{"id":31731,"date":"2017-12-04T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=31731"},"modified":"2017-12-03T19:16:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T02:16:13","slug":"newsletter-issue-940-apple-and-home-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2017\/12\/newsletter-issue-940-apple-and-home-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #940: Apple and Home Audio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, I had a fairly sophisticated stereo sound system, worth well over ten thousand dollars. It consisted of a set of classic flat panel ribbon speakers, the Carver Amazing Platinum, in piano black, and several components bearing the Carver and Sunfire labels. The preamplifier even had tubes in it, so call me retro.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, I sold it all in 2006 when I needed to raise cash. But I had reached the point where I seldom listened to it anyway. I spent more time listening to stuff on my TV set; I had a Bose home theater sound system in those days. True, the audio quality didn\u2019t come close to matching that Carver\/Sunfire system, but there was the added benefit of convenience. The main system was placed in the living room, and the family and I didn\u2019t spend a whole lot of time there.<\/p>\n<p>Since the advent of digital audio, and the amazing and unpredictable success of the original Apple iPod, more and more people listen to music on tiny ear buds. Some will spend money on higher quality gear, perhaps a full-sized set of earphones. But for traveling about, convenience rates above audio quality.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2017\/12\/newsletter-issue-940\/#audio\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, I had a fairly sophisticated stereo sound system, worth well over ten thousand dollars. It consisted of a set of classic flat panel ribbon speakers, the Carver Amazing Platinum, in piano black, and several components bearing the Carver and Sunfire labels. 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