What are you listening to now?

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 09-11-2011 01:33 AM

Im listening to Super 80s

http://www.myfreenetradio.com/listen80s.asx

Bobbi Snow · Post by **Bobbi Snow** » 09-12-2011 01:46 AM

I'm listening to Coast to Coast... I absolutely LOVE J.B.'s voice...

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 09-12-2011 11:47 PM

I sent George a me$$age and invited him here to our site

Sinner · Post by **Sinner** » 09-13-2011 07:36 AM

I have been on this kick lately where I have been listening to other people's turntables on Youtube. I have the computer wired up to the garage system which uses Klipsch speakers and I just love the sound of vinyl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hTQcl4jM9s

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 09-13-2011 08:16 AM

I love the REAL SOUND OF VINYL which im listening to now

Def Leppord - Photograph!

Sinner · Post by **Sinner** » 09-13-2011 08:41 AM

I have been thinking about getting back into Vinyl , I bought these Klipsch Rb 61's off of CL a few weeks ago for the garage, love em

Post by **Fan** » 09-13-2011 09:39 AM

nice speakers! I have 2 klipsch setups (both have blown something inside, need to open 'em up and look around).

I am listening to crickets right now

Sinner · Post by **Sinner** » 09-13-2011 09:55 AM

I imagine the cross overs are blown, You probably well know Klipsch sells what you need and they dont rape you either.

I have two Klipsch set ups as well, one for the house and now for the garage. Paid a $150 for the RB 61's, I felt like a thief after purchasing them from the guy. He said he bought new towers of the same model and didnt need them anymore.

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 09-16-2011 02:09 AM

Listening to super 80s

('Uptown girl' - Billy Joel)

http://www.myfreenetradio.com/listen80s.asx

Sinner wrote: I have been thinking about getting back into Vinyl....

Excellent you should my friend

Bobbi Snow · Post by **Bobbi Snow** » 09-16-2011 02:18 AM

We have a vinyl store a mile from my house. I'm always in there, looking for albums I don't have. Pickin's have been pretty slim, lately... It seems lots of people are going retro, these days. Between Rod and me, we have nearly 600 well-kept vinyl albums, and several 78s from the 1930s and 1940s. And I have several 45s from my teenage years - the '50s and '60s. Rod has been copying them to CDs and storing them on a flash drive, as well. We also converted a 33 1/3 record I cut in 1959 (when I was 12) to a CD and have it on the flash drive, too. God... I wish I was that young again, and knew then what I know now. I'd NEVER, EVER settle for a day job in a dreary, stodgy office environment.

SquidInk · Post by **SquidInk** » 09-16-2011 09:33 AM

Bobbi Snow wrote: We have a vinyl store a mile from my house. I'm always in there, looking for albums I don't have. Pickin's have been pretty slim, lately... It seems lots of people are going retro, these days. Between Rod and me, we have nearly 600 well-kept vinyl albums, and several 78s from the 1930s and 1940s. And I have several 45s from my teenage years - the '50s and '60s. Rod has been copying them to CDs and storing them on a flash drive, as well. We also converted a 33 1/3 record I cut in 1959 (when I was 12) to a CD and have it on the flash drive, too. God... I wish I was that young again, and knew then what I know now. I'd NEVER, EVER settle for a day job in a dreary, stodgy office environment.

What!? (that's right... I broke out the interrobang for this one)

You recorded an album in 1959? Care to tell the story? Can you post a photo of the album cover? Were you living in LA at the time? My father graduated from St Johns Military Academy, LA, and then Hollywood High in '62, & I love to hear stories of how Los Angeles used to be. Here's one:

http://www.avalonbook.com/ or http://www.amazon.com/Avalon-Hugh-Bonar/dp/0984597700

Written (and illustrated?) by loooong time pirates. And thought provoking too.

Anyway, my family is riddled with musicians... here is an example:

http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-23/ ... instructor

So, to answer the OP -- I am currently listening to The Pascarella Chamber Music Society!

Dale O Sea · Post by **Dale O Sea** » 09-16-2011 10:25 AM

Bobbi Snow wrote: We have a vinyl store a mile from my house. I'm always in there, looking for albums I don't have. Pickin's have been pretty slim, lately... It seems lots of people are going retro, these days. Between Rod and me, we have nearly 600 well-kept vinyl albums, and several 78s from the 1930s and 1940s. And I have several 45s from my teenage years - the '50s and '60s. Rod has been copying them to CDs and storing them on a flash drive, as well. We also converted a 33 1/3 record I cut in 1959 (when I was 12) to a CD and have it on the flash drive, too. God... I wish I was that young again, and knew then what I know now. I'd NEVER, EVER settle for a day job in a dreary, stodgy office environment.

I hope you guys are using a lossless digital audio format for your archives. I recommend FLAC or at least .wav files for accurately saving your audio treasures. Much bigger file size, but will give you the best results in reproducing the original sound thru your speakers or saved later to the player-friendly audio CD format.

I also will suggest you not use optical media as your primary backup source but use a standard hard drive or, better yet, a redundant HDD array (internal or external) for this. No one really knows how even the best "archival quality" optical media will last over decades or that you will even be able to buy a quality, compatible player for them in ten years. A hard disk is far from future proof also, but is more manageable and proven than optical and probably cheaper with 1 or 2 terabyte drives coming in well below $100 and 3 TB drives nominally above that hundred dollar mark. These giant drives would handle thousands of hours of audio even ripped to lossless file. But there's tons of info on this out there and sounds like your Rod has a handle on this - wish him much luck for me.

As for what I'm listening to now, that would be yesterday's No Agenda podcastbut am also becoming a fan of silence, which is too rare here, and vinyl or HQ flac rips too. Once you try flac, you won't go back.

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 09-16-2011 02:37 PM

Yes FLAC is pretty good (VLC plays flac w/no extra codecs needed)

Now im listening to Super 80s

(YES I LOVE THE 80s)

http://www.myfreenetradio.com/listen80s.asx

voguy · Post by **voguy** » 09-26-2011 08:06 PM

On my trip today I got tired of the crap on AM & FM, so I tossed in a CD of "Somewhere in Time". Gosh did the trip seem short listening to Art in the old days.

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 09-30-2011 07:08 PM

Listening to Alex Jones

http://stream.nfowars.net