows if the new amazon Fire TV set top box has any voice capability built in? Hoping Amazon incorporated some of the voice features of the Kindle Fire into this new device. I love my Apple TV box mainly for it has the Voice Over accessibility option. I do have an Amazon Prime account and having the ability to listen to their massive library of movies/TV shows has my mouth watering. Also purchase a lot of music on Amazon, so I'm looking forward to accessing my music library via the use of Amazon's Cloud service through Fire TV. If anyone can shed more light on the accessibility of Amazon's new Fire TV box please share. Thanks.
RE: CD Data And Information
How much does the "pro" version of Winamp cost? And what other perks do you get with the "pro" version of Winamp that you don't get with the "free" version? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Scanlon Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 1:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yes, and it costs very little.e. -Original Message- From: Tom Kaufman Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 2:51 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: CD Data And Information I've never ripped CDs with Winamp! But don't you have to have the "pro" version to do this anyway? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information >I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD >Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream >retail stors. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: CD Data And Information > > Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something > else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. > > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you >> use a device to do that? >> >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: CD Data And Information >> >> Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I >> just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the >> information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains >> or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. >> >> On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer >> wrote: >> >>> Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. >>> I'll >>> check out Music Brains. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Alexandra >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>> Trethowan >>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >>> >>> Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD >>> organisation around which do a better job. >>> >>> Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry >>> made >>> into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to >>> use >>> like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. >>> >>> The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD >>> Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music >>> Brains. >>> >>> >>> On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: >>> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote >>> CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD > Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other >>> night > at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to > be > ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a >>> good > while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be >>> ripped? > I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest > version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start > over? > Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of > Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it
Re: Accessibility of the New amazon FireTV Set Top Box?
The Verge did a review of the Fire TV from a general perspective. From what I've read, the Voice Search feature works wonderfully, but there's no auditory read out of the results i.e. you'll need to know the title of the movie for which you're looking. Music search is not yet available, but is rummored to be coming soon. The Boice Search, for now, is limited to Amazon products i.e. not with Net Flix, Hulu Plus, etc. I have yet to see any info about accessibbility features other than Voice Search. - Original Message - From: "Salien Brown" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 8:08 AM Subject: Accessibility of the New amazon FireTV Set Top Box? Hello, I'm curious if anyone here knows if the new amazon Fire TV set top box has any voice capability built in? Hoping Amazon incorporated some of the voice features of the Kindle Fire into this new device. I love my Apple TV box mainly for it has the Voice Over accessibility option. I do have an Amazon Prime account and having the ability to listen to their massive library of movies/TV shows has my mouth watering. Also purchase a lot of music on Amazon, so I'm looking forward to accessing my music library via the use of Amazon's Cloud service through Fire TV. If anyone can shed more light on the accessibility of Amazon's new Fire TV box please share. Thanks.
RE: Stereo AM
Hi Dane, Thanks for that information. I didn't know that there was stereo am. Could you please post the direct link because all I found via google was a guy introducing a stereo am tuner, announcing that he would play it and then stopping after a quite boring show of unwrapping the thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25tOtuERp2w Take care Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 6:34 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Stereo AM Back to the glory days of radio . 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. ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: CD Data And Information
Yes, and it costs very little.e. -Original Message- From: Tom Kaufman Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 2:51 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: CD Data And Information I've never ripped CDs with Winamp! But don't you have to have the "pro" version to do this anyway? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail stors. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: CD Data And Information
Yes, I agree winamp is good and it uses Gracenote. -Original Message- From: Evan Reese Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 2:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail stors. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Stereo AM
Yep, that's how I used to do it back in the 80s, was a Teenager then and had no buying power ., its a crewed way of doing it but it did work to an extent. Of course, that procedure you outlined very much depended on the method of broadcasting Stereo AM. On 6 Apr 2014, at 2:58 am, Evan Reese wrote: > 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" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM > Subject: Stereo AM > > > Back to the glory days of radio . > > 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. > > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: Stereo AM
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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM Subject: Stereo AM Back to the glory days of radio . 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. ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: Problem Ripping A CD
Right you are, but it's much better than FreeCDDB. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 10:10 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD One could argue that Gracenote is better than nothing, problems occur when wrong information is entered say the artist or title of a track is spelt wrongly, album name entered wrongly and so on and this happens all too readily I'm afraid. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: > Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. > I'll check out Music Brains. > > Take care, > Alexandra > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of > Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD > > Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for > CD organisation around which do a better job. > > Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry > made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't > free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. > > The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD > Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music > Brains. > > > On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses >> Grassnote > CDDB ? >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens >> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >> >> I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 >> ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player >> in fact I avoid it like the black death. >> - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" >> >> To: >> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM >> Subject: Problem Ripping A CD >> >> >>> Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other > night >>> at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears >>> to be >>> ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been >>> a > good >>> while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be > ripped? >>> I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the >>> latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? >>> Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions >>> of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the >>> door open and that was that! >>> >>> Tom Kaufman >>> >> >> > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM Subject: Stereo AM Back to the glory days of radio . 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. ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Accessibility of the New amazon FireTV Set Top Box?
