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Ah now that's a good question and that's something I've not tackled before. The advantage for me of having music in my Dropbox is that its also on the computer as well as in the cloud so I have it no matter where I want it and no special music folders are required on my computers, just Dropbox. I do recall seeing in the Dropbox preferences somewhere where one could control what was synced and what wasn't so perhaps you might like to look there. On 24/08/2016 4:32 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: Hello how do you upload your music to dropbox with out having it download to your computer I also agree I haven't used itunes in about 2 months. not only that but it is really klunky on windows. thanks Hank On 8/23/2016 8:51 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Your’e hit on the main reason why I’m happy not to use an iPhone for mainstream music listening these days. I’m doing some reflection on the Windows PC side of things as I write. About a month or so ago I did a clean installation of Windows 10 onto the Desktop machine and what do you know, I’ve not felt compelled to install iTunes onto that machine since, I have all my music in different places, on NAS storage and in my Dropbox for example and all my favourite players - whether they be Portable music players, Hi-Fi gadgets, Radios or computers - have access to it so no need for iTunes unless I want to put the music onto an iPhone which I don’t because its already in the Cloud and will be streamed to the iPhone should I choose to play music with it using the built-in Apple Music App which I don’t given the App has become so complex lately. I’m also different in that I’m one of those who don’t like sitting in front of their computer listening to music or whatever unless I really have no option but to do so, I think I live by the old slogan my old Squeezebox Boom used to display when it was booting up, “Set your music free!”. On 24 Aug 2016, at 1:32 AM, John Gurd wrote: Hi Andy You're right. It still annoys me that I can't connect all the equipment I want without a lot of rigmarole. Sonos will let me play music from the built-in iPhone app but not other apps such as NatureSpace which has really nice nature/relaxation tracks. A lot of Apple and Microsoft products don't integrate well - deliberately so in order to force you to stay with one company. And what a carry-on it can be getting music onto an iPhone from a PC these days! As for HDMI, it's great when it works, but it has a little thing built in called High-bandwidth Digital Copyright Protection (HDCP) which you will find will stop you doing some of the things you mentioned: like you can listen, but you certainly can't record and definitely not copy. And because of that, it refuses to play certain media such as Blu-ray if it detects you are using equipment not certified for HDCP. So frankly, life could be a lot simpler if it wasn't for the jealousy and rivalry of some big corporations. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: 21 August 2016 21:15 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Desktop computer speakers Hi again John. God, it's getting even more complicated eh? I'd just love, like yourself, to keep it simple, but it simply isn't going to happen is it? Good quality audio from computers, TV's and interfacing that with AV units or amps has historically resulted in multiple complexities and it's only people like us who may know a little about these things that gain the benefits. One day you will with no understanding whatsoever about technology , be able to play audio from any device through your home system, without even thinking about it. I really couldn't tell you what was the best method of drawing all these threads together and with every year, it's getting even more complicated. Wouldn't it be nice to buy a good computer with high quality sound and you could simply download audio from Itunes or otherwise, listen to it and edit it and post it again without any effort whatsoever! - Original Message - From: "John Gurd" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 4:08 PM Subject: RE: Desktop computer speakers Hi Andy, That's a thought which I'll have to ponder some more. I know desktop speakers for PC are nearly always rubbish but the ones Dane linked to are an exception. But a separate amp or receiver for my PC is a possibility. My PC is in a den too as my wife banned PCs from the living room so instead I've got a high end set up in the Livingroom similar to yours minus the PC. Believe it or not in my PC room/den I used to have 2 PCs with 2 sound cards each going through a sound mixer and then output through an amplifier and stereo speakers. That was in the days when I used to broadcast on internet radio. The 2nd PC was a backup for when things went wrong with my main machine which sometimes happened. A
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Hello how do you upload your music to dropbox with out having it download to your computer I also agree I haven't used itunes in about 2 months. not only that but it is really klunky on windows. thanks Hank On 8/23/2016 8:51 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Your’e hit on the main reason why I’m happy not to use an iPhone for mainstream music listening these days. I’m doing some reflection on the Windows PC side of things as I write. About a month or so ago I did a clean installation of Windows 10 onto the Desktop machine and what do you know, I’ve not felt compelled to install iTunes onto that machine since, I have all my music in different places, on NAS storage and in my Dropbox for example and all my favourite players - whether they be Portable music players, Hi-Fi gadgets, Radios or computers - have access to it so no need for iTunes unless I want to put the music onto an iPhone which I don’t because its already in the Cloud and will be streamed to the iPhone should I choose to play music with it using the built-in Apple Music App which I don’t given the App has become so complex lately. I’m also different in that I’m one of those who don’t like sitting in front of their computer listening to music or whatever unless I really have no option but to do so, I think I live by the old slogan my old Squeezebox Boom used to display when it was booting up, “Set your music free!”. On 24 Aug 2016, at 1:32 AM, John Gurd wrote: Hi Andy You're right. It still annoys me that I can't connect all the equipment I want without a lot of rigmarole. Sonos will let me play music from the built-in iPhone app but not other apps such as NatureSpace which has really nice nature/relaxation tracks. A lot of Apple and Microsoft products don't integrate well - deliberately so in order to force you to stay with one company. And what a carry-on it can be getting music onto an iPhone from a PC these days! As for HDMI, it's great when it works, but it has a little thing built in called High-bandwidth Digital Copyright Protection (HDCP) which you will find will stop you doing some of the things you mentioned: like you can listen, but you certainly can't record and definitely not copy. And because of that, it refuses to play certain media such as Blu-ray if it detects you are using equipment not certified for HDCP. So frankly, life could be a lot simpler if it wasn't for the jealousy and rivalry of some big corporations. