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Just a few minutes ago I found a pretty nice music video and I decided to share it with you guys. It’s the official music video for the song “Golden Cage” by The Whitest Boy Alive. It was made by Mauro Vecchi.

It showcases some of the most famous optical illusions, which in my opinion, is a pretty clever approach and unique way of making a music video. Anyway, see for yourselves… Continue Reading »

This is just a short rant in which I’d like to say what I think about the pricing policies of guys who sell audio equipment online here in Poland.

Oh and yes, it’s a rather negative rant and it kinda involves national economics, so don’t say that I didn’t warn you… Continue Reading »

Yesterday, I’ve decided to join the last.fm band wagon. I’m still wondering why it took me so long to do this. I mean, it’s been out there for like a year or so (maybe more, I really don’t know) and I’ve always thought of last.fm users as the same bunch from the myspace craze. I guess I was wrong thinking  like that, eh?  I’m glad that I’ve decided  to give  it a try… Continue Reading »

Back when I wrote my previous post, I thought that the forum idea would come after the personal log one. After giving it a lot of thought, I decided that the forum is more important…
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Last time was a “bedtime” post, so this time it’ll be a “good morning” post! It’s kinda weird actually, it’s still dark outside and I rarely get out of bed at such an hour if I don’t have anything planned for the morning, even more so on a Saturday!

This week I finally got a pair of loudspeakers for my receiver. I’ve also done some cable huntin’ in Warsaw. Thought it would be easy in such a big city. I never thought that I’d start to despise the city street planning afterwards…
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Now this news is suprising, funny & pretty extraordinary. Apparently, some serious HiFi enthusiasts praise the old 1st generation Sony Playstation gaming console as a high quality CD player !

The people who tried to experiment a little with the console say that the CD transports may not be worth much, but it turns out that Sony put a pretty high-class DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) in the launch-edition (the very first model) of the old Playstation…
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Finally, the media start to notice the most significant problem of portable music media popularity: the omnipresent compromise in sound quality.

What does it mean ? It’s very simple actually. Just think logically: how can a small iPod surpass or even be equal in sound reproduction quality to, let’s say a home theater system ? The stratling thing is, most youngsters think that portable equipment really sounds THE SAME or if not then it can’t be such a big diff…

In my opinion, such a way of thinking about audio doesn’t even need a commentary, so let’s leave it at that (I wouldn’t want to make new enemies ;)).

Anyway, check the scoop out for yourself by reading this news article:
“Thousands of songs in your pocket: An audiophile’s nightmare?”

Also, the CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) just recently started a campaign called “The Great Audio Experience“. It’s main goal is to popularize great sounding audio devices and it’s especially dedicated to the younger generation. It even got support from the band 3 Doors Down. You can check it out at the GAE’s official website.

This is a follow-up to my previous post about a video with a remarkable and talented young drummer. Apparently, there are a lot more exceptionally talented young boys out there. Here’s what I found while scanning youtube.com…
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OK it’s time to make a pause on all (well, 2 for now to be exact) posts regarding the blog’s technical side, let’s get back to some of the main topics …

For some time I’ve been using Linux (for those of you who don’t know what Linux is: it’s another kind of operating system. To put it in a nutshell: consider it as a more “open” Windows), the well known Debian distribution to be exact. I’ve configured all the multimedia applications (music/video players, etc.), but I still lacked something. Then, while skipping through the available software, I stumbled upon the piece of software called “streamtuner”. That’s when I re-discovered internet radio stations…
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