Hello, I'm curious if anyone here knows if the new amazon Fire TV set top box has any voice capability built in? Hoping Amazon incorporated some of the voice features of the Kindle Fire into this new device. I love my Apple TV box mainly for it has the Voice Over accessibility option. I do have an Amazon Prime account and having the ability to listen to their massive library of movies/TV shows has my mouth watering. Also purchase a lot of music on Amazon, so I'm looking forward to accessing my music library via the use of Amazon's Cloud service through Fire TV. If anyone can shed more light on the accessibility of Amazon's new Fire TV box please share. Thanks.
Stereo AM
Back to the glory days of radio . 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. ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: CD Data And Information
Okay then; thanks, for my purposes, if I were to use Winamp as my CD Ripper, I would need the pro version! Thanks for the info! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information You don't have to have the Pro version to rip CDs, but there are some restrictions. First, you can't rip to mp3, but you can rip to m4a, and some other formats which I forget because I bought the Pro version a while back. Second, the free version only lets you rip at 8x, whereas the Pro version lets you rip at unlimited speed. Evan - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:51 AM Subject: RE: CD Data And Information I've never ripped CDs with Winamp! But don't you have to have the "pro" version to do this anyway? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information >I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD >Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream >retail stors. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: CD Data And Information > > Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something > else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. > > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you >> use a device to do that? >> >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: CD Data And Information >> >> Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I >> just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the >> information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains >> or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. >> >> On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer >> wrote: >> >>> Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. >>> I'll >>> check out Music Brains. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Alexandra >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>> Trethowan >>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >>> >>> Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD >>> organisation around which do a better job. >>> >>> Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry >>> made >>> into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to >>> use >>> like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. >>> >>> The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD >>> Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music >>> Brains. >>> >>> >>> On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: >>> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote >>> CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD > Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other >>> night > at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to > be > ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a >>> good > while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be >>> ripped? >>>
Re: CD Data And Information
You don't have to have the Pro version to rip CDs, but there are some restrictions. First, you can't rip to mp3, but you can rip to m4a, and some other formats which I forget because I bought the Pro version a while back. Second, the free version only lets you rip at 8x, whereas the Pro version lets you rip at unlimited speed. Evan - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:51 AM Subject: RE: CD Data And Information I've never ripped CDs with Winamp! But don't you have to have the "pro" version to do this anyway? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail stors. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 85
RE: CD Data And Information
I've never ripped CDs with Winamp! But don't you have to have the "pro" version to do this anyway? Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information >I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD >Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream >retail stors. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: CD Data And Information > > Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something > else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. > > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you >> use a device to do that? >> >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: CD Data And Information >> >> Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I >> just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the >> information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains >> or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. >> >> On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer >> wrote: >> >>> Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. >>> I'll >>> check out Music Brains. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Alexandra >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>> Trethowan >>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >>> >>> Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD >>> organisation around which do a better job. >>> >>> Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry >>> made >>> into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to >>> use >>> like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. >>> >>> The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD >>> Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music >>> Brains. >>> >>> >>> On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: >>> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote >>> CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD > Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other >>> night > at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to > be > ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a >>> good > while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be >>> ripped? > I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest > version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start > over? > Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of > Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door > open > and that was that! > > Tom Kaufman > >>> >>> >>> ** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> faceTime +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >>> Twitter: @grtdane >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> f
Re: CD Data And Information
