http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com Entertainment, reviews, sports, gadgets, audio, and video Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:25:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, I am a semi-hardcore music fanatic. No, I don't spend tens of thousands of dollars to get that last speck of sound quality, but I do research midpriced (or low priced by audiophile standards) solutions that lead me to different devices for music. Along the way, I read ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/08/28/little-dot-mkiii-amp-and-little-dot-dac_1/ Well, I have been called an Apple fanboy despite the fact that I own 5 PCs, so I thought I would make it official and get a Mac, too. For my first Mac, I decided to get a Mac Mini and see how it went. I already have ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/08/22/my-first-mac/ As a Canon 20D owner, I have been waiting for a long time for the perfect camera - for me - to come along before I decided to upgrade. It has been hard because it is outdated because of its puny LCD screen, no live view, and 8.2 megapixels...my ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/08/08/canon-d60-could-it-be-real/ Well, I have had the iPad for a few months now, so I have plenty of time under my belt to get an idea of what it can or can't do. The responses below is the second entry related to some of the trolls that go to forums and ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/08/02/for-the-ipad-critics/ My canned response related to Apple products that I own Back in 2003, I bought my first iPod. It was the 2nd Gen version that had a firewire port and predated iTunes on the PC. It was one of the few models out at the time that had 20GB ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/07/21/why-not-feed-the-trolls/ Well, the 6 month lottery for LeBron James has come to an end. He chose to play for the next few years in Miami. The big surprise for me is the number of sports writers, commentators, and talk show hosts that are now calling him a loser. I remember ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/07/09/james-to-miami/ Any argument against the Apple iPad Tablet (32GB, Wi-Fi) based on sound quality is without merit.  One of the reasons is that the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit enables the iPad to send out a pure digital signal (bypassing the internal DAC and amp).  For this privilege on the iPhone/Touch, you ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/07/04/ipad-audiophile-quality-sound/ As many of you may know, I am a huge fan of Rhapsody. It is a service that allows you to play millions of songs by streaming them to your computer or certain portable players. The service was put on the iPhone last year to many people's surprise. ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/04/28/rhapsody-adds-offline-play-to-the-iphone/ Well, for several years now, I have had the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine on my Amazon wishlist. The Road Machine is for bike training when the weather is not right for taking your bike out. I have had a Raleigh M80 bike in my shed that I haven't ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/04/17/kurt-kinetic-road-machine/ I bought an Airport Express (~$95) to stream music from my computer in my home office to my bedroom. The iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad all have an app called "Remote" that will allow you to control your iTunes library that resides on a computer. I use ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/04/17/airfoil-airport-express/