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    December 05

    The music revolution

    1996
    source of music: Radio & CDs
    Internet connection speed: 28.8Kbps
    Download time: ~30 mins / song
    Tools required: Media Player, Winamp
    Quality: CD/Radio, unreliable
     
    2001
    source of music: Pirated CDs, websites, Kazaa, mIRC, some P2P
    Internet connection speed: 56.6Kbps
    Download time: ~15 mins / song
    Tools required: Media Player, Winamp
    Quality: CD/Radio, more reliable
     
    2005
    source of music: Pirated CDs, Bittorrent
    Internet connection speed: 512Kbps (ADSL Broadband)
    Download time: < 5 mins / song
    Tools required: Media Player, Winamp, foobar
    Quality: High Quality CD, Loseless
     
    2007
    source of music: imeem.com
    Internet connection speed: 1Mbps (ADSL Broadband)
    Download time: 0 sec. online music streaming
    Tools required: Flash + Browser (which is common on all desktop)
    Quality: CD
     
    Summary:
    As you can see from the milestone, as broadband has reached out to more users and become more affordable, megabytes can be transferred in second. It's as easy as tuning in to the radio just like the good old days, but with the choice of music you like to listen to. Almost CD like quality and you become the 'station manager' and decide wat you want to listen.
    September 24

    http://www.myhomehifi.com/

    Just finish setting up community server on http://www.myhomehifi.com/ . The idea is to have a better organized place for all Hi-Fi enthusiast all over Malaysia (hopefully all over the world) to discuss and share their views. Community server is a great tools which has not only forum but also photo gallery and a blog (everyone has a blog nowadays).