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We have the 08 Ford too and it sounds pretty good to me. You probably even have a better radio. I'll bet with all these ideas you will be pleasantly suprised. Just remember to re-rip ... sorry for that tho.

Your gonna need a computer with iTunes. Then you might go buy this (I think for ~$500) or something like it - http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/glow/one.html http://www.glow-audio.com/getglow.html Then use a cable that splits the headphone out of the iPod to two RCA jacks and plug them into the above. You can also USB direct from you iTunes on your computer too. Hook up your favorite speakers, but they should be pretty high sensitivity given the 5 watts. Perhaps Klipsch bookshelf, lots to choose from there. http://www.klipsch.com/products/lists/bookshelf.aspx Or if you have Klipsch and want a change Tekton Design 4.5's are interesting too. Not sure what your price range is but that should all come in well over a IFI (well???) but around $800-1,000. And what a cool little amp. I'm not affiliated with any of those, I happen to be just looking for a small system for an iPod atm. Happy hunting!

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Couple other thoughts Depending on the settings you used to originally rip, you may have to re-rip. You can't make a compressed format uncompressed, or correct it. You can delete and start over though. Here's a few other things to check - goto preferences, advanced, importing I think it is. You might choose import using apple lossless which is a pretty good choice for quality/space. Choose setting automatic. Always keep error correction on for ripping. If you rip a cd and choose apple lossless, WAV of AIFF, of which the later 2 are uncompressed and sync that to your iPod you should have a pretty good sound. Of course that's subjective. For playback make sure you iPod doesn't have any strange EQ settings active and I assume your coming out of the headphone jack with a splitter? If you are still unsatisfied, you might just not like the DAC in the iPod. Some companies are coming out with a bypass and USB out to goto an external DAC, but I bet using all the prior info you a good improvement, especially, if you were using a highly compressed format. Let us know how it sounds ...

Sadly empty, so I gave them over to the wife ...

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... providing you are using windows, I would think. I like both those programs too, but I run a Mac for music.

I use AIFF. I do like FLAC, but it doesn't work with iTunes. What player do you like? Getting FLAC to an iPod takes some conversion. Getting anything bit perfect in and out takes some consideration at each step (storage method, bitrates, USB vs optical, pc or mac, DACs and such ...). So, for me, yes there is a huge disadvantage in that it is non-compatible with iTunes, since that is what I prefer having tried an awful lot of players. I will say if iTunes would handle FLAC I would be thrilled.

That little 9 West bag should go great with my Lilly Pulitzer spring outfit. Now, if I can find mens size 13 heels, I'll be the toast of the local TV scene. Don't you guys take your wives along when you go on a record hunt? Heck, who is gonna work the GPS while the driver races to the next pile of vinyl? Both HER pursues cost 2.50 I think!

5 LPs, 7 VCR movies, 2 purses, 10 cloth napkins - 12 bucks The whitish album is Floyd, the Wall. The Bond is still sealed.

Two things we do outside are using the deep fryer and exactly as you say, fish or funky smelling/smoking stuff. I bought a two open burner type cooker (hotplate thing) at Walgreens for 15 bucks. It will boil or blacken anything. Not that anyone asked, but check out the knives at Sams Club. Stainless with white handles, ditto for their spatulas and stuff. And they have great pans. We really never use cast iron much anymore, except for some really nice small ramekins or a few similar individual cook and serve things. Cast iron is heavy and a bit of a pain to clean. It's nice on an open fire, but there are plenty of other types of pans that hold heat well enough. I'm not trying to beat up on cast iron, I just think you can do everything with other tools that certainly clean easier. Peek at those big ole frypans at Sams and you will be impressed. The only thing I don't like about them is the handle can slip a bit if you get soap up in there. Not hard to fix that.