Most of the CDs I've ripped with Winamp are not ones you can find in mainstream stores, but Winamp was able to find the info for them. Gracenotes seems to know almost everything I throw at it, even obscure limited edition electronic music CDs. It's very seldom it doesn't know what a CD is, and I have a lot of stuff from genres that you won't find in mainstream stores. Nowadays though, I avoid buying physical CDs whenever I can and simply buy downloadable versions. I only buy physical CDs when I absolutely have to to get something I really want. Evan - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:19 AM Subject: Re: CD Data And Information I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail stors. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
correction: Re: RF headset
This unit is a set of headphones, and not a headset. There is no microphone. earlier, john s, wrote: John, I have this headset and like it. I wouldn't call it small but it is light weight. We live in a house with aluminum siding and I still get good reception, outside. earlier, John Chilelli, wrote: Hi all, I need a decent but smallish, lightweight, over the ear RF headset for my reading. Has anyone had any experience with this headset? Anyone have any good recommendations under $100.00? http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS120-Wireless-Headphones-Charging/dp/B0001FTVEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396665015&sr=8-1&keywords=sennheiser+head+phones Sorry, for some reason the link got broken. It's on Amazon for like $87.00 Thanks, John Chilelli John John
Re: CD Data And Information
The one you speak so highly of yourself, Exact Audio Copy. On 5 Apr 2014, at 10:16 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > They are orignals, but sold by bands at gigs or on sites. > Which ripping program do you recommend for accuracy? > > > -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:46 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: CD Data And Information > > Unless they're not original CD'S and have come from somewhere else in the > form of copies, that's why its important to have CD Ripping software that > does accurate copying, the CD should have a barcode on the back which you can > read with your scanner which in tern will bring up the information. > > If that fails then your friend Google can often then help out with > information. > > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 8:19 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD >> Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail >> stors. >> >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: CD Data And Information >> >> Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, >> I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. >> >> >> On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: >> >>> can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use >>> a device to do that? >>> >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: CD Data And Information >>> >>> Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I >>> just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the >>> information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or >>> any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. >>> >>> On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: >>> Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: > What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? > > > -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD > > I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, > google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I > avoid it like the black death. > - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" > To: > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM > Subject: Problem Ripping A CD > > >> Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night >> at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be >> ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good >> while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? >> I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest >> version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? >> Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of >> Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open >> and that was that! >> >> Tom Kaufman >> > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane >>> >>> >>> ** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> faceTime +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >>> Twitter: @grtdane >>> >>> >>> >>>
Re: CD Data And Information
They are orignals, but sold by bands at gigs or on sites. Which ripping program do you recommend for accuracy? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:46 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Unless they're not original CD'S and have come from somewhere else in the form of copies, that's why its important to have CD Ripping software that does accurate copying, the CD should have a barcode on the back which you can read with your scanner which in tern will bring up the information. If that fails then your friend Google can often then help out with information. On 5 Apr 2014, at 8:19 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail stors. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: RF headset
John, I have this headset and like it. I wouldn't call it small but it is light weight. We live in a house with aluminum siding and I still get good reception, outside. earlier, John Chilelli, wrote: Hi all, I need a decent but smallish, lightweight, over the ear RF headset for my reading. Has anyone had any experience with this headset? Anyone have any good recommendations under $100.00? http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS120-Wireless-Headphones-Charging/dp/B0001FTVEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396665015&sr=8-1&keywords=sennheiser+head+phones Sorry, for some reason the link got broken. It's on Amazon for like $87.00 Thanks, John Chilelli John
Re: CD Data And Information
Unless they're not original CD'S and have come from somewhere else in the form of copies, that's why its important to have CD Ripping software that does accurate copying, the CD should have a barcode on the back which you can read with your scanner which in tern will bring up the information. If that fails then your friend Google can often then help out with information. On 5 Apr 2014, at 8:19 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD > Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail > stors. > > > > -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: CD Data And Information > > Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, > I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. > > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a >> device to do that? >> >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: CD Data And Information >> >> Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just >> look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information >> and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other >> database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. >> >> On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: >> >>> Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll >>> check out Music Brains. