Recent content by AlanB

The correct amount of toe in is when you cannot see the sides of either speaker when sitting in your preferred listening position.

I used to work for a major UK telecommunications company. When the digital network began to be used for music replay they experimented with people's ability to differentiate by between various bit rates. They found that over 90% of people dragged in off the street couldn't differentiate...

The old one are the best... 🤣

Indeed, the only stupid question is the one you didn't ask.

A bit of Djam Karet to start the evening off.

A bit of Marianne Faithful tonight.

Mine too.

And now a bit of Stones.

Just enjoying a bit of Uriah Heep.

So did I. I find it strange tat the world has turned upside down with respect to albums and live music. Back in the 70's gigs attending was dirt cheap and buying albums relatively expensive. Nowadays the opposite is true (and then some). Although I went to Kingston College (1970-73) I...

Neither, it is a trip hazard... 🤣

Tonight I am listening to this.

Could you load the artist and album folders as well as the music files in to Foobar? When I tried that it didn't allow me to select "convert". That said I have only just got Foobar 2000 and am still learning about its capabilities.

i recently converted my music library (approx 12,500 songs over several hundred albums) from ALAC to FLAC using Foobar 2000. It took several days, because Foobar doesn't support batch conversion, so will only convert the tracks imported into it from each album. Basically I opened two windows...

Many years ago I noticed that my ears felt "pressurised", so I went to the doctor. He diagnosed excessive wax in my ears and syringed them. That was the single best improvement I have ever made to my hifi, and also by far the cheapest! :)