Off topic, but this is a great place for a sampling

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Has digitization and minaturization obsoleted stereos?

Is the iPod and it's accessories considered today's stereo?

Kids today can get thousands upon thousands of songs onto one of the large-gig iPods. Imagine how much of your dorm room space you would have needed to match that for a comparable record collection! There would have been NO room for your Farrah Fawcett poster!

We have a stereo in the house but it's never used anymore. Everyone has one or another version of the iPod. It's kind of sad in a way. When the kids were little, like 3 and 5, we'd play music on the stereo and they'd take turns climbing up onto the fireplace hearth and dancing. Twist and Shout was their favorite. One of my best memories of them - they'd want to do it over and over again.

That doesn't happen when everyone's plugged in to their iPods. Most of all, I hate driving on a road trip and not being able to converse with anyone because they've all got their headphones in.

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Originally posted by Krakatoa:
Most of all, I hate driving on a road trip and not being able to converse with anyone because they've all got their headphones in.

I'll loan ya some "twin daughter therapy" that will fix that need to communicate throughout a long trip

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Originally posted by Krakatoa:
There would have been NO room for your Farrah Fawcett poster!

I think you would have made room for it!

actually- the turntable may be making a comeback.

Daughter in college asked for one for XMAS. And I found one that CVS was selling for about 50 bucks. made by phillips and done up to look like an old antique. I guess if they are stocking them, they must be the new fad.

She spent the college break listening to the vinyl she ordered on amazon! Who knew!!!

Best part was her showing me the liner notes and being amazed that it had pictures "and all the lyrics".

My daughter has had a turn table in her room for a couple years now and all of our old vinyl and some 45s from her grandparents. The other day I walked in and she was listening to Billy Idol, Rebel Yell, and said, "Remember". Boy did I ever.

I have a client who sells vinyl and refurbishes turntables. He said they're making a comeback with older people. Personally I think digital is the way to go.

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I never had a music collection until my iPod. Music has always been radio to me. I get bored easy, and listening to an album from the same artist can put me on that "bored" edge. The last thing I want to to after "relaxing" is get up and put away or change an album. It sounds so lazy but listening to music should be non-labor intensive and if I shuffle my iPod I could sit back for a long time and just relax.

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Problem with Bose and iPods is they don't move enough air. Ya gotta generate some thunda. It's not enough to rattle and roll. It's gotta shake too! How you gonna drive the Wilsons crazy next door if you can't make them feel your presence!!!

Does anybody know where I left my Norah Jones CD?

Remember these?




I had quite a few; even a 4 channel, quad Marantz system. It might have been a blessing in disguise that someone broke into my home and took all my music and equipment.

Sometimes I'm slow to adapt to newer technology. I'm stuck now using PDAs instead of an iPod. I like their versatility and they are not too big. I don't need to carry 100 gig of music with me all the time. I don't think there is that much good music written. However, I am beginning to purchase more downloads from Amazon and Wal-Mart. It is nice that a lot of the good old music is still available. I am still rediscovering some forgotten favorites and rebuilding the collection.

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Originally posted by spizzlepop:




Does anybody know where I left my Norah Jones CD?

Yeah. I think you left it on the Woofer World moored in the marina behind you!

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Problem with Bose and iPods is they don't move enough air. Ya gotta generate some thunda. It's not enough to rattle and roll. It's gotta shake too!

Remember the old BOSE ad with the guy in the chair getting blown backwards by the speakers? I couldn't find it online. You haven't lived until you've blown a speaker.

Kids with Ipods can't appreciate serious speaker power. I have Infinitys in the Cherokee. I cranked up Sweet Child Of Mine. My son's response was, "Geez dad! Turn it down!"

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Why did I know you "wood" find it?

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Originally posted by RJM:
Why did I know you "wood" find it?

There's probably a good explanation...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RJM:
You haven't lived until you've blown a speaker./QUOTE]

I remember the sound when I built a couple of speakers by insulating 2 of my Dads old desk drawers and mounting the famous Jensen 6x9's and running them off a Sanyo 8-track that were all mounted in my '71 scout. At least I think I remember . You never collected 8-tracks in a 4x4, they become disposables very fast.

Whenever I start to reminesce about the old music, the ways of playing it, and what I was doing back then (and where), this song snaps it back into pretty sharp focus, even though it was written after my bachelor 'golden days'!

