Diamond45

What Steve said. I own a paid of the S4s as well (at his recommendation) and they sound amazing.

I have a 5th generation iPod Classic (no longer sold - the 6th gen is what's on the market now). I "upgraded" my iPod with a larger hard drive to 240 GB. Most people would NEVER fill that up - I'm about 1/2 way filled up on it now and that's just my progressive & power metal music If I included my "mainstream" classic rock and pop music from the 1950s through the 2000s, it would be more like 3/4 full. If you really want the room for ALL your MP3s under the sun - you could probably pick up a 5th gen on eBay and then upgrade. The HDD was NOT cheap (probably more than a 6th gen 160 GB) but for me I'm so glad I can put all my MP3s in one place!

That's fairly easy to do. Take the Line Out of the sound card, and plug that into the RCA Line In jacks of a cassette deck. Play around with volume levels on both the computer output and the tape deck recording level. I've never done it, but in theory it should work. There may be an issue with 60 Hz hum. If so, you might want to try those Radio Shack isolation transformers.

Which PBS station did you see this on? I'll have to keep a look out if they repeat it on WETA (Wahington, DC) or WCVE (Richmond, VA).

How is the audio quality? I'd be hesitant using a stand alone device unless it provided for some sort of audio repair (volume, tape hiss, bandpass filtering, etc.)

In a round about way, you answered my question - no, they don't have a current product line that is similar to the Bose Wave radio. Thanks.

Does Klipsch make such a thing that is similar to that of a Bose Wave radio? I know that Bose is junk (No highs, no lows - it must be Bose), but I'd buy something that had the same functionality but had Klipsch speakers in there. I know about the ProMedia line and the iGroove line (both are very good!) but was wondering if Klipsch ever had or was ever thinking of making something like the Wave radio?

Long live vinyl!! I still have a working turntable, cassette deck and reel to reel deck! Digital is good for ease of use and portability, but analog is great for the sound!

I recall reading somewhere a LONG time ago that vinyl records have a frequency loss around the 2000 Hz area (in other words, its not linear across the audio frequency band) and when records are recorded they are compensated with an extra boost around the 2000 Hz band. By the way, found some old cassettes from 41 years ago. They played quite well. And yes, I recorded them onto the PC to save them! I wouldn't play those tapes very much at that age. I found tapes that I recorded in the early 1980s, still play as well as they did when they were first done. Suprisingly how well those cheap tapes held up!

I personally would go Plasma. I don't like the fact with DLP that you have to replace the light bulb. Also, which technology has the "screen door" effect? IIRC it was DLP. (I could be wrong)

Understood. I won't give guarantees if the process will work or not. However, I've dubbed some reel to reel tapes that are over 45 years old and worked well. The oxidation came off on the tape head and the pinch roller, but rubbing alcohol and Q-Tips cleans them up in a few minutes. [] I still need to do a cassette tape that was recorded in 1967 (40 years old!). It has some audio of my older brother as a kid (I was not yet born - I was born 2 years later). Again, contact me off list if you are interested.

I can copy it onto my computer and make a CD if you'd like. I also have a reel-to-reel tape recorder and a turntable. So I've been doing this for a while! [] Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you my contact info.

I've always like Match Game as well. Used to watch it on CBS when I came home from elementary school! (shows how old I am)

Car radios are made to receive weak signals better. This is true for FM, not necessarily true for AM. Also, car radios have a special FM system where if a signal is weak, it will "blend" stereo and mono audio, going to mono if all else fails. (Stereo FM is actually an FM mono signal with an AM difference signal which the radio reconstructs the left and right channels.) If you're looking for a good portable AM/FM radio, look for the GE SuperRadio III. The CCradio from C. Crane is also a good portable AM/FM radio. Be prepared to pay top dollar for these radios. What kind of receiver are you using to try to receive out of town stations? All indoor FM antennas I've tried are bad. I don't have the luxury to try an outdoor antenna.

I've used that avatar elsewhere, and no one has commented on it. Good catch! My pug likes my cat... the other white meat (just kidding!). He plays with the cat, or at least attempts to. The cat doesn't like it one bit, but the pug (his name is Max) does!