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: 21 August 2016 21:15 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Desktop computer speakers Hi again John. God, it's getting even more complicated eh? I'd just love, like yourself, to keep it simple, but it simply isn't going to happen is it? Good quality audio from computers, TV's and interfacing that with AV units or amps has historically resulted in multiple complexities and it's only people like us who may know a little about these things that gain the benefits. One day you will with no understanding whatsoever about technology , be able to play audio from any device through your home system, without even thinking about it. I really couldn't tell you what was the best method of drawing all these threads together and with every year, it's getting even more complicated. Wouldn't it be nice to buy a good computer with high quality sound and you could simply download audio from Itunes or otherwise, listen to it and edit it and post it again without any effort whatsoever! - Original Message - From: "John Gurd" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 4:08 PM Subject: RE: Desktop computer speakers Hi Andy, That's a thought which I'll have to ponder some more. I know desktop speakers for PC are nearly always rubbish but the ones Dane linked to are an exception. But a separate amp or receiver for my PC is a possibility. My PC is in a den too as my wife banned PCs from the living room so instead I've got a high end set up in the Livingroom similar to yours minus the PC. Believe it or not in my PC room/den I used to have 2 PCs with 2 sound cards each going through a sound mixer and then output through an amplifier and stereo speakers. That was in the days when I used to broadcast on internet radio. The 2nd PC was a backup for when things went wrong with my main machine which sometimes happened. Anyway, I've simplified things since then getting rid of redundant equipment. I now have one of the few self-amplified 5.1 systems that can plug into a sound card without an amplifier. I also use a splitter to a little transmitter that lets me use the old-style wireless headphones and portable speakers so I can have audio from my PC in other rooms. The Logitec Z5500 5.1 speakers sound reasonable for their price and age but as they're quite elderly I want something better. I was hoping to keep it simple but if I wanted to keep a 5.1 set up in m
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Your’e hit on the main reason why I’m happy not to use an iPhone for mainstream music listening these days. I’m doing some reflection on the Windows PC side of things as I write. About a month or so ago I did a clean installation of Windows 10 onto the Desktop machine and what do you know, I’ve not felt compelled to install iTunes onto that machine since, I have all my music in different places, on NAS storage and in my Dropbox for example and all my favourite players - whether they be Portable music players, Hi-Fi gadgets, Radios or computers - have access to it so no need for iTunes unless I want to put the music onto an iPhone which I don’t because its already in the Cloud and will be streamed to the iPhone should I choose to play music with it using the built-in Apple Music App which I don’t given the App has become so complex lately. I’m also different in that I’m one of those who don’t like sitting in front of their computer listening to music or whatever unless I really have no option but to do so, I think I live by the old slogan my old Squeezebox Boom used to display when it was booting up, “Set your music free!”. > On 24 Aug 2016, at 1:32 AM, John Gurd wrote: > > Hi Andy > You're right. It still annoys me that I can't connect all the equipment I > want without a lot of rigmarole. Sonos will let me play music from the > built-in iPhone app but not other apps such as NatureSpace which has really > nice nature/relaxation tracks. A lot of Apple and Microsoft products don't > integrate well - deliberately so in order to force you to stay with one > company. And what a carry-on it can be getting music onto an iPhone from a PC > these days! As for HDMI, it's great when it works, but it has a little thing > built in called High-bandwidth Digital Copyright Protection (HDCP) which you > will find will stop you doing some of the things you mentioned: like you can > listen, but you certainly can't record and definitely not copy. And because > of that, it refuses to play certain media such as Blu-ray if it detects you > are using equipment not certified for HDCP. So frankly, life could be a lot > simpler if it wasn't for the jealousy and rivalry of some big corporations. > > John > > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Andy > Sent: 21 August 2016 21:15 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Desktop computer speakers > > Hi again John. > > God, it's getting even more complicated eh? > > I'd just love, like yourself, to keep it simple, but it simply isn't going to > happen is it? > > Good quality audio from computers, TV's and interfacing that with AV units or > amps has historically resulted in multiple complexities and it's only people > like us who may know a little about these things that gain the benefits. > > One day you will with no understanding whatsoever about technology , be able > to play audio from any device through your home system, without even thinking > about it. > > I really couldn't tell you what was the best method of drawing all these > threads together and with every year, it's getting even more complicated. > > Wouldn't it be nice to buy a good computer with high quality sound and you > could simply download audio from Itunes or otherwise, listen to it and edit > it and post it again without any effort whatsoever! > > > > > - Original Message - > From: "John Gurd" > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 4:08 PM > Subject: RE: Desktop computer speakers > > > Hi Andy, > That's a thought which I'll have to ponder some more. I know desktop > speakers for PC are nearly always rubbish but the ones Dane linked to are an > exception. But a separate amp or receiver for my PC is a possibility. > > My PC is in a den too as my wife banned PCs from the living room so instead > I've got a high end set up in the Livingroom similar to yours minus the PC. > > Believe it or not in my PC room/den I used to have 2 PCs with 2 sound cards > each going through a sound mixer and then output through an amplifier and > stereo speakers. That was in the days when I used to broadcast on internet > radio. The 2nd PC was a backup for when things went wrong with my main > machine which sometimes happened. Anyway, I've simplified things since then > getting rid of redundant equipment. I now have one of the few self-amplified > 5.1 systems that can plug into a sound card without an amplifier. I also use > a splitter to a little transmitter that lets me use the old-style wireless > headphones and portable speakers so I can have audio from my PC in other > rooms. The Logitec Z5500 5.1 speakers sound reasonable for their price and > age but as they're quite elderly I want something better. > > I was hoping to keep it simple but if I wanted to keep a 5.1 set up in my PC > den you are probably right and I would have to think about an amp or > receive
