Mahalo to Our Newest Friends!

Rabbett:
Happy New Year '96!
When I listen to your files in Version 1.x everything is fine. However, files in version 2.x are VER..RR..YYY...YY CH...OP....PY!! What is the difference between the 2 formats?
I am using a 486/33, SB 16 with Wave Blaster, Win 95,16MB, ..... What else do you need to know?
I am in Minneapolis and my father and I are are getting ready to go SNOW skiing - 8F and sunny.
I will keep you on my must visit site.
Thanks
Arthur
arthur.wilkinson@pclink.com

* I have been told by others that a faster chip is necessary for 2.0 on boxes like yours...someone related to me that 486's weren't zippy enough to handle 2.0 and that a pentium was required...being a mac guy...I am not sure...it works fine on my Power PC....Rabbett;)

Hello Rabbett,

Just a note to let you know that the real audio files of Hawaiian news are working quite fine here in Connecticut on my Mac Performa at 14.4 baud. Kinda neat! Temp is 5 degrees today.

Stu

I'm a happy lissener to your music at the other side of the world with a 14.4 modum. I hope to upgrade to 28.8 the next year. I tune in very often and hope you will stay on the net with your music,especially the real HAWAIN music.

Thanks.

Conrad Pouls
Holland (Europe)

Am enjoying your ra20 work, corse than toooo we enjoyed your work before 2.0. Cold snowy day here in Prairie Village KS today, Oh to be back on Maui!!

David & Jenna Vinson

Hello Rabbet,

At this time, (while writting this message), I listen to your broadcast. I listen to your great music IRH Dace Party. The songs that you put and the way you put them are great!

I have a trick to listen to your broadcasts: I log in the IRH page, and then I load the .RA file and after that I minimize the RealAudio player. That allows me to listen to your broadcast while browsing the internet, writting messages, transfering files or run other windows or dos programs while listening to your broadcast!

I'm located in the City of Montreal in Canada. That's 6000 miles away from your station!!! :-) That's what I call the "Power of Telecommunications".

Island of Hawai: Paradise... Wonderful weather... Sun... Hot Hot Hot (as the song),... The Pacific ocean... temperature: 87oF

City of Montreal: Cold weather, lots of clouds, Cold Cold Cold -30oF...

By the way, your signal is Very strong, No errors at all, Fast and reliable transmission, and the sound is comparable to a Strong AM station. frequency response: 60Hz - 3kHz, Noise floor: -50dB Excellent! My soundBlaster 16 is connected to my stereo system and I enjoy your broadcast that came from Hawai, that crossed the Pacific Ocean, that crossed the US, that crossed Canada to arrive at Montreal. (Near Atlantic Ocean.) Keep the good work and don't forget that I have my ears on your station!!!

Here in Montreal Canada, I have a radio show every Sundays from 6pm to 12 midnight in Greek for the Greek Community. And I'll broadcast a International show (in Greek) in the internet. I'll be able to reach Greeks far away were no Greek station exists. I began to set it up. I'll use TrueSpeech audio. I can't use RealAudio because my computer is a 486sx2/66 without a Math Co-processor. The RealAudio encoder requires a math co-processor. And the other option that I'll go with TrueSpeech is because it's free! 1 hour of audio consumes 3.6 Mb od HD space.

My home page is set up already: http://www.infobahnos.com/~dimitri/home.htm

It's not ready yet because I'm waiting for My Internet Provider to configure the server to recognise .wav dsp encoded files.

PS. On your latest broadcast you said: "It's Tuesday January 2nd 1995..." I'll take this opportunity to wish you a Happy new Year. Don't forget next time: we are in 1996! ! ! Bye and keep up the good work, say Hi to everybody from Me (Jimmy) from Montreal Canada. and I have my ears on you!

Hey Rabbett,

Works fine! Sounds Great! (But my computer's breaking a sweat.)

I've been listening for a while on RA 1.0, and your show brought a nice relaxed island feel to my room here in New Jersey. The audio quality was poor, but I got the general feel of the music. It was sorta like listening to the entertainment from the hotel next door.

