I’m a serious music fanatic, which is why I’m going to deviate from food related subjects here for just a moment and let you in on a couple of tidbits that will make any music lover extremely happy.  I’d like to take just a moment to tell you about HD Radio.  HD Radio is pure digital quality music, but not from some location ignorant satellite system.  This is radio the way it should be; local and relevant to your area.

You can probably tell from that last statement that I’m not a huge fan of satellite radio, and I’m not.  Not only are the selections they play generally generic, but there’s no local news, road condition information, alerts or even a decent set of DJ’s to love or hate.The only plus to satellite radio until now has been the quality vs. traditional broadcast radio, but no more!

Local radio stations are now broadcasting in high-quality digital audio, this kills the issue of quality, but there are other perks as well.  If you own the right HD Radio tuner, like the JVC KD-HDR20, you can also get a list of songs to download to your iPod with the click of a button from anywhere at any time.

This is called Song Tagging or iTunes Tagging . When you hear a song you like on the radio (assuming it’s got an iPod port), just press the “tag” button to automatically add that song to a playlist called “tagged”.  When you get back to your computer you can easily jump over to the iTunes store and grab a copy of the new songs you like and buy them when you’re ready.  You don’t have to remember the name of the artist, album or even the lyrics, just tag it and get it later.  Simple!

I know a lot of my readers are serious about their iPods and iPhones, so I thought I’d share.  Hopefully most of you will find this as interesting as I do.

At least I hope so…

But now, back to the food!

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