Re: GNU/Linux is the Empowerment of the PC. So What Do You Do?

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:02:14 -0400, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
wrote in <uv75pm$189rd$1@dont-email.me>:

On 4/9/24 11:14 AM, DFS wrote:

On 4/9/2024 7:52 AM, shitv wrote:
 
 

Of course distortion, noise, and frequency response can be measured,
although "golden eared" audiophools will assert that the measurements
do not suffice.

 
 
Speaking of which:
 
"I like movies and music and have a pretty darn good stereo (the
speakers alone list for over $10k)." - shitv Jul 2006
 
 
$10K just to listen to the Ghostbusters soundtrack in hi-fi... what an
idiot.

 
It might have been worth spending that much ~20 years ago, but for most
of us, mere age has reduced our hearing range capability by quite a bit,
such that Billy Joel's "cheap pair o speakers" does well enough.
 
 
-hh

Still helps to have a distortion-free playback system that
you can crank up to compensate for hearing loss, if that is
a concern.

I don't have hearing loss -- yet? -- so I have a nice pair of
Polk speakers wired to a USB-capable amplifier.  (I _was_ using
SPDIF, but that had some reliability issues.)

One thing we do have "dotted" throughout the house are smart
speakers:  Echo Dots. (I guess if any TLA wants to listen
in, they've got us covered.)

ObLinux:
There used to be a snap to run Alexa on a Linux
desktop -- but I don't use snaps.  Also, I think there's
a project that turns a Raspberry Pi into a smart speaker.

--
-v