Doesn't seem that long ago
Three of us walkin' down that road
Grey '55 Chevy parked in the front yard
Little Melody tagged along
Those were the best days now they're gone
Oh it's been twelve years since it went down
Lord, lost my best friend now
I can still see him fishin' on that old dock
I know I can't bring back yesterday
But oh Lord can't you help me find my way


Down to brickyard road
Oh, walk on down
Down to brickyard road
He's with me now
Swore I saw a Free Bird fly
Ridin' the winds of a Southern sky
When I hear that whistle blow
It carries me back
To brickyard road


Brother, do you realize what you've done?
Touched the hearts of everyone
You might've died too young
But your songs live on
I know I can't bring back yesterday
But we'll be all together again some day


Down on brickyard road
Oh, walk on down
Down to brickyard road
He's with me now
Swore I saw a Free Bird fly
Ridin' the winds of a Southern sky
When I hear that whistle blow
It carries me back
To brickyard road


I can see him standin' on the dock
His old chevy out in the front yard
Walk on down, walk on down


Momma and Daddy's doin' all right
I saw Melody last Saturday night
She's all grown up, she's such a pretty girl
Things just ain't the same since you left our world


Oh, brickyard road
Hear me now
I can see him, down on brickyard road

Swore I saw a Free Bird fly
Ridin' the winds of a Southern sky
And when I hear that whistle blow
It carries me back
To brickyard road
Oh, brickyard road
Oh, brickyard road
Wanna go back
To brickyard road

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Originally posted by rz1:
I remember the sound when I built a couple of speakers by insulating 2 of my Dads old desk drawers and mounting the famous Jensen 6x9's and running them off a Sanyo 8-track that were all mounted in my '71 scout. At least I think I remember . You never collected 8-tracks in a 4x4, they become disposables very fast.

Is this you and your Scout, rz? ...and why the curtains around the back half?

I had a '73 Scout when I lived in Denver. I loved it. Too bad the wife totaled it in the middle of Nowhere, Utah a few months after we bought it. It was a great vehicle up until then.

The bigger the trunk, the better the bass effect when you mounted those 6x9s on the rear deck.

There was a guy at Washington State when I went there 30 years ago who looked just like Niedermeyer from Animal House. He was a real piece of work. He bought a pair of Klipsch 'Cornerhorns' for his dorm room and became a total Jekyll-and-Hyde after that. Only his roommate was allowed to enter the room, he was so worried about his precious system.

Odds are, however, that had we been able to gain access to his room, his Cornerhorns probably would have met with a 10th floor freefall, just on principle alone. He would blast his speakers so loud that it shook our wall. He would not asnwer his door or phone when we needed him to turn them down. Finally had to get an RA involved and it was a big mess. It didn't stop him from blasting for ten seconds once or twice a night just to bug us.

If you want music to download off the internet to to Limewire.com. There is a free way of doing it once you download it onto your computer. But there is an advanced version that is like $20 one time fee.

It's compatable with Itunes so you can download music on Limewire and then put it onto Itunes for an Ipod.

I got over 1000 songs on my Ipod and other than the $20 I paid they have all been free.

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Originally posted by infidel_08:

I'm fond of that sweet '71 Chevrolet pickup in the background...

coach2709, My son has been using limewire for a couple of years now. He always claimed it was free. I had my doubts, but no one ever came to arrest him. It is a great site.

I use LimeWire and have for years. Its a peer to peer file sharing operation. In other words you find songs on other limewire members' computers and download them to yours. However, they in turn can find songs on YOUR COMPUTER and download from your computer. You can find other choice pieces of audio sound bytes such as Knute Rockne's talk or the Hindenburg crash. I even downloaded the last few minutes of an LSU/Ole Miss football game. The LimeWire PRO is $21.95 with 6 months of updates or $34.95 with 1 year of updates which is supposed to operate faster. The free version works fine so I use the free version. I take precautions where my computer is isolated from others trying to download my information. (I think) I also don't have it on my desktop --- just my laptop. While I have never accessed anything but audio on limewire, it does have links for video, images, documents and programs which leads me to believe that once you log on, your files, programs, pics etc are available to other "members".

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Originally posted by Fungo:
I take precautions where my computer is isolated from others trying to download my information.

