12/18/2023 0 Comments Plexamp controls![]() But like reading an actual book, taking a CD out of its case, placing it onto the tray of a CD player and pressing play provides the sort of tactile experience not possible using digital files. Of course, using music apps will always offer greater overall flexibility what with the huge selection to choose from, ability to take and play the music anywhere and all the other reasons CDs lost out to file based formats. It’s incredibly refreshing to put down a device that can do anything well enough in favor of a device that does just one thing really well. As Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Terre des Hommes once said, “A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” and I believe using a CD player is similar in a way. If a CD is playing it will always pause it. Since the device has but one function there is never a question of what pressing a button will do. I turn on my amplifier, CD player, turn the input knob to CD and then put in a CD. As I mentioned in my broader post about the state of my audio stack in 2022, I have put a CD player back into my audio setup partially because of the straight forward simplicity that it offers. Which brings me back to why I’m using a CD player. I’m not lamenting that computers are more capable but I am saying that it has come at the expense of some tasks that used to feel simple and straight forward. It used to be that browsing the web while running Winamp was about as much as you could reasonably expect a computer to do. We’ve added greater functionality and expectations to computers and in a sense they’ve become too capable and complex for their own good. I believe a major contributor to this is due to how powerful today’s computers are. While I certainly appreciate having access to an effectively unlimited supply of music at the click of a button the overall experience has degraded significantly over the years. You press pause on the keyboard and now suddenly there is two songs playing because macOS decided that what you really meant was to unpause the inactive music app, not the one you are actively using! ![]() You’re listening to music with Spotify in the foreground with Plexamp paused in the background. Or, maybe you’re like me and you use multiple music apps like Spotify and Plexamp. Then you get a phone call so you press pause on the keyboard and…the music doesn’t stop? What gives? Well, macOS decided that the keyboard controls should control the video on the webpage and not Spotify. For example, let’s say you have Spotify open playing music in the background and you visit a site that as an auto play video. On the surface this seems like a welcome change but in practice it feels as if the feature was programmed to purposely do the wrong thing at all times. A few years ago a change was made to the keyboard media controls that allowed them to control more media, even media that is available on web pages like YouTube or the little video widgets on news sites. When you add up all the advantages of PCI, it’s easy to see why we’re your best choice for electrical power equipment.Nobody asked for this but today I’m going to discuss why I put a CD player back into my audio setup.īefore we get into that, I want to touch on one of my biggest pet peeves about macOS: the media controls. Our extended service contracts will give you peace of mind knowing that you can call on our service department 24/7 for any emergency. We’re able to provide a level of personalized service that you won’t get from huge conglomerates. The experts at PCI are always available to answer questions, make suggestions, and make changes to meet the demands of your particular application promptly and skillfully.Īt PCI customer service is ingrained in everything we do and every piece of electrical equipment we produce. We keep the red tape to a minimum so that we can spend the maximum time exceeding our customers’ needs. Modern operations techniques coupled with our on-site design and engineering staff allow us to respond to your needs quickly and efficiently. Every piece of equipment we build is made in the USA at our factory in Commerce, CA. Highly experienced electrical power equipment professionals execute every stage in the design, manufacturing, and testing of PCI equipment. Over the years we have become a trusted source of premium low and medium voltage switchgear, switchboards, bus duct, enclosures, tap boxes, motor control centers, and substations. Today, PCI continues to embody these core values. ![]() was established in 1975 to provide the highest quality electrical power equipment, rapid response and second to none customer service.
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