Replacing the “Steuerpimpel” of a Dual 626 record player
My very first (music) record was played on my father’s Dual 626 record player some 35 years ago. This record player is part of my HiFi equipment since a co...
Music
Music streaming services and sound quality
Back when I was a teenager I spent a lot of time listening to music. I mean really listening to it - not just keeping it running in the background while doin...
Switching from mp3 to ogg
When it comes to multimedia software most Linux distributions have one thing in common: no proprietary codecs - and this might include MP3 playback. I have n...
“Martyr”
A little “nerd-off-topic”, but as I’m a big fan of Depeche Mode since the days of “Master and Servant” and “People are People” back in 1984, I’d like to ment...