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...from San Diego's 91X. Soon he was crossing the border a few times a week to go to concerts and paw through the bins of San Diego's record stores. By 1986, he had scraped together enough money digging ditches and working in restaurants to buy a Yamaha Portasound and began making music with an adolescent synth band called Artefakto...
Just when one is about ready to turn this disc into a drink coaster, along comes the finest track in the entire album, “Never Young Again.” Rising from the sludge of bad electronica like a Yamaha phoenix, “Never Young Again” is about movement, anticipation, and energy that’s barely held in check. Strings lend a brief, ethereal quality to the music, while youthful energy pulsates, then pauses briefly before resuming again, this time with an almost melancholy maturity subtly supplanting its earlier exuberance...
...Yamaha, which starts shipping at the end of August, is the first stereo receiver made specifically for the PC. (A Mac version is expected later.) Why would you want one? Instead of being limited by traditional computer speakers, you can now use virtually any speakers, including the ones on your home stereo. The device, somewhat smaller than a VCR, pumps out 30 watts per channel, has "virtual" Dolby Digital (which simulates five-speaker "surround sound") and has a digital signal processor that allows one-button access to a variety of preset audio mixes. CD players have been offering that last...
Making things easier, the Yamaha attaches to your PC via the USB port. I borrowed a pair of Bose speakers and plugged them in. Instead of putting them on my desk as I would have with traditional PC speakers, I dropped them in the corners of my office. Then I fired up a movie. With the audio clarity, I felt as if I were at the multiplex...
...almost any stereo receiver into your PC; the PC Home Theater is just supposed to simplify the process through its onscreen "remote control" and by using that handy USB port. Yet I found the system klugey. For instance, I have a TV tuner in my PC, but since the Yamaha device bypasses the sound card the tuner resides on, the TV system doesn't work. A spokesman said I could fix the problem with the right adapters--but I had to buy them separately. Finally, the device supports only one set of speakers, which means you can forget quadraphonic...