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Fantastic John.

I have a ZEN x-fi3 portable music player. It plays FLAC files to my headphones. The ZEN software is nothing to write home about but it works and sounds fine. Two things to put you in the picture: 1 My hearing is not what it used to be so the volume control is set close to or at max. And even at that...

Saddened to read, on the BBC News website, of the death of Don Williams aged 78. It is reported that he passed away after a short illness. A number of his songs were covered by other artists, Tulsa Time by Eric Clapton for example. But for me it was his voice that did it. Deep, resonant yet comforta...

An indication of the selling price always helps..

Thanks Sligolad for your answer. Apple did some things right, the iPod is a notable exception....

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/mccartney-unable-to-end-live-version-of-hey-jude-20170810133837 FEARS are growing for Paul McCartney who is now 16 hours into an acoustic version of Hey Jude and appears unable to prevent another chorus. After close to 4,000 ‘ na, na, na, nana na...

A friend of mine uses his iPod as a music server. The headphone output goes into a line input on his stereo amplifier. It works but the sound quality is way below than from his CD player. Is there a cable that plugs into the iPod and outputs the digital signal which can be routed through a DAC and i...

Surfing with the Alien by Joe Satriani. Total drivel, one of my worst ever buys.

If your child has small hands, like most children, a three quarter sized guitar is easier to manage. Electric guitars are easier to play than acoustics, I would favour learning on an electric. A small guitar amp along with a short scale guitar can be picked up from adverts on adverts.ie or done deal...