[GT182]

These new LPs can be super expensive. What's this 180 vinyl they're talking about?

If you can, put your favorite music on USB drives. Our 2014 Focus has as USB slot and I can play music on it. Sounds great and you can swap change music on it if you want. The bigger the USB drive the more you can up on it. Far easier than using CDs.

I bought a YouTube downloader subscription for 19.99/year and I'm saving all the music I can think of in MP3 format. It will save the video (most of them) and convert them to MP3, all at the same time.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by GT182

These new LPs can be super expensive. What's this 180 vinyl they're talking about?

If you can, put your favorite music on USB drives. Our 2014 Focus has as USB slot and I can play music on it. Sounds great and you can swap change music on it if you want. The bigger the USB drive the more you can up on it. Far easier than using CDs.

I bought a YouTube downloader subscription for 19.99/year and I'm saving all the music I can think of in MP3 format. It will save the video (most of them) and convert them to MP3, all at the same time.

Haven't taken time to use those USB functions yet on my Mrs 2015 Fusion yet. He!! I only discovered the "S" sport mode a month or so ago...but leave it D anyway

Do you have any links for quick how-to's like YouTube, etc?

If I load those w music know she'll love the music via USB instead of the Serius/XM that replays same old same old on each channel

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by GT182

These new LPs can be super expensive. What's this 180 vinyl they're talking about?

If you can, put your favorite music on USB drives. Our 2014 Focus has as USB slot and I can play music on it. Sounds great and you can swap change music on it if you want. The bigger the USB drive the more you can up on it. Far easier than using CDs.

I bought a YouTube downloader subscription for 19.99/year and I'm saving all the music I can think of in MP3 format. It will save the video (most of them) and convert them to MP3, all at the same time.

Are your USB collection creations any easier or more straight forward than described here at this link http://fordfusionhybridforum.com/top...usic-playback/
Hope so

[GT182]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Are your USB collection creations any easier or more straight forward than described here at this link http://fordfusionhybridforum.com/top...usic-playback/
Hope so

All I do is drag and drop the MP3s to the USB stick. In the car you need to search media and then play them from there. It's not like sliding a CD in the slot and it automatically starts playing.... you need patience and need to read the manual. But it does work.

Imagine the amount of music you can put on a little ol 8 GB USB stick. Even a 32 or 64 GB stick.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by GT182

These new LPs can be super expensive. What's this 180 vinyl they're talking about?

If you can, put your favorite music on USB drives. Our 2014 Focus has as USB slot and I can play music on it. Sounds great and you can swap change music on it if you want. The bigger the USB drive the more you can up on it. Far easier than using CDs.

I bought a YouTube downloader subscription for 19.99/year and I'm saving all the music I can think of in MP3 format. It will save the video (most of them) and convert them to MP3, all at the same time.

Below is interesting info regarding 180 Gram etc. vinyl

"Otto

120-140 g is a "normal" vinyl LP, like most new releases in the 20th century. 180 g is considered audiophile grade and most new releases and re-releases available today come out in this format. The record is thicker and heavier so it may be less prone to warping over time. Some claim sonic benefits on 180 g's like better stereo imaging, less noise, wider bandwidth, etc. Another factor is "virgin" vinyl (often a feature hand in hand with 180 g and heavier LPs) which uses no recycled plastic which can contain impurities leading to a noisier record.

Another factor is playback speed. 45 rpm records inherently sound better than 33.3 rpm's. I own Radiohead's "Hail to the Thief" on 12", 45 rpm, 180 g LPs. I think this is the highest quality though you get less time per side. Plus I've only listened to it a few times as I have to take apart my turntable to switch the belt to 45 rpm mode. It sounds great.

I don't think you can say that all 180 g sound better than 120 g as the quality is largely dependent on the recording, mastering and pressing.

For example, you could have the original UK pressing of an early Black Sabbath album that will sound better than any US release because they were initially mastered differently.

If it's available and I can afford it I always opt for a 180 g pressing, I just assume it must sound better, though this may be a sonic placebo. When I'm shopping I take the 180 g sticker a stamp of quality though I'm probably just falling for marketing. On the other hand it is much more expensive to press 180 g virgin vinyl so you must assume the band or label cared enough about the record to do it.

Read more: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...#ixzz3bWfJjVkO "

[bird72]

Morning Mix
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[Alvin]

Missed this Quadraphonic sound info during my quick pass view yesterday, which is on topic regarding playback, Pink Floyd, etc.

Live concerts Azimuth Co-ordinator used by Pink Floyd


Azimuth Co-ordinator used by Pink Floyd, made by Bernard Speight, 1969 (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

In 1967 the rock group Pink Floyd performed the first-ever surround-sound rock concert at “Games for May”, a lavish affair at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, where the band debuted its custom-made quadraphonic speaker system.[20] The control device they had made, the Azimuth Co-ordinator, is now displayed at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of their Theatre Collections gallery.[21]
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:...k_Floyd_VA.jpg