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Audio System
Music Server(s):
iMac
Music Server Operating System:
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Digital to Analog Converter(s):
W4S DAC-2
Amplifier(s):
YAMAHA AS 2000
Loudspeakers:
AR3a Improved
Interconnects:
Blue Jean Cable ~ LXR Balanced and RCA Interconnects.
Loudspeaker Cables:
Lamp Cord
Headphones:
Sennheiser HD 700
Headphone Amplifier(s):
Woo WA 22
About Me
Location:
Tucson, AZ
Occupation:
ORG: Old Retired Guy

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Audio System
Music Server(s):
iMac
Music Server Operating System:
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Digital to Analog Converter(s):
W4S DAC-2
Amplifier(s):
YAMAHA AS 2000
Loudspeakers:
AR3a Improved
Interconnects:
Blue Jean Cable ~ LXR Balanced and RCA Interconnects.
Loudspeaker Cables:
Lamp Cord
Headphones:
Sennheiser HD 700
Headphone Amplifier(s):
Woo WA 22
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Hearing loss and early Dementia

by NOMBEDES on 02-12-2013 at 04:09 PM
Straining to Hear and Fend Off Dementia

By KATHERINE BOUTON (NEW YORK TIMES. 12 FEB)
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The above story is featured in the New York Times Science section today. It is well worth reading. In this blog entry I would like to submit for consideration that listening to music may help fend off dementia.

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Digital Rights Management and the Audi A7

by NOMBEDES on 01-17-2013 at 07:57 PM
Well last week, I go out and get a very nice Audi A7. A vision in silver, as sleek as a blue fin tuna, and as musical as a dead carp. I attempted to load a few CDs into the internal Hard Drive. I was shocked, SHOCKED to learn that the Audi so called "Jukebox", will not load standard Audio CDs because of "legal reasons". I guess some green eye-shade lawyer in Neckarslum had decided that I have no rights under the fair use doctrine. So if I want to check out a few new CDs

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I wish i was the guy who invented shipping and processing.

by NOMBEDES on 11-14-2012 at 09:40 AM
FROM A ADVERTISEMENT ON A POPULAR AUDIO SITE.


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This auction is for the yet to be announced new product from Machina Dynamica - the Diamond Light Crystal high frequency clarifier. The Diamond Light Crystal is a 1.5 inch diameter faceted leaded crystal ball that is suspended on the wall behind the speakers. The hook should be placed 7 ft. High on the wall. Damage-free small white plastic hook provided. The crystal is specially programmed. The Diamond Light Crystal

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On The Death of Physical Media and the Triumph of Computer Audio

by NOMBEDES on 11-02-2012 at 06:31 PM
Recently a trending topic on the many Apple web/blog sites has been the fact that few, if any, future Apple computers will come with built in optical drives. Even the iMac desktop home computer, where size and weight are not critical, will require an external optical drive to access disk media. This design decision by Apple is based on the certainly that 99% of data, including music and video will soon be purchased and transmitted over the net and stored in the cloud. CDs and DVDs will join the

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