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What are you listening to? Part III
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I ordered several music CD’s from Amazon the other day and they arrived today. One box in particular was much larger than a box containing any CD should ever be and I was wondering what the hell was inside of it. I had suspicion of what it might have been, but I held out hope that it was still a CD once I opened it.
Well, it was the music I ordered alright, but in vinyl. I looked up my Amazon order just knowing that I selected the CD and not vinyl, but alas I had indeed selected the vinyl. ****. I don’t have a turntable to play it on.
That’s okay. I’ve actually been planning on buying some nice stereo equipment around tax return time anyhow and can toss a turntable into the mix, too.
The album is Massive Attack: Mezzanine. Having the full size of the vinyl and its artwork is actually pretty cool though.
Well, it was the music I ordered alright, but in vinyl. I looked up my Amazon order just knowing that I selected the CD and not vinyl, but alas I had indeed selected the vinyl. ****. I don’t have a turntable to play it on.
That’s okay. I’ve actually been planning on buying some nice stereo equipment around tax return time anyhow and can toss a turntable into the mix, too.
The album is Massive Attack: Mezzanine. Having the full size of the vinyl and its artwork is actually pretty cool though.
Some years ago, I came to the realisation that I have a soft spot for the musical form that goes by the name of Fandango.
I am still trying to articulate to myself why I love it so and why I thrill to it the way I do:
Anyway, while my usual favourite is Antonio Soler's Fandango (and give yourself a treat - this is one of the most amazing pieces of music I have ever heard - I remember how electrified I was when I first heard it, nearly two decades ago, on a classical music radio station), but tonight's choice is a different Fandango:
Thus, I give you the Fandango (from Quintet No 4 in D Major) composed by Luigi Boccherini (a composer sometimes derisively and dismissively and referred to as "Haydn's wife" such was his fidelity to Joseph Haydn, both musically and personally; Haydn was a composer who himself was known not just as "the father of the symphony" but also for his legendary generosity and warm and genuine support of other composers and talented musicians, such as Beethoven and Mozart, both of whom also revered him).
I am still trying to articulate to myself why I love it so and why I thrill to it the way I do:
Anyway, while my usual favourite is Antonio Soler's Fandango (and give yourself a treat - this is one of the most amazing pieces of music I have ever heard - I remember how electrified I was when I first heard it, nearly two decades ago, on a classical music radio station), but tonight's choice is a different Fandango:
Thus, I give you the Fandango (from Quintet No 4 in D Major) composed by Luigi Boccherini (a composer sometimes derisively and dismissively and referred to as "Haydn's wife" such was his fidelity to Joseph Haydn, both musically and personally; Haydn was a composer who himself was known not just as "the father of the symphony" but also for his legendary generosity and warm and genuine support of other composers and talented musicians, such as Beethoven and Mozart, both of whom also revered him).
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Flobots, nice, they still make it into my playlists.
Speaking of playlists ... a while back I was knocking around (for fun , or for the non-Geeks, "fun") with some code that would allow you upload playlists, and then let someone else build a new downloadable playlist for you - kind of like a mixtape using your music as the source.
Hahaha, yes, you have started down the path to the dark side ...
Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than the Rest (Tunnel of Love)
@SandboxGeneral So you switching to vinyls? My old CD collection is in disarray and many-most of the boxes are missing(got a CD wallet back in the day).... and been thinking if i should bother buying the CDs again or going in for vinyl. Haven't decided yet...
@SandboxGeneral So you switching to vinyls? My old CD collection is in disarray and many-most of the boxes are missing(got a CD wallet back in the day).... and been thinking if i should bother buying the CDs again or going in for vinyl. Haven't decided yet...
No, not switching to vinyl. It was a careless mistake when I placed the order and clicked the wrong button. But like I mentioned earlier, I'll keep the album and just add a turntable down the road and perhaps pick up some vinyl from time to time. But CD will stay as my primary medium.
Siri is playing hits from Queen.
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Big fan. Ed King rip.
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Big fan. Ed King rip.
Yes, CDs are more stylishly solid, somehow, - plus the maximum time of 80 minutes is more generous than what you could ever manage to get on a LP - thus, my collection is comprised of CDs mostly, as well.
Still, there was something about the way one would remove an album from its sleeve, blow on it, settle it on the turntable, and that lovely sound as the needle dropped into the groove; I loved playing (and listening to) LPs.
Yes, you cannot go wrong with Queen; epic listening for morning, noon and night.
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Agreed. Although it was the Cranberries and Oasis for me today.
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I'm trying something new (to me) for audio listening in the car. I took a USB drive this morning and put two albums on it. One was in FLAC and the other in ALAC and plugged it into the car's USB port where I normally would plug the iPhone into it. I wasn't sure if my car would even support playing music from a USB drive, and if it did, what formats would it accept? I was fairly confident that it would do FLAC, but not as confident on ALAC (Apple's version of FLAC or lossless audio format).
When I plugged it in (formatted in FAT) the car recognized and played from both formats. That made me happy because all of my lossless files are in ALAC and I only ripped one album in FLAC to test out on the car.
Right now I'm copying the rest of my ALAC albums over to the USB drive for use in the car. I figure this will be easier to use than plugging the iPhone in or using it via Bluetooth which sometimes drops out. Plus I'll have the advantage of listening to the highest quality music in the car too.
Mine has an SD card slot but the last time I tried using it failed to recognise the tracks.
To be honest I nearly always listen to radio or just BT audio from my iPhone.
I keep my iPod Nano hooked up.
I tried to use a USB drive and it drove me nuts. A song would play, then the next song would be cued up and the screen would read "unidentified file", then another song would play... repeat ad nausea ...
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Years ago and for many years, I used an iPod Classic in the truck. I kept it in the glove box and it worked great. But eventually it stopped working and by that time the iPhones were able to be used and I went with that ever since.
With my new car, plugging in the iPhone to use CarPlay is slightly cumbersome due to the location of the USB port and the way the center console is designed, so I only use it if I go on a longer drive. My daily trip to work is only 2 miles so it became more of a hassle to connect it for such a short ride. Using the Bluetooth connection is usually always fine, but sometimes it won't connect for whatever reason and this happened on my other cars too.
So I'll try the USB drive and see how it goes.
@Apple fanboy I'm not one to listen to the radio. Way back in the 1980's and 1990's I did, but since the iPod came out and I could use it in the car I stopped listening to the radio. Every once in a great while I might tune into my local NPR station though, but that's it.