Posted: January 4th, 2011 | Author: Linh Pham | No Comments »
A few months ago, I wrote about my search for an iPod Classic replacement and how there isn’t a whole lot of options out there. Well, I found something that would meets most of my requirements when perusing through The Register. They had a review of a Cowon iAudio X7 portable media player that is available with either a 120GB or a 160GB hard drive; more importantly, the player supports Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files (albeit, Cowon does not list out support for 16-bit/48KHz FLAC files).
The 160GB capacity would be the same as my current iPod Classic, which is liveable; but, the lack of physical playback buttons (meaning dependance on on-screen controls) is a much bigger issue for me. I wouldn’t mind having a corded remote that provide some kind of playback control. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: October 12th, 2010 | Author: Linh Pham | 1 Comment »
Those who know me, I have amassed a huge collection of music over the past decade and a half. So much, in that I don’t have enough CD towers to store them all. I have also ripped the CDs in MP3 (a bare minimum of 256kbps CBR, though my standard is now 320kbps), as well as many of my favorites in FLAC and ALAC.
Why FLAC and ALAC? I chose FLAC since it is a lossless and open format, in which I can treat each FLAC file as an archive-worthy copy that so happens to contain ReplayGain data. Not to mention, it’s perfect for listening to music in my living room through my Squeezebox or one of my Sennheiser headphones (HD570 and HD580). Now, it may seem redundant to have FLAC and ALAC copies floating around, but it’s necessary because Apple decided to go with ALAC as their sole lossless format for iTunes and their iPods. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 5th, 2010 | Author: Linh Pham | No Comments »
All that I can say is that the new introduction and theme for the new Doctor Who series (Series 5, Series 1, New Series, or whatever it is called) seems to have lost touch with its predecessors. While there still is the TARDIS zooming through the Time Vortex, as seen in Series 1 through 4 (Ninth and Tenth Doctors), and the base melody is there; but it does not seem to have the same depth and oomph as the one for Series 4.
The only thing I like about the new intro is that the TARDIS in the new logo morphs into the TARDIS and continues to zoom through the time vortex.
Maybe it will grow on me like the Series 4 theme, but only time will tell.
Posted: December 16th, 2007 | Author: Linh Pham | No Comments »
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I purchased a Slim Devices Squeezebox (version 3) a couple of weeks ago as a way to get music from my file server out to my living room. Before purchasing the Squeezebox, I connected an iPod dock to my receiver and used one of my iPods to play music. The three biggest problems with that setup is that I had to walk over to the iPod to skip or repeat songs or change playlists (the cost of a newer dock and a remote was not worth the cost), it was impossible to see what song was playing from any other spot than standing in front of it, and the iPod does not natively play Ogg Vorbis or FLAC audio tracks. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 2nd, 2007 | Author: Linh Pham | No Comments »
Having been blue over the past several days, it gave me a chance to expand the list of depressing songs and why I find them depressing. The new additions include:
As well as a couple of songs by Barenaked Ladies.
Now that I have a Squeezebox in the living room, it is much easier to queue up depressing songs on-demand. At this point, I do not know if that is a blessing or a curse. (by the way, a brief review of the device is coming up in the next week or two.)
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