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    Olive Opus N4, Melody N2 Music Players (For Rich People) Become Slightly Better Music Players (For Rich People)

    Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review

    Lightning Review: Panasonic Quadraphonic Turntable and GE 8-Track Receiver

    Sony's Super iPod Dock Appears in Leaked Photos Looking Pretty Nice

    Speaker Shelves and Storage Units Provide More Than Just Surround Sound

    Meet Ken, The Amazing Dancing Audiophile

    Lightning Review: ZVOX 550 Speaker System and Flat Panel Stand

    Harion Glass Speakers Look Like They're Worth A Fortune, Because They Are

    iPanda iPod Dock Panders To Bear Loving Music Enthusiasts

    Teac's LP-R500 CD-Equipped Record Player Fell Through Ugly Timewarp
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    07/22/09

    In reply to Olive Opus N4, Melody N2 Music Players (For Rich People) Become Slightly Better Music Players (For Rich People)
    The Opus No. 4 is still shown on their site as maxing out at 1TB for $1799. The site also doesn't have a press release after 4/2/08, which is odd...

    I never understood these things. You want real audiophile, this thing doesn't hold a candle to the slimdevices Transporter coupled with a network NAS. I'm guessing even a Duet and a network NAS makes a better system with a lot more flexibility. How does this company stay in business?
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    Image of GodfreyOriole GodfreyOriole
    07/16/09

    In reply to Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
    If you have Vista (oh the Horror) or Windows 7 you can use the sound mixer to mute everything but the media player of your choice.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    07/16/09

    @GodfreyOriole: Nice tip!
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/16/09

    In reply to Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
    God I hate it when I can't identify things I feel I should be able to....What the hell computer is that? It's not a late 2006 model MBP, because I have one, and it looks almost exactly like that except for the keyboard, which is silver, not black. And it can't be a current model MBP (even though they have black keys) because the screen lip on it is silver (like on my late 2006 MBP), not black like it is on current MBP's. Which explains my confusion....What the hell is that?
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    Image of moonjhm moonjhm
    07/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: 17 inch unibody MBP with matte display.
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    Image of hired_geek hired_geek
    07/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Yup, the matte display kit... really ruins the looks of the machine, makes it look like a previous generation MBP with a black keyboard.

    I like the think of it as Apple's way of saying 'screw you, if you want matte then you can look like you have an old computer!'... or something like that.
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    Image of Madge Gristle Madge Gristle
    07/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: The base looks rounded up like the unibody Macbook/pros.
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    Image of DigitalSciGuy DigitalSciGuy
    07/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I was thinking the exact same thing. It's definitely a Unibody MBP, but doesn't look like a TechRestore job - the bezel is actually black when they do it....unless they're now offering an aluminum-like finish, which I haven't seen on their website. Any off-topic insight, Wilson?
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/17/09

    @hired_geek:I can't believe they noobify matte-optioned MBP's like that. What a disgrace.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/16/09

    In reply to Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
    Didn't they make this already, only it's called Airport Express and it doesn't require an extra dongle to carry around?

    If they wanted to make something like this that was worthwhile, they'd make Wireless speakers that use 802.11 G or N to do it and accept IP streamed audio input.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    07/16/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: What's the matter, can't you read or something?
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    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    07/16/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Personally. I think comparing this to the airport express is inevitable. ;)
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    Image of EncNone EncNone
    07/16/09

    In reply to Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
    decent product, but laptops with speakers looks so sad and pathetic.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    07/16/09

    @EncNone: That's for the picture—I never actually used it with the laptop in the middle of two speakers. You can put the laptop anywhere, including another room.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/14/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Panasonic Quadraphonic Turntable and GE 8-Track Receiver
    As noted in an earlier post, I still love my old Sony Quadraphonic system, but it only has the turntable, radio, and audio inputs...no 8 track. And (as said before), I mostly hook my iPod up to it now, so it loses its true purpose.



    We did have a sweet little "portable" 8 track player with speakers that popped out of the side. I was crushed a few years back to discover that my parents had stored all of their 8-tracks in the garage, where the Oklahoma summers had melted them into faded plastic cases filled with cooled brown ooze.



    The complete collections of Earth, Wind, and Fire and Jim Croce...gone! Gone!
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    Image of goochillini goochillini
    07/14/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Panasonic Quadraphonic Turntable and GE 8-Track Receiver
    Love this review of the 8-Track GE Receiver. My dad still has his hooked up in his garage, with a working 8-Track player. On the downside he only has two working 8-Tracks; Santana's Abraxas (sp?) and the Hawwaii 5-0 soundtrack. I remember playing with all of the switches and dials when I was little, pretending that it was a radar station, thanx for the throwback guys!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/14/09

    @goochillini: Could be worse. he could have Leonard Nimoy's version of Super Tramp stuck in there.


