Music in the shop

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Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level

I cannot work without music!! My speakers are mounted up high. They still get some dust but no big issue. The receiver is tucked away out of the dust area. T.

BTW- Today's selections will include Keb Mo and Van Morrison. Why? Because they are both good for long sanding sessions. Tomorrow I'll be milling lumber. I think Bob Seger and Tom Petty should set the proper mood. ;-)

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John W Foster

I keep my system in a box with a hinged lid, the speakers are just low cost ones that I replace from the second hand store as needed. Most of my music is mp3 so dust is not an issue. My LPs get dusty , but they are stuff like Pete Seeger, Marty Robbins, Carter Family, Flatt and Scruggs etc. so they sound better with some hiss and scratch.

+1 Tom Petty

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david weaver

Bluetooth speaker and cell phone. I usually listen to podcasts instead of music, but I'm working by hand and don't need as much volume.

The bluetooth speaker can follow me wherever I'm going and if it gets dirty, it's about the size of a small brick. No problem.

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Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

Absolutely!

I have an oldish Cambridge Audio amp fed by an older iPhone 5 into AR speakers.

Music taste ranges from bebop jazz, such as Charlie Parker, Miles David, Colman Hawkins, Bill Evans, the blues of BB King and Taj Mahal, and the lighter stuff of Van Morrison and Steely Dan.

The iPhone is great for internet radio - I get all the jazz stations around the world!

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Gerry in The Columbia Valley

TheJazzGroove.org on Sonos Play1.

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Don Stephan

Bose environmental speakers perhaps 25 years old.

Thanks!

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Tim Caley

Do you have to worry about the unit getting to hot?

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Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

Heat has never been an issue. The cabinet keeps everything free from dust. Plus I always know where my keys and phone are.

Regards from Perth

Derek

With all this music in the shop ....

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

......we should be seeing more results from it in the Forum posting.

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William Duffield

I have an old Pioneer Digital Stereo Speaker System for an iPod, Model XW-NAS3-K. It sits on top of my shop refrigerator. It has a 3.5 mm stereo input jack and several other inputs. I rarely use the iPod port on top. I usually play music from iTunes on my MacBookAir via it's stereo output jack. When the player gets dusty or covered with cobwebs, for example when I need to read the model number off the back, I just blow the whole thing off with compressed air.

My choice of music is probably as unique as the next septuagenerian woodworker: I listen to a lot of classic orchestral and piano music, from Vivaldi and Bach through the Russian (and other) romantics to Phillip Glass, and some classic rock. My favorites, however, are Thomas Bergersen and Two Steps From Hell. There is more, but that's a pretty good summary.

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John McGaw

Yep. That's the way I do it now although I still have the remote station for the home's NuTone intercom system (remember home intercoms?) that can play local broadcast radio or something I might be feeding in the master's auxiliary inputs. Phone and Bluetooth at so convenient that it is really the way to go though. I can play almost anything imaginable with that setup and there are literally thousands of hours of music and even more audio books on the Drobo server on the network waiting to be played.

sirius radio

Jack Guzman from Maine

I have a sirius radio high on a shelf in my handtool only shop area so no dust,just lots of shavings. In the main work area I have a small cd player in a glass fronted cabinet. Gotta have music while I work. The only exception is lathe work. I can't hear anything when The lathe is operating.

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Kneale Brownson

I wear cheap radio earmuffs when I'm running any kind of equipment. Oldies, of course because I'm old.

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Sam Force

Joe Bonamassa was sounding fine last Sunday when the neighbor called the police on me! I'm 64 years old, 1st time for me!!!

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David Yoho

Yeah, but a good round of Joe was worth it. He's a good one for sure!

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Mark Hennebury

Can't function without it.

Music from everywhere and every style on the planet, 15,000 tunes on the tablet, on shuffle. Also have a collection of albums and an old stereo in the shop, dust it off with the air hose once in a while.

Thanks Everyone!

But

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In New Jersey

How can you dance with your lathe?

Need bearings?

My lathe is the quietest machine in the shop

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Stuart Johnson

I use cell phone and bluetooth speaker. I used to use a bluetooth sound canceling headset but stopped after I left my saw running a couple time. Music or such is enjoyable but they can be a hazard.

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Jim Dillon

Gerry, thanks for the heads-up on jazzgroove. As a fan of 60-70's vintage jazz, I had never heard of this streaming site. Currently evaluating its basic service, and will decide on upgrading or not. As an aside, Calm Radio has a nice selection of piano jazz (classical is superb) but not as broad as jazzgroove seems to be. The sound quality (320K) of Calm Radio is excellent, but jazzgroove seems to offer the same - at a (non-free) subscription price. Again, thanks for post.

In response to the OP, in the shop I listen to vintage country (Patsy Cline), jazz (Bill Evans), and classical (Bach Unaccompanied Cello) on my (now-discontinued) Logitech Radio connected to my Vizio soundbar/subwoofer or vintage Radioshack receiver/rebuilt AR-3 speakers. Shows my age, I guess Jim

No

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

Some people can do that. I tend to stop to listen to the music, and then nothing gets done.

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Tony - Memphis

Its a necessity for me! I made an MDF enclosure for my stereo (a Sharp shelf unit). I cut holes to align with the vents in the stereo. I covered the holes with speaker cloth (used hot glue to adhere). The door is a hinged frame with speaker cloth as the "panel." Works good to keep the dust out. The speakers are not covered but they are out of the line of fire and do not seem to accumulate much dust. I clean them once in a while. These small shelf stereos are amazing these days. Mine has a USB port so I can load up a stick with almost my whole collection and hit random.