Inspirational Technology

iMic

Since I've been listening to so many MP3s, I've finally run out of patience with the poor quality audio out on the speakers that came with my Cube. When I moved, I expected to mainly be listening to MP3s and had been slowly ripping my CD collection for this reason. I figured, I really didn't want to unbox my CDs. Unfortunately, there was always a really annoying hum coming from the speakers and the levels just weren't good. So out of the boxes came the CDs. Now I'm hoping to remedy this with an iMic. I ordered one tonight, from reviews it seems like it does the job quite a bit better then connecting through the pro speakers. MP3s, even with the undeniably poor quality in comparison to CD, are just so convenient. Especially when you have a large collection of what can be considered archival material (i.e. pre-WWII blues).

BTW, I think CDs don't sound all that great either. I spent much time with CD, Vinyl and SACD sources and good quality vinyl on the Gyro SE table I used to have, killed CD everytime. I was extremely surprised by this, as I was definitely a member of the CD generation and had only owned one record when growing up. I went in with an open mind though, and I was sold almost instantly. Oh well, it's back to all digital sources now. My days as an audiophile are over, which isn't such a bad thing.