From Consumer Rpts Electric smoothtop - Kenmore 9641 Best rated $750, Best deal - Kenmore 9611 and Maytag mer5725ba (best buys) $550 Electric coiltop Best - Kenmore 9421 $550, (best buys) Hotpoint rb757 $400 Gas - The best rated gas stove is a $500 Hotpoint rgb745weh (72 score). Viking got a 61 score and KitchenAid a 49, Wolf 67. All those are over 4 grand. The 36 inch Thermadore is a 70 score at 5,800. I'd rather have 2 Hotpoints. We love to cook and these results really opened our eyes as to gas stoves. Many of the high end gas stoves look great and cook not so. Ditto for the fridges. Our last glass front sub zero was beautiful. I bought a cheapo from Sears so I could have cold beer. I do LOVE those Thermador gas stoves. I agree controls on front nice, but not always common. I don't agree on flat tops. We cook up a storm all the time and have no significant issues with scratching. We use cast iron and I admit we are cautious with it, but I'm always more concerned about banging the sink up moreso than the cooktop. You do need some cleaner for the cooktop, I don't know what's in it but it sure works good. I think maybe the newer surfaces are better than many years ago. Plus cleanup is a zillion times easier. Plus if you get a bridged top you can have a very large warm, not hot area. We have both burners and flattop. I'd also suggest while stainless looks nice it's a bugger to keep really shiney. We just bought another Kenmore fridge for the garage and an Amana deep freeze I had to hunt all over creation for to find a non auto defrost chest freezer with energy star rating. Watch Sears and you can get free delivery, old stuff hauloff and good discounts sometimes. Sorry I got a little off topic. I'm thinking about IKEA kitchen cabinets! Happy Shopping

I don't know about the dB's, but her lips move, but I can't hear what she's saying. Eventually, the dirty look shames me into turning down.

Or, a remote backed up harddrive wirelessly streaming to a mini mac or macbook with an external DAC with song selection via remote control. Yup, shameless Mac plug. Do check out Chris's site if you are into digital. I've honestly learned a lot there, even though sometimes I have to study a good bit to understand comments. btw - Not trying to start a PC versus Mac war, I have PC's also and use winamp and a few others so I can swing both directions!

We're trying to figure this out too for a home. Had satellite and the upload rates are real slow as mentioned, download isn't spectacular. Cable in our area charges a lot for internet - about 45 bucks, but fairly fast. I think you have to buy basic service first then add internet. I think we'll wind up getting a phone and DSL. That should be about 40 bucks a month for moderate speed, plus we'd get a local tele. Currently we use cellphones. Have you looked into using a wireless network like ATT's cellphone network or a blackberry as a tethered modem? Not sure how the cost or performance would stack up, but I use a blackberry and it seems okay on the net stuff. I'd say it's a viable alternative if your other choices are really poor. You could use somethign like that and do netflix. If your going to get the sat TV because you want the tv service, then they might give you some kind of package deal. FIOS has spoiled us! Good luck

If you are after an internal card the http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/MAudio-Audiophile-192-PCI-Interface?sku=703610V is well rated for it's price range. This one is a refurb. I like this better http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/272070-REG/M_Audio_9900_50727_00_Audiophile_USB_Audio_Interface.html and it's well rated, external. Sometimes hard to find one of these and if your running Leopard 10.5 you will be waiting on a driver like me! Might try to get 24 bit 96 khz w/USB inputs if possible. Also depends somewhat on Win vs Mac vs iTunes vs everything else!

Outlaw 7900 = 300, ~$3,500. Have you thought about maybe 5ch + 2ch? Parasound, Crown have some interesting stuff too.

Think I have one of these sitting in a box in very good shape. If interested, I'd sell for $125 I suppose. I'd have to hunt it up. Think this is the model, I'd have to confirm. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/dbx-1215-Dual-15-Band-Graphic-Equalizer?sku=183556 As with all things, you can go on and on about what these do, but basically 1/3 means 1/3 octave separation between sliders. Given your application, I think one of some sort would be handy. The more sliders basically the smaller the octave slice and the finer you can tune things; hence 1/3 is a smaller octave slice than 2/3. Also, the costlier it gets as you add more sliders. A simple application would be to boost the ends of the frequency range if things taper off. If you have boom in the middle you might cut a bit. Best would be when gear is set up, get somebody to come in and test the most common "things you will do" and adjust the EQ. Pay attention and write the settings down. An acoustic guitar will likely differ from a band versus a solo voice. Some people adjust to their preference and sliders look like torn paper or smiley/frowny faces. That's probably not the way to go. If you have very specific issues like squeals, parametric EQs are a little more targeted. Another simple use would be "counteracting" some of the dropoff playing test tones hold an spl meter from Rat Shack. That's an easy thing to get going. Use it to get closer to flatline performance. I'm no expert, I use these on guitars sometimes.

