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Yesterday, 05:43 PM

James1776 replied to a thread JRiver Media Center for MAX. Spyware and Social Site Connections Required By New Version in Software

I am not sure I understand...Is the latest version of the software connecting automatically to outside sites aside from J-River? If so there...

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05-15-2013, 04:37 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Oh, my aching budget.... in General Forum

I am fortunate we are running into summer. I find myself outside a lot more in summer and my enjoyments shift from my audio system to books, beer,...

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05-14-2013, 12:49 PM

James1776 replied to a thread How do we educate the average consumer about quality audio? in General Forum

I think one can get pretty amazig sound for relatively little if one makes a few assumptions. 1. The fellow already owns a computer 2. He has no...

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05-11-2013, 01:28 PM

James1776 replied to a thread 3D-print your own vinyl records in General Forum

Got to buy the 3D gun making software first...

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05-11-2013, 01:22 PM

James1776 replied to a thread How do we educate the average consumer about quality audio? in General Forum

A related issue...I have know folk to come out of such afternoons listening to great systems playing great music going 'Wow! That sounds amazing....

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05-10-2013, 01:15 PM

James1776 replied to a thread How do we educate the average consumer about quality audio? in General Forum

If the goal is to interest folk in music played well on systems worthy of it, the pretending MP3 is a serious media is self defeating.

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05-10-2013, 12:03 PM

James1776 replied to a thread How do we educate the average consumer about quality audio? in General Forum

Constantly remind folk that MP3's are not serious music files

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05-05-2013, 11:49 AM

James1776 replied to a thread Oh, my aching budget.... in General Forum

I am also severely hit by the Obama economy and the much higher health care costs of ObamaCare (politics over). It is so bad this years premier...

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04-22-2013, 02:43 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Does anyone here use 320 mp3? in General Forum

No, the music remains good but the media becomes crap....

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04-22-2013, 02:37 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Does anyone here use 320 mp3? in General Forum

I agree...Mt Droid Razor HD has 32GB on the data card and I have 15GB of music, perhaps 40 files ranging from 24/96 WAV/Flac files to CD quality...

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04-22-2013, 02:18 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Does anyone here use 320 mp3? in General Forum

Perhaps on an iPod with the cheesy apple earbuds but on any serous system the differences are obvious...

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04-22-2013, 02:10 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Does anyone here use 320 mp3? in General Forum

No....simple answer to a late April Fools jest perhaps.

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04-15-2013, 01:01 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Do friends let friends listen to iPod docks? in General Forum

Ask them to load Hi-Rez files only....Android does Hi-Rez from a lot of phones with the right outboard DAC... My portable music rig is a Droid...

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04-15-2013, 12:47 PM

James1776 replied to a thread DSD "streaming" and playback... A snapshot of where we are at.. in General Forum

I blundered into DSD by accident. I use J-River on my PC's and downloaded a few 'free' samples from Blue Coast records and simply played them back...

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04-12-2013, 06:26 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Post your favorite Youtube performances... in General Forum

But the gutted the first performance! I wanted to hear the fellow sing, not the judges blab...

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04-05-2013, 10:46 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Best record/cd store(s) you know of in General Forum

The Record Exchange...Boise Idaho

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03-31-2013, 11:48 AM

James1776 replied to a thread What Mags do you subscribe to? in General Forum

I swear I read in a recent issue that one of their staff had bought some trinket with a price well north of $50K...That is a giant amount of money...

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03-30-2013, 11:12 AM

James1776 replied to a thread What Mags do you subscribe to? in General Forum

My problem with them is that for every item I have even a remote chance of owning, they review 3 that cost more than my car. I also find their...

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03-30-2013, 11:03 AM

James1776 replied to a thread What Mags do you subscribe to? in General Forum

The Absolute Sound Stereophile Country Living Field and Stream American Handgunner American Rifleman

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03-11-2013, 12:56 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Upgrading to mountain lion? in Software

My iMac is of the elderly variety and only has a max of 4GB of memory. Just what proceses did you disable?

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03-09-2013, 01:16 PM

James1776 replied to a thread High resolution music playback on smartphones or tablets in Software

Abot that downgrade to 16/44.1, After a LOT of hunting, I have discovered another software that outputs a digital signal to the USB port on a few...

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03-09-2013, 01:11 PM

James1776 replied to a thread High resolution music playback on smartphones or tablets in Software

Thank you so much for this thread. I had never heard of the software and my initial look at their web site was not encouraging. As my old App had...

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03-08-2013, 11:09 PM

James1776 replied to a thread High resolution music playback on smartphones or tablets in Software

Here is where I confirm my absolute ignorance about this product.... I own a Motorola Razor HD...As far as I can figure the DAC in the phone is...

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03-08-2013, 03:24 PM

James1776 replied to a thread JRiver on Mac? in Software

I have to disagree...The first version of the software did have a lot of glitches and did sound alarmingly digital (but better than iTunes alone)....

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03-07-2013, 11:54 AM

James1776 replied to a thread 16 GB versus 8 GB RAM? in Software

Last year my old (2008) Sony laptop peaked at 4GB and that let me run every program I had well, including J-River. All of my latest laptops have 8...

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03-05-2013, 04:57 PM

James1776 replied to a thread JRiver Media Center on Mac in Software

If I want it to go to the outboard DAC via the optical link, then I need to select 'built in output' then.... I have it on 'default' and the sound...

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03-05-2013, 03:41 PM

James1776 replied to a thread JRiver Media Center on Mac in Software

A related question...when I go there I get 'default', 'built in output' and 'Channel D pad'.. Which of those should I select to use my DAC? The...

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03-03-2013, 12:00 PM

James1776 replied to a thread Upgrading to mountain lion? in Software

If you have any interest in J-Rivers new music software for MAC, you might note it does not work on Snow Leopard or earlier software. Upgrading from...

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03-02-2013, 04:07 PM

James1776 replied to a thread In need of assistance in General Forum

I like V-Moda for around that price, and often less when on sale.

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03-02-2013, 12:52 PM

James1776 replied to a thread In need of assistance in General Forum

I will stray a bit off topic...Your giggest issue is your file type. Although it is hard to find files of even CD quality for a lot of music, it is...

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