"What file do you want? The Cost Benefit of Using Terra Cotta in the Design and Construction of Multilingual Domesticated Ant Farms?

Yeah...I've got it. It's down on the left towards the back. It's right next to the slide show of Disney's© Matterhorn on Appreciate Your Dental Hygienist Day 05-12-95.

Be careful where you reach back there...I've got mouse traps set to discourage any unauthorized snooping around."

What you guys do is your own business, but I'm not sure music file sharing should be promoted on this site. It's a classic too good to be true scenario. It's not legal and it can lead to a very expensive prosecution. Yes, sharing is caring, but not so much from the viewpoint of the the music industry- they call it piracy. I certainly wouldn't advertise that I was using a P2P to build a music collection.
Music industry sues Limewire
It appears that Limewire is attempting to go legit with an online music store ala iTunes, but they haven't forged any alliances with the major players, and I wouldn't expect them to have an extensive collection.
Limewire music store

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Ay matey!

Grab some more of that!

It's gold...pure gold!

not to mention that if you can access other people's computer for music and them your's, can't virus' be spread that way too?

i had to have the hard drive wiped on my home computer ( the one the teens used) a few years back and the first thing the geek asked is if we used any free music sites. we (they) had, Limewire and Kazaa. At that time anyway, the geek said not to go to the "free" sights, you don't know who is accessing your machine. Possibly the anti-virus ware is better now i guess??

sizzlepop, I appreciate the article on the LimeWire suit. After reading the article I noticed that the suit was brought against LimeWire way back in August of 2006 yet it is still in operates in 2009. I continued to read the fine print at the bottom of the page: --- it stated: Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
If we get the same jail cell I want the top bunk!!

So the answer is, "No kids don't have stereos these days?"

Fungo,
And dang fine print it is! By all means, the top is yours my friend. I gave up skydiving years ago. Just watch that ceiling fan.

The whole music piracy blitz has died down over the past two years, I believe partly from industry efforts to squelch sharing, but probably more because music downloading is so much more popular nowadays. Perhaps they discovered that the biggest appeal is convenience over cost. On the other hand, with .99 cent songs the norm I don't see why anybody would buy an $18 CD from WalMart.
Still, I'm not convinced the fight is entirely over. My guess is that the two sides are still tied up in litigation. That doesn't stop the music giants from coming down hard on the little guy users. If you have enough money to fight them, or if indeed they have stopped harassing the end users then great. I know lots of people that have shared for years and no worries except for some pretty awful computer problems- but those guys are PC users.
I just sleep better at night knowing that the artists who entertain me are getting a share for their work.

Sizzlepop,
I don't understand all the legal maneuvering currently going on but I do stay fairly informed through the media and tech publications as to the status of these types of things and the ramifications of using them. I think the jury is still out on the legality of all this. If indeed it is illegal or even questionable I expect the incoming administration to step in and "regulate" the music industry and internet usage.

Fungo,
I doubt you'll have anything to worry about...unless they decide to "regulate" snark.

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Originally posted by spizzlepop:
The whole music piracy blitz has died down over the past two years, I believe partly from industry efforts to squelch sharing, but probably more because music downloading is so much more popular nowadays. Perhaps they discovered that the biggest appeal is convenience over cost. On the other hand, with .99 cent songs the norm I don't see why anybody would buy an $18 CD from WalMart.

Call me old-fashioned, but I like to have the CD. Most of my CDs have been used once when I copy the music with Windows Media Player. I've heard stories a while back of iPod users losing their entire collection when their hard drive crashed. Maybe it's for my defense when the music piracy police come. I have access to a ton of shared music and when I find something I will listen to a lot, I'll purchase the CD. I've rarely seen a single CD online that I couldn't buy for a lot less than $18, though.

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Originally posted by spizzlepop:
I just sleep better at night knowing that the artists who entertain me are getting a share for their work.

Even $18 is a relative bargain given the number of times I will listen to a CD.

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Originally posted by spizzlepop:Still, I'm not convinced the fight is entirely over. My guess is that the two sides are still tied up in litigation. That doesn't stop the music giants from coming down hard on the little guy users. If you have enough money to fight them, or if indeed they have stopped harassing the end users then great. I know lots of people that have shared for years and no worries except for some pretty awful computer problems- but those guys are PC users.

I was just reading How the Music Industry Can Get Digital Satisfaction yesterday.