    Please tell me someone else got that reference.
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    Image of TheCapt TheCapt
    07/14/09

    @TheStateOnDVD2Day_GitEmSteveDa...: Unfortunately, I do know. Thanks for that horrible flashback.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/14/09

    @TheCapt: The Critic wasn't that bad of a show.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/14/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Panasonic Quadraphonic Turntable and GE 8-Track Receiver
    Sound does not come from literally every direction. As everyone knows, sound only comes from speakers. Marketing brochure FAIL!
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    Image of VivianaEmu VivianaEmu
    07/14/09

    In reply to Lightning Review: Panasonic Quadraphonic Turntable and GE 8-Track Receiver
    Unless I'm mistaken, Quadrophenia was actually never recorded in quadrophonic sound. Hence, why your dad's copy was in stereo.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    07/14/09

    @VivianaEmu: Sounds like you're close to being right. It was recorded that way, but then mixed down into stero:



    Pete Townshend: "The whole conception of Quadrophenia was geared to quadraphonic, but in a creative sort of way. I mean I wanted themes to sort of emerge from corners. So you start to get the sense of the fourness being literally speaker for speaker. And also in the rock parts the musical thing would sort of jell together up to the thunder clap, then everything would turn slowly from quad into mono and you'd have this solid sort of rock mono ... then a thunder clap and back out again. We spent months mixing it and then found out that MCA was using the CBS quad system and ... you might as well forget it. So our engineer remixed it in the same manner that it was mixed in stereo, the same sort of creative approach."



    From here: http://www.quadrophenia.net/album/album.html
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/16/09

    In reply to Speaker Shelves and Storage Units Provide More Than Just Surround Sound
    "WHERE'S YOUR COPY OF IRON MAN???"


    "It's right there, third one down from the top, right above Donnie Darko..."


    "WHAT???"

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    Image of A Snake a Snake... OH it's a Snake! A Snake a Snake... OH it's a Snake!
    02/16/09

    In reply to Speaker Shelves and Storage Units Provide More Than Just Surround Sound
    After watching 3 copies of Halloween and 2 copies of Hitman, it must be relaxing to read the History of Barbie
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    02/16/09

    @Arggh! there goes a...snake a snake! ohhhhhhhh it's snake!: But it's the PINK version of Hitman!
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/16/09

    @SparkleMotion_GitEmSteveDave: Seriously what is up with that? I didn't believe it until I looked closer.


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    02/16/09

    @BeautifulAgony is On a Boat: I think it's the Hello Kitty version.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/16/09

    @SparkleMotion_GitEmSteveDave: Oh, damn, I really wanna see that!


    Also, Love the SparkleMotion prefix to your name. That cracks me up!! You know, sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion, but now you've reaffirmed my faith in you.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    02/16/09

    @BeautifulAgony: It's tough to come up with a new one everyday, but with the Jake Gylenhalle Lego story this morning, it was easy.
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    Image of mykoskalmyith mykoskalmyith
    02/16/09

    In reply to Speaker Shelves and Storage Units Provide More Than Just Surround Sound
    As I am a very obsessive organizer, I would absolutely hate having those speaker/shelves.


    It just doesn't look organized.


    Just give me a simple DVD tower, and I'm fine.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/17/09

    @mykoskalmyith: How organized can it be when it only holds ~35 DVD cases?


    All my dvds are just in a pile in the corner...

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/16/09

    In reply to Speaker Shelves and Storage Units Provide More Than Just Surround Sound
    Wouldn't the contents of the shelf make a rattling noise? If it's books, I suppose not, but things like DVD/CD cases may make a noticeable racket, no?
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    02/16/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: That is a feature. Haptic DVD case feedback from every bass note!
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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    01/30/09

    In reply to Meet Ken, The Amazing Dancing Audiophile
    Awesome. I wish I was that free.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    01/30/09

    @DeadWriter: It is ok to be that free, just dont record it. (I also dance around semi clothed, but no one knows about it.)


    Well they didnt anyway.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/30/09

    In reply to Meet Ken, The Amazing Dancing Audiophile
    This isn't as good as Zefrank's Olympics.

    [www.zefrank.com]


    Phone dancing is hysterical.

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