Well now, its like walking right in to the show, paying the cover charge and sitting down. No, the sound's not perfect, but much better.

The hard part is that my computer (Pentium 90MHz, 8M memory) seems busier, and whenever I ask it to do anything while the audio is playing, it interupts the audio. Before it would only interrupt it sometimes.

Anyway, I hope you dualcast in V 1.0 and V 2.0 for a while, since not all of us have the equipment to listen to 2.0.

Keep it going!

--

Dave Murray

Rabbett;

Files sound great, but was botherd by continious breaks in the file, packet delivery was indicating as high as 45% loss factor. I am running Win95, 16meg ram, 486DX2-66 Tristar Computer and a 28.8 modem, ATT Dataport. While the file was playing, stereo quality was obvious.

Happy New Year,

Jack

--Sounds like a connection problem, as you'll read we have even made Switzerland in good quality!

I am listening to your site using RA2.0 from Springfield Il. Keep up the great work. The sound quality is fair with some break up but clear enough to understand and enjoy the news and talk features. The music quality is pretty good. It is incredible that I can get your programs here in Illinois and feel like I am almost visiting Hawaii. It snowed 6 inches here yesterday and the high was 20 degrees, tomrrow the wake up temp is predicted at 7. It is 130Am here so the web traffic low I hope the quality is as good during the day. What does Da Kine mean anyway? Keep up the great work, I really have only started to explore your site.

Regards,

Bob Kojima

Hi Rabbett! I just discovered this h4 internet stuff tonight. Oh, my name is Tiffany Lum (I'm on my roommates computer right now) and I'm a freshman at the university of washington. I graduated this past year from Kamehameha Schools and I lived in Hawaii all my life. I miss Hawaii so much but these neat Hawaii home pages have helped me get over some of my homesickness. I just taped all the KCCN jingles from my room. Technology is amazing. Anyway if you've got the time, email me at tanuki@u.washington.edu You're doing a good job so far. Keep it up. Aloha! Tiffany

Dear Rabbett,

Ran your Teating (12/29/95) clip with 0.1% lost packets.

It sounded great - like AM, not like SW (RA 1.0).

Reagards, Dick Hodgman

Hi rabbett

Happy new year.

Iu didd gudd work.

"..mumbojumbobeavis'nbuttheadcorpuschristi ...."

We have to add: ...urbietorbi olioetpetrolio...

Many greetings from Swissland.>

:-))

Wow! I thought the old real audio was pretty neat, but this is almost as good as my actual radio! Best of all, I can listen to IRH and work in telnet windows without seeming to affect the sound quality.

Comes through quite well on my Powermac. Keep up the good work!

-Steve Peters

Thay were very funny, I put this sit in my Bookmark, thank you and good luck....

Jim

Hi there Rabbett... My Dad and I share this account. His name is Wayne and he listens to your site all the time. Like nr 15 of the older versio ,but just dl'ed the version 2 and it is great. very little distortion compared to the older version. Keep up great work and sounds. Thanks to you and your sponsers. Will keep listening.

Kurt

Subj: (no subject) Date: Tue, Jan 2, 1996 9:37 AM EST From: russell@biohorizons.com X-From: russell@biohorizons.com (russell chun) To: rabbett@eworld.com

Love your site and makes me miss Hawaii! I have the same problems with RealAudio 2.0 that you mention. The first download remains closed, and I have to manually hit the play button. The second download does not displace the first one, and hitting play still plays the first selection. They also do not appear on the "Open Recent" menu.

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The problem has been fixed...it's a bug in the player but we have added a signal to the ram files to make it work..

Aloha,
Rabbett

Thanks Rabbett! I know this going be one good kind year cause the Governor and all the people who get plenty money here go give me two thumbs up! I just can't wait for make plenty money like them so I can give you two the kind thumbs up for your kind wishes! Oh, what the heck! I going give you the buggas anyway! ()mm mm()! Stay Happy!

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{just Wai}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
"Pomaika`i me ka makahehau!"
(Blessed with misty eyes!)

Hey Rabbett....

