After having lived with Spotify for over a week, I have to give it a resounding- this is really cool!! Of the growing number of streaming music services out there, the feature lists offered by the collective is huge. None of them do everything and you can certainly nitpick any of them. However, I’ve concluded …
Read MoreLeon takes the new Classe CP800 for a spin
As many of you may know, I’ve got a Classé SSP-800 surround sound processor at home. Over the last couple of years, this has become the favorite processor for Audio Advice. I don’t think we’ve ever had a product solicit as many positive calls after home tryouts. Most calls say it sounds far better than …
Read MoreAmazon, get off of my cloud!
I started seeing a lot of great press on how Amazon had beat Apple and Google to the punch with their new cloud based music player, so I thought I would check it out. (Knowing Amazon’s history of great systems, I was really looking forward to seeing what they had come up with.) Well, I …
Read MoreHave you heard about MOG?!!
For those of you who embrace the concept of getting music from the cloud, MOG is the latest and greatest in the race for your monthly subscription. First, let me give you a quick run-down of what I mean by cloud based music. Music broadcasting started with regular old AM and FM radio. It was …
Read MoreFun again with music
After spending several months ripping my CD collection in AIFF (see my earlier blog), I was finally able to move my Mac Mini into my home theater rack and start enjoying my music! This is a ton of fun. Ripping all my CD’s was by far the most time consuming part. The good part is: …
Read MoreAyre Computer Audio Reference
Steve Silberman from Ayre Acoustics was one of the presenters at our Digital Home 2009 event on July 1st. Steve demoed Ayre’s new QB-9 DAC and also gave tips about getting the best computer audio performance. Steve handed out the information below on a reference sheet for our event attendees. We’re passing it along here, and hope you find it useful. …
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