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Washington Post: Cheers and Jeers for iPod’s 5th Anniversary
The Washington Post is running a a series of articles today on the iPod to celebrate its 5 year anniversary. Most of the articles praise the iPod but a couple highlight some problems with the omnipresent device. Overall, I think it is a good read though nothing too groundbreaking. In some ways, I think the […]
Continue reading...Why is the Sonos Digital Music System not more popular?
21. October 2006
By all accounts, the Sonos Zone Player is a great piece of hardware for digital audio. Why is it not more popular? I recently came across a review of the Sonos whole house audio system done by the Wall Street Journal. From the article: Both Sonos and Rhapsody were originally designed to work with PCs. […]
Continue reading...DIY: Roll your own Sonos Audio System
7. October 2006
I have Sonos envy. The Sonos ZP80 looks like a fantastic product (see review here). The beauty of the ZP80 is that you can access your digital music collection without a TV. You control your music selection though their i-Pod like remote anywhere in your house. Quite honestly, Apple should have made a system like […]
Continue reading...Emusic: DRM free digital music for your HTPC
2. October 2006
As I get older, I get exposed to less and less new music. In an attempt to rectify that, I recently subscribed to Emusic, which offers songs without DRM. As a side, I hate i-tunes. I still do not understand why people buy DRM-crippled music that is at a lower quality than a CD. The […]
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22. October 2006
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