Yeah, man.... remember when you could come on here and pretend to be asking a legitimate question, but then blow off the legitimate answers because all you really wanted to do is bitch and moan about how shitty everything is now compared to the golden years?!?! and, back then, when this was a "great place" with "great people", everyone would just agree and reminisce about the old days... Remember that???rhythm ranch wrote:http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=79345Jerry Pbury wrote:This used to be a great place with a lot of great people on here.
Yeah, me neither.
Sorry to even follow this tangent, but this whole idea that the board use has declined because of harsh, honest talk or biting sarcasm is just grade A nonsense. Absolute malarkey. Use of this board has declined because the future happened. The people who are living in it have mostly moved on to Facebook. I'm friends with, and currently in contact with, many previous forum members on Facebook. They didn't leave here, only to continue our discourse on a more modern forum, because they dislike my posts.
This forum is being left behind. And, it's got nothing to do with any person posting here or any other bullshit. It's just the realities of the time.
It's funny that this would come up in a discussion where so many have expressed such a dislike/distrust of the future.
BACK ON TOPIC:
My television has a USB input. I can connect a USB drive to my television and play audio files (.WAV, .AIFF, .MP3, etc) through my television, which is connected to my stereo system.
I imagine that there are many other similar devices that perform similar functions.
But, you still have to connect it to a computer and drag your music to it. Speaking of that, where are you storing your digital audio files? And, for the technophobic, how the hell do you organize them and enjoy them on your computer without some sort of "player" app, like iTunes or the non-Apple competitors?
If you're EVER listening to digital audio files for enjoyment, and have more than a couple of album's worth of files, then you should be using something to manage those files. iTunes is a dead simple interface for using and organizing your digital files. I have no doubt that there are several alternatives to iTunes that do the same things. What you guys need to do, if you really want a solution to what you're asking for, is choke down your pride and learn to use one of these programs to organize and play your music. Then, pick up whatever portable player is compatible with your player/management application and USE THAT!!
You're yearning for something that will never really exist because BETTER, MORE CONVENIENT, AND MORE FLEXIBLE AND FULLY FEATURED ALTERNATIVES already exist and have been adopted as the STANDARD WAY TO ORGANIZE AND CONSUME DIGITAL AUDIO by the majority of people in the world.
I don't really know of any audio technology companies investing R&D resources to target the aging and disappearing market of those who fear technology.
I know that none of you want to hear it.... but, the best bet is to get yourself accustomed to using one of the super convenient and flexible alternatives that already exist for what you want to do. If you don't, things aren't going to get better. This whole computer/iTunes/iPod thing is definitely not a fad. It's the future. You don't have to go there. But, you won't long have many other options. Hell, lots of places have drastically scaled back their inventory of blank CD-Rs already. And, it's only going to get worse.
If you're computer literate enough to log on to this forum, create an account, and post a topic, then you shouldn't be too intimidated to go find a player application and whatever portable device it supports, and get busy doing what you're wishing you could do here.
