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Article Excerpt
Before I started writing for this publication, which dates back to when AOL was competing with the Web, I bought what I thought would be my last analogue stereo receiver/amplifier. It took in most input devices and pushed great sound through my colossal speakers. It was a dream system for every child of the '60s. Since then I've collected CDs like I used to collect baseball cards so I can enjoy whatever music I want whenever I want.
I thought at that time that music, indeed all entertainment, would eventually be recorded, mastered, and delivered by computers. So I expected that I would replace this system with some convergence of entertainment and computer systems when it finally wore out I must confess, I never dreamed of what an iPod could eventually deliver. I thought that convergence would look something like what HP tried to sell recently with marginal success--The Media Center PC.
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It turns out that I was wrong about the Media Center PC concept. When my amplifier finally stopped producing good sound, I went out and got a new one that did roughly the same...
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