The site is too cool...Used to stay in pearl city in da late 70's & early 80's. Sure is cold here in St Louis... Waz checkin out da recipies but couldnt find kaluaha pig (sp). Sure loved that pig. IRH is awesome cant wait for the real audio people to get version 2.0 for win 3.1 and 486 dx. But i just enjoy listenin to the other RA filesfor now. Keep up the great show and pages. Just wish I could be there but this is close.

johni@nightowl.net

Rabbett,

I'm listening to Gabby and he sounds great! The audio quality is much better than with the previous version.

I'm having a small problem with the Beta RA player in that it sets its process priority to HIGH, thereby slowing everything else on the system to a crawl. (I'm running Windows NT 3.51, 486/66, 28.8 modem, 28MB memory, Netscape 2.0 Beta 4 (32-bit), 32-bit RA Player Beta 1.) But I think this is not *your* problem!

Charlie

Hey they sure gound good hr with the new raplayer for 28.8! I love the music too. In fact I went to some other web pages and my player dont play any of the 28.8 stuff. just the slower ones. But, ur page plays great hawaiian music! Good luck and again nice page u have here!

larry conner

wa7uib@ionet.net

Your test program in Real Audio 2 sounds great here in cold, wet, gray Seattle. Looking forward to the new programs you have made. Keep up the good work. I really enjoy them.

Ron

Hey!

The music is great on RA 2.0b

We could enjoy a touch of the islands from here in far-away Sweden.

Hang loose and happy new year!

Bruce

Hey Rabbett!

Thanks for the Hawaiian site! I've been on the mainland for thirteen years now. Sure is nice to hear some of the old tunes, and to hear what's going on currently in the Hawaiian music scene.

I camd to Hawaii in 1959 to work on the sugar plantations. I cut my eyeteeth on Lucky Luck and Aku. Some of your old music sure brings back memories. (Sure would like to hear some of Melveen sometime; Is she still down south?)

My wife is a Kauai girl, so we get back once or twice a year. When on Oahu we stay in Kaneohe. I'll be retiring shortly, and when I do we will be right back there. Until then, keep up the good work!

You've done a great job on your site. I connect at 28.8 kb and it is good. Not high fi - but usually quite good. I'm especially interested in what you are doing, for my intent is to work the net once I retire. You've really found a great niche.

Keith

Hello Rabbett!

I just installed RealAudio on my Mac here in Seattle and everything works great! As a local boy from Hawaii I miss the Hawaiian music - but now it's just a click away. Keep up the great work! (I can't wait to show my friends this site!)

Aloha from all of us Hawaiians at the University of Washington!!

Dear, Mr. Rabbett

I always listen to the I.R.S., especially for the news sections. The files performed very terrific and I really appreciate that. Please continue to perform the files for the Real Audio.

Thank you ...

Varuth Pholwannabha.

Experimenting the Internet for one week now.

Operating from Belgium, where the internet dousn't exist for very long, but it's booming now !!

Test OK

Greetings from Belgium

RUDY

Aloha-

Just wanted to add my note of thanks and congratulations to all those you seem to be receiving. I'm a Kailua native (Kalaheo '83) in exile up here in the (soon to be) frozen north.

I'd been hoping to hear Ku`u Home`o Kahalu`u--I was pretty stoked to find it on the jukebox--I can imagine it would be a popular request from those who wake up all the time with that 'last night I dreamt I was returning' feeling.

Take it easy, and thanks again...

-=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=-

Mike McDermott USM Library Referencev michaelm@usm.maine.edu P.O. Box 9301

(2O7) 78O-4272 Portland, ME O41O4-9301 USA

Wasup Rabbett,

I'm glad this IRH web site is here. I am originally from Waipahu but now live in the Mainland. I like to "hear" the local news better than just reading it off the Internet. I was wondering though how come the news is not updated more often. I think it's only once a week or something like that. Is there any plans in the future for more frequently updated news via "Internet Radio"?

Thanks in advance!!!

Trony A. Tigno

trony@exo.com

Ahem...Ryan!!!!! You see this brah?-Rabbett;)

Programmes received well, although sound quality tends to fall off after about four or five minutes.

