I've used last.fm from when it was still Audioscrobbler, but I only just subscribed. You gain a few little things on the site, but I did it as much to reward them for the service. It's so cheap I think all their users should pay up. I like the stats and I often stream neighbour radio to find new...

Quote: Originally Posted by nrwilk 1) go into you kcontrol panel (it's much better than the OS X-style control panel located in the kmenu. To open kcontrol, just open a Konsole, and type kcontrol, pressing enter afterwards. Once there, expand the "Sound & Multimedia" section. Now select...

I'm using Ubuntu Linux and I'm sticking with it. Vista doesn't offer anything extra that I need, but it does restrict my freedom to do as I please with my PC. I'm not a gamer, but I can find enough Linux games to entertain my kids.

My main instrument is guitar. I've been playing for many years, but haven't done much performing. I had classical lessons as a kid, then just messed about on electrics. I just bought an acoustic to try and encourage me to play more. I play a little bit of piano. I did an evening class that...

Quote: Originally Posted by krrm I had to try Amarok when I got home and I had none of your issues. I can change position within tracks and the songs last as long as they should. I used Amarok 1.4.4/KDE 3.5.5 on OpenSuse 10.2(64bit). I use xine as engine as well, maybe there are some...

Quote: Originally Posted by Schalldämpfer One more question: What do you guys use to rip CD's to FLAC? I've been using the feature in Konqueror where you can browse a music CD as folders with WAV, MP3, OGG and FLAC as described here I just drag the FLAC files to where I want...

I'm using Amarok on (k)ubuntu and generally like it. My main issue is that I just started ripping to FLAC and Amarok has some problems with the files. I can't change position within a track and they all end a few seconds early. I believe this is actually a problem with the audio engine (Xine) as...

I'd love a nice big (e.g. 40") screen, but just can't justify the cost right now. Our last change was from a 32" rented Philips CRT to a 28" Toshiba CRT that I got for nothing from someone who bought a plasma. I hardly watch TV and we're not likely to get HD soon as we don't feel the need to pay...

I grew up watching Pertwee and Tom Baker and really enjoyed it. I watched the later ones too, but gave up before Sylvester. Now my kids are really into the new version. It's a different thing altogether. They have reasonable effects and pack a whole story into one, or sometimes two episodes...

Has this thread really been going for over 3 years? I only just noticed it. I did a summary of most of the major gigs I've seen on my last.fm journal. Ranges from Queen in '84 through to Eels and Flaming Lips this year. These days I would prefer to go to smaller, local gigs, but there's a...

I've thought about this on and off. Assuming you use software like EAC that makes all the checks to ensure that you have the exact bits that were on the CD, you can have a perfect copy on your hard drive in your preferred lossless format. That process can take hours if necessary as you only do...

I listened to Earthling again recently. I think it's a great fun album. Saw him do it live too. Had a great drummer. I need to listen to Outside again some time to refresh my memory. I was less impressed with that in concert. It seems to me that Mr Bowie is having fun in his old age.

I've used my Palm Zire 71 with Aeroplayer a lot for playing music on the move. I now also have an Acer n35 with GSPlayer that has the advantage of going a lot louder. The Palm is know for it's weak output. I think that both can only handle 1GB SD cards, but that's enough for most of the trips I...

I've been using purely Ubuntu Linux for a while now and don't miss Windows, but then I don't play games. I use Amarok for listening and rip using the feature in Konqueror where you can view a CD as the different audio file types (WAV, FLAC, OGG, MP3) and just drag them to where you want them...

My latest edition of Which magazine has a review of headphones. Unfortunately the details on their web page are only available to subscribers, but I will summarise the results. I'm wary of pasting their text here in case they decide to enforce their copyright. Top scorers were Bose QC2 (89%)...

I've had my SR-60 for a year. Some of the silver is wearing off the lettering, but that's no big deal. The main problem I have is that now and again the right earpiece falls off the metal rod. I just have to push it on again. The pads seem to have changed colour a bit. Looking slightly green...

Quote: Originally Posted by sonick People with high end systems and cables may cringe at the idea of using the thin composite video cable that came with a $30 DVD player as a digital interconnect, but I've tried it and it works fine. They would faint when they saw my DVD linked to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Denim I agree that album (CD) lengths have grown a bit. When cassettes were the popular choice for recording for home and car systems, very few albums exceeded 45 minutes. It was a common practice to use a 90 minute cassette and put an album on each side. It...

Quote: Originally Posted by zutme Do you have any proof of this? I run my computer 24/7 for convenience, but I have heard people argue this to me many times and it seems somewhat logical but also like ********. So basically what I am asking is where you learned this piece of information...

I've been using QCD for quite a while. It allows for a very minimal GUI if you prefer that. I use the tooltray icon to play and pause plus a tiny skin that shows the current track details. It's small enough to fit in the bottom bit of a window. It doesn't have much in the way of library...

I've not seen Neneh Cherry mentioned here. Has guested on lots of stuff as well as doing her own thing. What about Sam Brown (daughter of Joe Brown). I had to get hold of her version of Stop to erase a terrible recent cover from my mind. We saw Mariza last year. Incredible Portuguese fado...

I'm just a little sceptical of the very expensive digital cables you can buy. As long as the bits all get to the other end they could be interpretted correctly. Just look at the cables we use for 100Mb networks. Very cheap and handling much higher bit rates over much longer distances than audio...

I've liked the Foos for a while now. Grohl writes some good pop songs and they perform them well. It's not the most demanding music, but it's fun. I saw them play at Earl's Court in London in December and they put on a good show. The sound was not that great, but Grohl is a natural on stage...

My gear is not high end (Yamaha 430 receiver, Acoustic Solutions DVD, Yamaha NSP100 speakers). I have been using a crappy audio cable that came with some bit of kit as my digital link. I don't think I've ever heard an audio glitch from it. In fact it sounds fine to my ears. Maybe any distortion...

The PX200 block both ways to some extent. I had to give up wearing them for work as I couldn't hear my phone and I don't listen very loud. I use then on planes and they block some of the background noise.