Peek here, much cheaper available http://www.needledoctor.com/Online-Store/Phono-Preamps;jsessionid=0a000d4a1f43789be2ce4d5f471a86b2ed996bfc63a3.e3eSc34RbhyRe34Pa38Ta38Qahn0

Well, heh, I doubt anyone here will tell you that's a bad idea.

Given that wire is cheap, I'd avoid splicing. I guess if you can't avoid it, then it's kind of a moot question. Maybe something in a wall you’re stuck with or a long run to speakers with attached wires from Satan. Otherwise, if splicing was good, everyone would share things like I have 4,345 splices in a 1/2 meter cable and there would be a cottage industry offering the latest and greatest splicer. Then, everyone could argue about whether the sound improvement is imaginary or real, yet no know human device would detect any quantifiable difference. Dog's would detect effects beyond the human hearing range, hence you could buy a state of the art detection device at any local pound or humane society. Upgrade certified models would become available from specialty breeders. Marketers would offer milk bone splice kits. Sensor wags could surely be construed as being indicative of a good sound even if beyond the range of human hearing.Splice no nice, but theoretically it’s probably like welding. A good splice is probably better than a crappy wire. I’d still avoid it.

That's how I do it too. Check out this - http://www.amazon.com/Niles-DPS1-Audio-DPS-1/dp/B00006HOFR/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&m=A3LJ5WMKNRFKQS&s=electronics&qid=1203703417&sr=1-8 I run 2 VRD's and an Outlaw 2150 this way. Be sure to trim the wires per instructions, the box is smaller than I expected which is nice. Wife hits standby on the Outlaw and has music. I, ummmm, hit a/b box, warm up preamp, turn on tubers, check turntable for level, clean records, blow dust, get laptop installed and wireless server mounted, but that's what it's all about. Oh, and lots of wine. Back is small screw terminals as I recall. Not really a lot of wire, you're running from the amps to the box. Still same old speaker wires which usually would be longer. Depends where you put the equipment I suppose. Dunno about the Scott but a lot of folks here do I suspect. Might need some kind of phono preamp. While you can use a SS, if you're going to recondition a Scott some might try to stick with glowtube gear.

Test out a free Friday music download from MusicGiants if you like at http://computeraudiophile.com/node/290. Here's another to try from Linn Records http://computeraudiophile.com/node/274. The Linn is FLAC and other formats, I haven't tried the MusicGiants yet. Good way to get a couple high quality downloads to fiddle with in ye ole media manager.

HobbyTron Owner Ordered to Provide Info on Transmitter Exports 1.18.2008 The FCC has issued a citation to Absolute Toy Marketing, owner of Hobbytron, for apparently marketing unauthorized FM transmitters and ignoring the Enforcement Bureau’s request for information. The commission ordered Hobbytron to provide the information and states that failing to do so could result in an $11,000 fine per violation or per day. The commission gave the company 20 days to respond. The affected transmitters advertised on the HobbyTron.com Web site include models R-FM30B-WT, R-FM100B-WT and UX-150 manufactured by Ramsey Electronics in the U.S. and CanaKit in Canada, according to the agency. The commission said it issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against the previous owner of HobbyTron, Gibson Tech Ed, for violating the same marketing rule. In its November response, HobbyTron argued that some kits sold on its site have been assembled for export and the company believes it is allowed to market those because customers are required to fill out a form stating they will export the FM transmitter. It’s not okay, according to the commission, to market non-FCC authorized transmitters in the United States. Several questions related to the investigation have gone unanswered, the agency stated, and it ordered HobbyTron to provide the information. Looks like they have been nailed twice for selling inside USA. 2004 fine was $25,000 I think. Not sure how long they will be around. They have an interesting article on how to modify your transmitter to be similar to what they cannot sell in USA. Can't sell the kit here either, but they go into great detail - wink wink.

I'm not positive, but I think the basic problem is that if you tune to a broadcast frequency already in use, and say your neighbors can't hear their favorite college game on the radio ... somebodies unhappy. I'm not sure if you tune to say 89.3 if that messes with 89.1, or 89.5. I think you just have to be careful what you select. There might be another set of issues about the technical legality of broadcasting that I have no clue about, but if the men in black are never called, because nobody complains ... There must be some power limit that is not a problem at all, because you can buy small transmitters for iPods, etc. Who knows the real scoop?