We've been working on a couple of international/intercultural awareness programmes with young people in Glasgow and this sort of input is worth a hundred books.

Now that you're able to send us your news, how abut sending us your weather?

While I do regard Scotland as God's Chosen country, I wish he hadn't chosen it to be quite so damp. Oh well, it just gives us an excuse to warm up with some our national drink. Slainte (Scottish equivalent of Cheers!)

Gordon

Principal Community Education Officer (Glasgow)

Scotland.

Rabbett

Saw your post to the RA list; checking out the site.

Sounds good ( for RA ) with 99.7% received!! And HEY, any where Ican hear George Thoroughgood on the Net can't be all bad !!

Check out CAT radio's site on the same list-serve for some more kick-butt music; I mean Screamin' Jay Hawkins !!

I think we've finally found a use for the Net.

gf carroll....using Win 95 since 08/29/95 and proud of it !

Here I am in wet and windy Amsterdam (Holland) and I hear that my very dear friend Ann Evander has been taken into hospital while on a visit to your beautiful archipelago. Question is, is IRH also audible in hoslitals and or on the "ether" there? If not, you have any idea how I can get my greetins and wishers for a rapid recovery to her there?

Greetings from Amsterdam

Martin Cleaver

mcleaver@aaa-mainstreet.nl

-i really appreciate the effort. listening to local music over the internet is _kewl_. i'd love to help fund irh, but fundage is low for a college student like me. maybe should sell zips chili tickets... ;)

-keep up the great (but underpaid?) work. thanks, eh?

Subj: I.R.H Date: Tue, Oct 10, 1995 2:32 AM EST From: pokai@earthlink.net X-From: pokai@earthlink.net (Alexander Valdez) To: rabbett@eworld.com

A former Lanaian:

Nice Hawaiian music. Better than shortwave.

I feel closer to my real home already.

You're in my bookmark file buddy.

Mahalo

Alex

I love this web site. I'm from Duluth, GA and have visited the Hawaian Islands... One suggestion: have 5 to 10 of your hottest local hits downloadable as .wav files so we can listen to them in all their glory. I have over 4 gigabytes in storage space and would like to store some of these Island classics on my system.

Again, great job and look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

jeffskop@intergate.net

GREAT stuff....don't quit.. My wife and I are frequent visitors to your great Islands. The music puts us back and starts us dreaming of a new trip tahat we are contemplating to your shores. Thanks again for the tunes and the mood.

Bill and Linda Pechnik

Hey Rabbett, I love your weekly programs. They are the best escape I have found. I live in LA and surf the net a lot to escape via cyberspace but Oh so much better with your music in the background. I would love to send a check for $25 or so but I need a snail mail address. Keep up the good work.

Aloha,

I really think this is probably the best thing that Hawaii has to offer on the WWW. I am building a web page for the RainBird (Windward Community College's yearly literary magazine). I think it important for the world to see how diverse and sophisticated Hawaii is. I am having a problem though with RealAudio. I can only download files (and paly them), they won't play in real time. Pixie Net doesn't seem to help. Any ideas? Once again great job on your web site! Mahalo JWG (p.s. I remember the rabbet & abbott show in the mornings)

Rabbett:

I'm just trying out this Real Audio and I am very impressed with your Internet station. I look forward to checking in to IRH and enjoying the talk and the great music.

I've been a Telecommunications Engineer for over 45 years and this Internet, Audio, and all the Multi-media is really something. I'm retired now due to a stroke. So now I get to use facilities that I've been building. I Engineer the physical layers not software.

All the best to you and all at the IRH station, from up here in getting colder .... Fairbanks, Alaska.

Best Regards:

Richard Cowles

E-Mail at: RiggsA@AOL.COM Internet at: rcowles@mail.imagi.net

Aloha

Cool stuff brah...

I'm using a Reveal setup with their sound blaster semi-compatable, and everything works fine. Got a strange look from the wife, but she's used to strange things happening on the computer after I get done.

Wishing I was back in Kauai..... Next year will be trip 11. Can't wait...

