At the PSB/NAD booth, two new products were launched that all of you may just have a need for! They are new categories for these companies and as usual for them, represent not only great sound, but real value. But first, a little background on how they came to market. When I attended the Munich …
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Our 100th Blog Posting-featuring the best of our blogs
So as I was posting my latest blog on how to choose a flat panel TV, I noticed it was posting number 99. That makes this blog our 100th blog posting. Boy, that’s a lot of coffee!! Like the TV business, when you have a milestone combined with an e-newsletter deadline and writer’s block (where is …
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After a week, Spotify is impressive!
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 …
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Leon checks out Spotify
Spotify, a Swedish DRM music service has landed in the USA! Currently Spotify will work on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers and can be accessed via a Sonos player or the Logitech Squeezebox. There are three levels of service, free, unlimited, and premium. Most of Spotify’s current users in Europe have signed up for the …
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Why you want to attend our Digital Living event!
Did you know music is literally everywhere? Yes, it’s in the air, on your computer, all over the internet, on your phone, and probably sitting with dust on your shelves! There is a revolution going on in the music world. An amazing amount of music can be at your fingertips, with ease of use and …
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Leon tests the beta version of Google Music
I signed up a while back to get the beta version of Google’s new cloud based music system. My inbox finally welcomed me to the beta with a link to get started. First of all, I just don’t get all this cloud based music stuff. Do Apple, Amazon, and Google know something about the price …
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 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 MoreHow to make iTunes sound its best
For most of us, iTunes has become the primary way we catalog and organize our music. It’s just a great interface. For those of you who have a CD collection you want to rip into iTunes, I bet you did not know that iTunes is not set up initially to get you the best audio …
Read MoreDigital Home 2009 – Wednesday, July 1st
On Wednesday July 1st, Audio Advice got the Fourth of July holiday weekend started early with Digital Home 2009, our 3rd annual event featuring digital components and media. Over 200 people filled the Glenwood Avenue showroom in Raleigh to experience presentations about some of the latest innovations in digital technology, enjoy wine and food from Bella Monica, and to …
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