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Alexandra >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>> Trethowan >>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >>> >>> Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD >>> organisation around which do a better job. >>> >>> Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made >>> into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use >>> like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. >>> >>> The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD >>> Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music >>> Brains. >>> >>> >>> On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: >>> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote >>> CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD > Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other >>> night > at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be > ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a >>> good > while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be >>> ripped? > I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest > version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? > Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of > Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open > and that was that! > > Tom Kaufman > >>> >>> >>> ** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> faceTime +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >>> Twitter: @grtdane >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> >> > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: CD Data And Information
I think the reason I find that some of my CDs don't get found in the CD Databases is that they are not usually things available in mainstream retail stors. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Data And Information Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: CD Data And Information
Yep, I use my iPhone but there's no reason why you can't use something else, I'm sure Barcode Reading pacages are available for Windows too. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:21 pm, Peter Scanlon wrote: > can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a > device to do that? > > > > -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: CD Data And Information > > Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just > look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information > and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other > database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: > >> Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll >> check out Music Brains. >> >> Take care, >> Alexandra >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >> Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >> >> Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD >> organisation around which do a better job. >> >> Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made >> into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use >> like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. >> >> The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD >> Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music >> Brains. >> >> >> On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: >> >>> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote >> CDDB ? >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >>> >>> I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, >>> google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I >>> avoid it like the black death. >>> - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" >>> To: >>> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM >>> Subject: Problem Ripping A CD >>> >>> Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other >> night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a >> good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be >> ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman >>> >>> >> >> >> ** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> >> >> > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: CD Data And Information
can you explain that. How do you mena you look up the bar code? Do you use a device to do that? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: CD Data And Information Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Problem Ripping A CD
-Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 6:35 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I avoid it like the black death. - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" To: Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM Subject: Problem Ripping A CD Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open and that was that! Tom Kaufman ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
CD Data And Information
Sorry, forgot to mention in my last message how I get CD information, I just look up the barcode on the back of the CD, from that I get the information and I can manipulate as required, enter it into Music Brains or any other database, enter it into my Ripper directly etc. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: > Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll > check out Music Brains. > > Take care, > Alexandra > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD > > Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD > organisation around which do a better job. > > Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made > into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use > like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. > > The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD > Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music > Brains. > > > On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote > CDDB ? >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens >> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >> >> I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, >> google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I >> avoid it like the black death. >> - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" >> To: >> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM >> Subject: Problem Ripping A CD >> >> >>> Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other > night >>> at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be >>> ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a > good >>> while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be > ripped? >>> I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest >>> version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? >>> Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of >>> Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open >>> and that was that! >>> >>> Tom Kaufman >>> >> >> > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Problem Ripping A CD
