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!

Does it have to be a system that converts directly into MP3 from a cassette deck? A stand-alone casssette deck can be plugged into the LINE IN on a sound card. Software such as Creative Labs Wave Studio does the job nicely. I clean up the audio with Gold Wave and convert to MP3 with CDEX or MusicMatch. I've been converting LPs and cassettes to CDs and MP3 files for a number of years now. Reel-to-reel as well.

That's why I went with a company who does 35mm stuff for the pros on a daily basis. My Movie Transfer (www.mymovietransfer.com) is who I chose to convert my late father's 8mm home movies to DVD. They throw the amateur stuff in with the 8mm and 16mm gates on their telecines between batches of 35mm stuff. It cost quite a bit of money, but well worth the price.

Sputnik: In Washington, DC - we took the subway system (the Metro) and used the Grey Line tour buses, which you can get at Union Station. If you're staying at a hotel in DC proper, try to get one near a Metro stop. Most of the places you want to see in DC are either near a Metro stop, or you can see on the Grey Line bus tour (I forget the price, but it was worth it). Otherwise you'd have to drive in to DC, and I don't recommend that unless you know your way around here AND its on a weekend or Government holiday. As for staying in the Outer Banks - there are three or four distinct sections. The north part is Duck/Corolla (fancy houses), the middle part is Kill Devil Hills/Nags Head (lots of tourist shops, most built up area of the OB), and then the southern parts with Waves/Salvo (mostly rural), and Avon/Hatteras/Buxton (more built up, still rustic). This lower side has the lighthouse, as others have mentioned (hard to climb, well worth it). Do you like to fish? LOTS of great fishing. There are "head boats" that you can go on tours (morning or evening) from Hatteras. There are fishing piers in Avon and Nags Head. If you fish in the ocean, no license is needed! :-) For staying down there - if you're staying a week, I would suggest renting a beach house (MANY realty companies to choose from). Less than that, there are a few hotels and B&B's down there. PhilMays - Thanks for the comment on the pug. Not many people know who or what he is. He is just over a year old. That picture was taken while we were at Avon, NC on vacation in May 2006.

I didn't see this post until I had posted my other ones! [] Obviously you like Washington and Oregon as well. Anyhow, as others have said, Washington, DC is a good vacation. My father (now deceased), older brother and I did the DC thing about 4 years ago. Glad we did it. (I live in Fredericksburg, same as Steve K.). I don't recommend Ocracoke unless you like isolation. The town on the island is a small touristy-type town. I suggest you stay on the "mainland" (islands connected by bridges) and stay in towns such as Hatteras or Avon (see my previous post on Avon). My wife and I just got back from a Florida vacation. We drove all the way down to Key West and back. We liked the west coast of Florida much better than the East coast. We drove all the way down to Key West and back. We didn't like Key West per se, but glad we did the trip.

I used http://www.turntableneedles.com in the past for my turntable (Technics) and it worked out well.

I know you live in Montana, but have you ever been to western Washington or western Oregon? I spent my childhood years near Seattle and always loved it out in Washington state. I was last there with my wife and step daughter in May 2005. May is *NOT* the time to visit the Pacific Northwest (still the cold and rainy season), but in July and August, its wonderful! Washington has Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens (if you weren't around when it blew up in 1980, they have a very nice visitor's center that goes into detail to the event) as well as Seattle & Olympia. The San Juan islands are great to visit by ferry. Grand Coulee Dam on the eastern side of the Cascades is a fun place to go. Oregon has the ocean and Crater Lake. I haven't seen Crater Lake in over 30 years - gotta go back there. Dave

Have you ever been to the Outer Banks of North Carolina? My wife and I have been to Avon, NC a number of times. We've always loved it there. Though we're going to give it a break for a couple of years (I want to see other places!), I'll want to go back to see the ocean.