We now have a new Amazon-powered store that is completely ours. I’m proud to present the new Rudy’s Corner Store! In our store, you’ll find a unique shopping experience that is geared to our articles here at Rudy’s Corner. The Amazon connection means your order is taken securely, and your merchandise is shipped promptly. So, what exactly will you find in our store?
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Category Archives: Audio/Video Hardware
Superballs!
This has to be one of the best audio tweaks I’ve ever come across, and probably one of the cheapest as well. You could spend hundreds of dollars on isolation platforms, fancy feet or other devices for your equipment, or you could take a handful of quarters to the nearest gumball machine and buy…superballs?? Yes, you read correctly: those rubber balls we bounced around the house as kids are a great audio tweak!
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XM2GO: A Portable XM Radio Receiver
My friend Jon (in Connecticut) sent me the Delphi XM2GO XM radio receiver a month ago, and while I haven’t activated it yet, I’ve been able to play with it a bit using the preview channels and charging it in the car for awhile. Would this be any better than a standard XM receiver, such as my Roady2?
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Needle Drop Setup, Part 2
Since we covered the hardware and software editor setups in my last installment, we’ll cover filters and techniques in this second part of the series. The main objective is to clean up your WAV file while leaving the sound quality of the file intact. Too much processing will make your sound file sound “processed”, for lack of a better word, and strip it of any life it may have.
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Needle Drop Setup, Part 1
I’m sometimes asked what I use to create digital recordings from vinyl, or any other source I have. When I create CDs or other digital media from my own files, I load them into the computer for editing. My arsenal is extensive these days, but I’m at a point where I’m comfortable with what I use, and the results I can expect.
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