Audio Rodeo - A Mostly Non-Technical Talk about IEMs
I now have three sets of IEMs, so I wanted to examine my perspective on why.
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Impressions - HiBy R1 Digital Audio Player
I'f fiddled around the HiBy R1 for a few days, but lack the knowledge and hardware to really put it through its paces. Still, portable audio players still exist in 2026, and seemingly for good reasons.
Hardware, Music
Grab Bag for Week Ending 21 March 2026
The Grab Bag returneth. Digital audio players, music tagging, my first Macbook, and the usual Star Citizen nonsense.
Star Citizen, Hardware, Music
My Own Honest Playlist
My Own Honest Playlist
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My Music - Late Breaking Addendum
From Crates to MediaMonkey, and from smart-ass VPN to popular workhorse Plex.
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Private Music Streaming
I think I've managed to cobble together a solution which will let me run my own streaming service. I just need to get off my own home wifi to try it out.
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Desktop Media Players - What Will I Use?
My takeaway from trialing several desktop media players, and ultimately, which one I'm going to use.
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Desktop Music Players - AIMP
I guess if you have media you need to play, AIMP will work, but it's one step above Windows Media Player and only just.
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Desktop Music Players - MusicBee
MusicBee is simple yet offers a decent array of tools for organizing your media library.
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Desktop Music Players - MediaMonkey
Looking at MediaMonkey, a powerful tool for managing very large media libraries, and a pretty good player to boot.
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Desktop Music Players - Helium 17
Helium is a clean looking media player seemingly geared towards file maintenance, but doesn't look to offer as many bells and whistles as some of the other players.
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Desktop Music Players - Crates
I'm test driving a bunch of desktop music players. In today's episode: Crates, a music player-slash-organizer that also lets you source plays from online services, all in one place.
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More Music Stuff
Not as much as I had originally planned to say, but I might start my re-collection with digital music, and transfer to cassette as needed.
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