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OT The death of the home stereo system
(CNN) -- For many years, it was a rite of fall.
You moved into your dorm room or new apartment. You started unpacking the car. And the first thing you set up in your new place was the stereo system: receiver, turntable or CD player, tape deck and speakers. The wires could get tangled, and sometimes you had to make shelving out of a stack of milk crates. But only when the music was playing on those handpicked CDs, mix tapes or (geezer alert!) vinyl records did you move in the rest of your stuff. Daniel Rubio wouldn't know. To the 23-year-old, new dorm rooms and new apartments have meant computers, iTunes, Pandora and miniature speakers. "All I had to bring was my laptop. That's pretty much what everyone had," says Rubio, who attended Emory University in Atlanta and now works for a local marketing and communications firm. "It was actually pretty good sound. It would get the job done." http://cloud.feedly.com/#subscriptio...%2Fedition.rss I don't have the know how to make this happen, but I could see a home stereo could be saved if you could program it with your computer. I have been reading for long time that in the future even car tires will have IP address. If stereos had the technology to be controlled by the computer they would still be useful. I can see moving into a dorm with the laptop first, but you are most likely going to have a wireless router. If the stereo could be connected to the laptop wirelessly and given a password then I could see where big stereo speakers would move in next. You really wouldn't even need a laptop. You could control the stereo with a cellphone. It would be nice, in a dorm environment, where the stereo would play play lists from more than one phone/laptop at a time in a round robin configuration. This could also work with bluetooth in the car. |
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On Fri, 27 Sep 2013, Metspitzer wrote:
(CNN) -- For many years, it was a rite of fall. You moved into your dorm room or new apartment. You started unpacking the car. And the first thing you set up in your new place was the stereo system: receiver, turntable or CD player, tape deck and speakers. The wires could get tangled, and sometimes you had to make shelving out of a stack of milk crates. But only when the music was playing on those handpicked CDs, mix tapes or (geezer alert!) vinyl records did you move in the rest of your stuff. Daniel Rubio wouldn't know. To the 23-year-old, new dorm rooms and new apartments have meant computers, iTunes, Pandora and miniature speakers. My "computer speakers" are a pair of small bookshelf speakers, fed by a full blown stereo receiver I got at a garage sale for $7.00. The speakers were bought at some other sale for about the same amount. My bedside system is about the same, though smaller speakers. I get way more value for the money. And yes, MP3s mean not that great sound, but I'd never put it through the tiny tinny speakers that are in most 'docking stations". It's amazing, one can see small stereo systems tossed out when the students leave, likely replaced with something smaller that has smaller speakers and is magically labelled a 'docking station". Michael |
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This is just weird, trying to turn this into an analog versus digital debate...
dk no.email.thankstospam.net (DK) wrote: In article , Metspitzer wrote: You really wouldn't even need a laptop. You could control the stereo with a cellphone. It's all just status games. Stuff not really far removed from "my dick is bigger than yours". Where it was big-ass HI-FI system before, it is the gold-plated iPhone now. It's not about function, it's about status. That said, the idea that mp3 on any of those teeny-tiny audio "systems" produce a sound comparable to the well-built analog setup is completely laughable. They are just good enough for masses and the hi-fi craze of the 1980s was a huge overkill for that same masses. DK It would be nice, in a dorm environment, where the stereo would play play lists from more than one phone/laptop at a time in a round robin configuration. This could also work with bluetooth in the car. |
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On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:47:56 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote: I don't think it is "ALL" about status. Having a set of speakers you can listen too when you are in a group takes a stereo. A laptop or cellphone just doesn't have the power. Lots of out door activities (or....gasp......housework) are nice with a large set of speakers. You should be able to play the mp3s you have on your phone over a large set speakers without having to relinquish your phone. Ah, see where you're coming from ... http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/tech/i...stereo-system/ (about the point where Google's 'most popular' is more relevant to me than what the media touts for its esteem). I researched sound engineers before selecting these, based on a regard for even and faithful reproduction without coloration;- It's a little different from the obsequious Polk Audio "experience." (Similar dome tweeters to my Studio Reference Series Polks, the Alesis are more overall accurately engineered, and if paired for a quad array, they're complimentary.) Running a pro sound processor (Behringher rack stuff), and have them EQ-d for a wet signal (another Behringer mixer routing path) to duplicate Sony headphones, which characteristically are received for a "Sony Sound" entailing emphasized upper frequencies. http://www.zzounds.com/item--ALEM1MK2 Fairly reasonable for a bill and some change (a discontinued sale, apparently, as I saw some priced for $600 at the time of purchase). Open fronts, though. (Recently pulled the wire mesh cage from a vacuum amplifier, cut it in half and mounted it to the front of the speakers for protection.) Of course, then there's the other half - the amp. Picked up an ART (East Coast engineering and make). Regular retail cost. CNN would at times manifestly like to talk ****. Any kid paying $50K for college tuition, these days, won't be long before figuring a difference and advantage to classier studio-grade gear when leaving dorm-room sound piping, to realize a commodiousness suited better stations and equipment for non-restrictive listening. |
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On 09/28/2013 08:31 AM, Larc wrote:
There's a definite connection between the death of good home stereo systems and the death of golden ears. Much of the public just doesn't seem to demand audiophile sound quality anymore. They are perfectly happy with obviously reduced fidelity and increased distortion just so long as it's loud enough. At a time when there has been greater clamor for always better quality visuals, audio has been allowed to reverse. Well, at least most of the music they listen to wouldn't profit any from better sound reproduction. Most kids these days have suffered hearing damage as the result of being exposed to the thumper cars which seem to popular, so it's no surprise that they have no ability to discern the finer sounds of life. Jon |
OT The death of the home stereo system
On 9/27/2013 7:47 PM, Metspitzer wrote:
hout having to relinquish your phone. That said, the idea that mp3 on any of those teeny-tiny audio "systems" produce a sound comparable to the well-built analog setup is completely laughable. They are just good enough for masses and the hi-fi craze of the 1980s was a huge overkill for that same masses. DK It would be nice, in a dorm environment, where the stereo would play play lists from more than one phone/laptop at a time in a round robin configuration. This could also work with bluetooth in the car. I use a docking station when I cook/clean/renovate at home. When the wife is gone I play sports talk on the docking station too. Fantasy football and fantasy baseball talk shows! For me they are perfectly fine and convenient. We have no stereo in our house. in fact until last week we only ever use tv speakers, but i bought one of those 5.1 home theatre in a box things from Walmart for $69. I really don't give two flying fricks about sound quality so count me in on that docking station craze fan list |
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