You’re probably here because you saw me announce this blog in my latest newspaper column… welcome! There are two reasons I started the Sound Advice Blog- first of all, it is an additional creative outlet for me and with it running in conjunction with my newspaper column, I can do an even better [...]
Cambridge SoundWorks Radio CD 745i Sound Buys Product Review By Don Lindich The Cambridge SoundWorks Radio CD 745i is the replacement for the ever-popular Radio CD 740,a product I’ve recommended for years as a better-sounding, less expensive alternative to the Bose Wave Radio. My readers have purchased them in droves and reported their great satisfaction, [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 15, 2007 Q: We recently purchased our first HDTV. I haven’t converted my satellite to HD yet, but watch the local channels in HD via your recommended Phillips Silver Sensor antenna. I route all sound through the TV back to my old receiver and listen in simple ol’ Pro-Logic [...]
The recent news that Circuit City was going to undergo a massive layoff simply so they can replace tenured workers with lower-paid ones came as a shock to many, raising voices of disgust over an action that would make frequently-maligned Wal-Mart blush. Yet this shouldn’t come as a surprise given some of Circuit City’s [...]
Two of the most interesting cameras I saw at the March 2007 PMA (Photo Marketing Association) trade show in Las Vegas were Olympus’ new digital SLRs, the Evolt E-410 and Evolt E-510. Their feature sets, combined with the design, reflects where I have long thought Olympus should go with their digital SLR line. You [...]
Experiencing Polk in the 1980s I first became familiar with Polk Audio during my college days in the mid-late 1980s. Audio was a newly adopted hobby and as I read many magazines to learn all as much as I could, I saw many Polk advertisements featuring Matthew Polk in his white lab coat, standing with [...]
Fujifilm Finepix F20 Digital Camera Sound Buys product review by Don Lindich Small, deck-of-cards sized digital cameras have become very popular because of their portability and convenience. Unfortunately, their small image sensors are limited in their ability to capture light, and in anything other than perfect lighting conditions image quality takes a nosedive quickly, looking [...]
Axiom Audio Loudspeakers Sound Buys review By Don Lindich Canadian home audio speaker manufacturer Axiom Audio has made quite a splash of late. The keys to their success have been a product line that offers innovative design, top-performance across the board, a direct-to-the-consumer business model that keeps prices low, and excellent service before and [...]
Insignia NS-B2111 Product review By Don Lindich It started when my friend Kenny pulled a speaker out of the back seat of his Subaru. It was a nicely finished bookshelf speaker with a curved cabinet finished in black wood. The front face was piano-black and held a carbon fiber 6.5 inch woofer. A soft-dome tweeter [...]
Polk I-Sonic Entertainment System Sound Buys Product Review By Don Lindich Polk Audio’s I-Sonic is the latest and most ambitious entry into the burgeoning premium table radio category, started by the Bose Wave Radio years ago and now occupied with competitors from Cambridge SoundWorks and Boston Acoustics, among others. Other than being a compact system [...]
Cambridge SoundWorks Radio 705 Sound Buys Product review By Don Lindich Over the past few years Cambridge SoundWorks has been responsible for putting a lot of reader mail in my email inbox. Though worded differently in each email, the gist of them all is “Some time ago you wrote about a table radio with a [...]
Pentax K100D Digital SLR Camera Sound Buys product review by Don Lindich After college graduation I made my living as a professional photographer, using a Pentax 645 professional roll film camera. What I remember about it was its durabilty, never needing a repair after several years of hard professional use, and especially the gorgeous [...]
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Sound Buys review By Don Lindich Though most digital cameras come with a basic digital photograph editing program, I usually recommend that readers interested inadjusting their photographs on a computer invest in a copy of Photoshop Elements and pass up the included software or competing products. The reason is simple- Adobe’s [...]
Pro-ject RM-5 turntable system Sound Buys product review by Don Lindich Though many may think turntables have gone the way of the dodo in this digital age of CDs and iPods, nothing could be further than the truth. Did you know that last year more turntables were sold than in 1984, when compact disc [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week of October 29, 2006 Q: I just read your column about using a DVD burner to make DVDs. My question comes before this. How do I EDIT my old home movies that are on VCR tapes and then burn them onto a DVD? -B.A.Kieffer A: There are two ways [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 12, 2007 Q: I have several cassette tapes that I would like to transfer to my computer, which uses Windows xXP Media Edition. I am using a laptop and the only audio imput that I have is the mic jack. How can I connect my cassette deck to my [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 12, 2007 Q: With so many tripods available it’s very hard to find a good, reliable one. Do you have any small (12″ or less) tripod recommendations for a digital camera? -Greg Voyzey, State College, PA A: First of all, I commend you on your desire [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 10, 2007 Q: My wife bought Pinnacle Studio to burn home movies to disc. I am attempting this on a Dell Dimension computer outfitted with a CD burner. So far I have been unable to burn DVDs and obtain poor quality burning to CD-Rs. Do I need to buy [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 9, 2007 Q:I normally take pictures with my digital camera, transfer them to my hard drive and make jpgs on CD-R and show them on our DVD player like a slideshow. At reunions I make a bunch of duplicate CD-Rs and give them to friends, etc, and it [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 8, 2007 Q: My receiver has a button on it called “Cinema EQ”. I do not have the manual to look it up. What does it do and should I be using it? -Joe August, West Newton, PA A: Many DVD movie soundtracks can sound a little [...]
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