One could argue that Gracenote is better than nothing, problems occur when wrong information is entered say the artist or title of a track is spelt wrongly, album name entered wrongly and so on and this happens all too readily I'm afraid. On 5 Apr 2014, at 7:04 pm, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: > Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll > check out Music Brains. > > Take care, > Alexandra > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD > > Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD > organisation around which do a better job. > > Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made > into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use > like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. > > The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD > Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music > Brains. > > > On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: > >> What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote > CDDB ? >> >> >> -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens >> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD >> >> I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, >> google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I >> avoid it like the black death. >> - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" >> To: >> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM >> Subject: Problem Ripping A CD >> >> >>> Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other > night >>> at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be >>> ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a > good >>> while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be > ripped? >>> I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest >>> version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? >>> Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of >>> Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open >>> and that was that! >>> >>> Tom Kaufman >>> >> >> > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: Problem Ripping A CD
Gracenote is still quite good, though, but thanks, Dane, for the hint. I'll check out Music Brains. Take care, Alexandra -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:35 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: > What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote CDDB ? > > > -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD > > I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, > google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I > avoid it like the black death. > - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" > To: > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM > Subject: Problem Ripping A CD > > >> Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night >> at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be >> ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good >> while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? >> I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest >> version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? >> Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of >> Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open >> and that was that! >> >> Tom Kaufman >> > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: RF headset
Ah! remembered the name of the Plantronics Wireless headset I have, the Plantronics Audio 495. On 5 Apr 2014, at 6:40 pm, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Okay so what's the headset going to be used for, are you using it with a > computer and something like Skype or will you be using it with a radio or > something else. > > If looking for a Wireless Headset for your computer then the Logitech H600 is > worth a look, their's a nice Plantronics model which I have but can't > remember the name of it. > > both headsets are different, the Plantronics is a closed back type whilst the > Logitech is an open backed type, both go over the head and ears. > > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 1:59 pm, John Chilelli wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I need a decent but smallish, lightweight, over the ear RF headset for my >> reading. >> >> Has anyone had any experience with this headset? >> >> Anyone have any good recommendations under $100.00? >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS120-Wireless-Headphones-Charging/dp/B0001FTVEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396665015&sr=8-1&keywords=sennheiser+head+phones >> >> Sorry, for some reason the link got broken. It's on Amazon for like $87.00 >> >> Thanks, >> >> John Chilelli >> > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: RF headset
Okay so what's the headset going to be used for, are you using it with a computer and something like Skype or will you be using it with a radio or something else. If looking for a Wireless Headset for your computer then the Logitech H600 is worth a look, their's a nice Plantronics model which I have but can't remember the name of it. both headsets are different, the Plantronics is a closed back type whilst the Logitech is an open backed type, both go over the head and ears. On 5 Apr 2014, at 1:59 pm, John Chilelli wrote: > Hi all, > > I need a decent but smallish, lightweight, over the ear RF headset for my > reading. > > Has anyone had any experience with this headset? > > Anyone have any good recommendations under $100.00? > > http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS120-Wireless-Headphones-Charging/dp/B0001FTVEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396665015&sr=8-1&keywords=sennheiser+head+phones > > Sorry, for some reason the link got broken. It's on Amazon for like $87.00 > > Thanks, > > John Chilelli > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Problem Ripping A CD
Gracenote is past history mate, there are other database services for CD organisation around which do a better job. Once upon a not so long ago, Gracenote was good because every CD entry made into the database was checked but the Gracenote database wasn't free to use like it is now thus no checking is done any longer. The later CD ripping software such as Easy CD DA Extractor or Easy CD Converter - whatever its called these days -, Max and others use Music Brains. On 1 Apr 2014, at 8:05 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: > What are people recommending for best ripper which also accesses Grassnote > CDDB ? > > > -Original Message- From: Byron Stephens > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:56 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Problem Ripping A CD > > I would try a different ripper altogether like CDex or free mp3 ripper, > google is your friend for that. I never ever use media player in fact I > avoid it like the black death. > - Original Message - From: "Tom Kaufman" > To: > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM > Subject: Problem Ripping A CD > > >> Hello List: Am currently trying to rip a CD that I bought the other night >> at a concert; am using Windows Media to rip the CD (the CD appears to be >> ripping) however it says "pending for all of the tracks and has been a good >> while since it has changed! Does this mean that this CD cannot be ripped? >> I really am not sure of what is going on here! Am running the latest >> version of Jaws 15 with Windows 7; should I stop the rip and start over? >> Just would like to know what is taking so long! In older versions of >> Windows Media, if it wasn't going to rip, it would just pop the door open >> and that was that! >> >> Tom Kaufman >> > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
