Technology (programming mostly), games, music, or whatever that irritates me. And maybe stories.
After starting my hi-fi quest with an AV receiver Pioneer SX-S30DAB I quickly became dissatisfied with our old Samsung BD-E6100 - especially as a CD player. With a previous microsystem everything worked, it was super easy to play CD and the controls were intuitive. Samsung blu-ray player could play CDs but it was way too … Continue reading Real life review: Universal player Yamaha BD-S681
Dreams I’ve always dreamed of hi-fi and/or home cinema. Nothing overly high-end/audiophile expensive, but something serious with focus on stereo. Somehow I came to like Cambridge Audio (CA) products and was thinking about the lines of their Aero 5.1 set, perhaps without a subwoofer for the sake of my neighbours, driven by one of Cambridge … Continue reading Real life review: AV receiver Pioneer SX-S30DAB
Recently, I could work with two notebooks in the “something above 1000 Eur” price range. Both had Windows 10 installed and were used for software development. The notebooks were HP EliteBook 850 G5 (prices from 1150 to 1500 Eur here) with Intel Core i7-8550U and Lenovo ThinkPad L590 (in the range from 900 to 1400 … Continue reading Lenovo ThinkPad L590 vs HP EliteBook 850 G5
I’ve been using Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 15 for some time to produce my family videos and I was quite satisfied with it. For some time all I needed was to cut a couple of shots, use the most basic transitions and add some text. To document our family hiking project I started to add … Continue reading Flirting with DaVinci Resolve
In the summer of 2013, when I was still making music, I’ve bought a guitar pedal - a cute little looper from TC Electronic - Ditto Looper, the first version. I liked the build, the simplicity and 5 minutes of loop. You could add to the loop over and over again, but you could also … Continue reading Little interest in a product by TC Electronic
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