Gear Fasting (addendum)
by Rhoy Pamparo on Feb.13, 2010, under Personal Thoughts
Roughly 2 months ago, I blogged about the 1-year gear-fasting that I had endured. Well, a lot of things have changed since. The funny thing is, I didn’t get any of the gears that I mentioned. But let me say that I am in serious GAS mode recently and it has been doing more harm to my wallet than I have expected 
So these are the things I have bought, one of which I have already blogged about (EP-Booster) …
- Xotic EP-Booster
- Roadrage Pro Mini-A/B
- PP2+ Right-Angle cables
- Winged C SV6L6GC Power Tubes*
- Strymon Brigadier Delay*
* still in transit waiting to be delivered by the mailman!
Waiting for the delivery of my new Strymon Brigadier
I am most excited about the new Strymon Brigadier since I was really intending to get a second delay to work with my Diamond Memory Lane. I wanted something that has tap-tempo, has dotted 8ths & triplets option and a killer sound … looks like this one will deliver. Only downside may be the 200mA current draw that it needs to run.
From initial reviews it looks like it may even bump the ML out of the board, but we will see what happens after I put some mileage on it. And of course, I will post new pics of the board and maybe some audio clips, too!
But I am hoping (and I’m sure so is my wife) that my GAS’ing will stop now and hopefully will last for another year! … hopefully 
Joe Perry – How would you define good tone?
by Rhoy Pamparo on Feb.13, 2010, under Personal Thoughts
What a good question … and a great answer from Aerosmith’s long-time lead guitarist, Joe Perry!
Premier Guitar: … How would you define good tone?
Joe Perry: Good tone is what works for the song. Your tone forms the basis of each song. Basically, there is no bad tone, just bad uses of tone. What’s good for one song can be bad for others. I use lots of different tones depending on the material.
Truer words were never spoken!
Here’s the link to the full interview: Joe Perry On the Move
Apple TV, Love it or Hate it!
by Rhoy Pamparo on Feb.06, 2010, under Personal Thoughts
After I week of Apple TV usage, here’s my fair assessment …
Apple TV
Love:
- Internet Radio — this really is the main reason for this
- Sync iTunes Library — including all DRM-infested music & videos
- Youtube Streaming — we’ve been cracking-up on failblog.org videos a lot more!
- Wi-fi connectivity
- iPhoto sync — our photos never looked better seeing it on a big screen
- HDMI 1080p output
Hate:
- Remote — tiny and limited features
- No keyboard support — a pain when doing searches and typing wi-fi password
- If the TV is off, the output goes back to 720p — minor, but annoying!
- Heat … literally, this unit runs very HOT!
Verdict:
If you use iTunes a lot (especially in a Mac), you will love this. It extends the functionality of iTunes to the home theater setup which is really impossible because of all the DRM stuff. It has its problems like some videos won’t play because of the encoding or ever once in a while, it will be dropped off the network (using wi-fi). Of course, the lack of keyboard makes this a bigger problem. But show me a device without an issue and I will be all over it!
Otherwise, this device is pretty much useless. A lot of people on the net complain about Apple TV. Unfortunately, they bought something and would like it to do what they want instead of using the device for what it’s meant to be.
I like mine … note, it’s not “Love” … but, I really do “Like it”! 