- Ted

I just listened to your Dance Party. Thanks for advances this new media form. Sean Pease - Dallas, Texas

P.S. It has been about 11 years since I've been there, but I think that your state is #1 in beauty. Would love to return soon.

Aloha

Way cool, brah!

I get to hear a little of Hawaii even though I live in Denver now. I hope you can stay online forever.

I'm listening to your broadcast via realaudio on a pentium 75 uslogic "Computer city's brand" YOU SOUND GREAT, some times it gets garbles, but mostly when I'm taxing the motherboard. I'm here in Denver Colorado, a student at the Dental school, born and raised in Honolulu I really miss the islands, but thanks to you I can still keep in touch, Much mahalo and aloha

RMASU@ix.netcom.com

Hi Rabbett... Greetings from Toronto Canada. I listen to you every morning and wish there were more to listen to. Most enjoyable way to start my day. I enjoy the real Hawaiian music more,than any of the other that you play. You have an excellent sense of humour to go along with an excellent program. keep it up.

Hears listening to you.

Ron...

Hey Rabbett,

I was in Kauai this time last year and had the best time of my life. It was the first time I ever surfed without a wetsuit and Kauai is truly the most beautiful place on earth.....that I seen...... I have a surfing page for Northern California that you might want to check out at http://www.arc.org/who/mark/basurf.html. I'm coming back to Kauai this Christmas for 10 days and can't wait to feel Hawaiian lifestyle again....the city sure can grind you down.....Alright, mahalo for the page (I found it through the RealAudio page) and I'm sure I'll check your show when I'm back............

peace,

Mark

A lot of fun. I didn't have time to listen to the whole show. The fidelity is almost there. Maybe these RA guys will be able to tweak it even further.

It's a great concept (from one who has been there 5 or 6 times) I hope you can make some money at it!

I'm a little sad to notice that you took down Music to Cruise By #4. It was my favorite one and I play it over and over whenever I'm on the Net. Would you consider putting it back up. Tanks 'ah?

Cool accompanyment to surfin' the Web.

I enjoyed testing RealAudio on your site from Seattle. Since I downloaded the player today from the RealAudio server, yours was the first out of 10 tries from their sample list that actually worked! From what I've heard, it would seem the stated spec of 4K frequency response is what we get. That would be quite listenable if it wasn't for the estimated 10 - 30% distortion. I accually thought I could distinguish what sounded like a comb being fragged accross violin strings as a sax solo (I could tell by the style of playing). You have a lot of selections and that is nice. Most sites only have one.

Many of those I've tried offer a "sampler" where the RealAudio is supposed to play several file consecutively. It's never worked yet. I never get beyond the 1st sample.

There are two companies that are interested in having me develope Web pages using this technology if I'm convinced users won't be put off by it.

Thanks for offering this new technology in a way that works. Many do not so you're doing something right.

-Pv-

Paul Varn at Good News Music Service

Wow, what a way to hear Hawaiian music. I just hooked up my creative labs sound blaster and downloaded one of your section and really enjoyed it. It's a great cultural experience and it makes me miss Hawaii. We were in Kauai once. Good job.

Georgia, USA

Hi Rabbet!

To introduce myself, I work at Apple in a marketing group. My specific function is to help market and promote the Apple Internet Server, and other internet-related products and technologies.

Was just surfing Brad Schrick's pages today, saw your "new" listing, and took a look. What a great site! It feels like fun, even through the cold electonics of the medium, the "feel" jumps right out from the first page. Congrats!

-F

Eh Rabbett!

I wuz just cruzing da' net and found da' kine spot for some stoking music... !!

Been awhile since I've been back to Hawaii... .

Nice to find something about Hawaii online... The music is nice... Wish it was mo clear, but I guess I bettah move back for more clear sounds?

Well I have to helle' on... Just wanted to let you know I like it...

Joe Ahuna

Hi Rabbett

This is great .I've been on the net for about 5 months and this is what I've been looking for. I was at Hickam AFB last year and was able to enjoy some good hawaian music on FM but that doesn't do you any good stateside.

I used to sit at the edge of Pearl Harbor just behind the Officers Club and watch the sunset. I'm looking forward to getting back to the Hale Koa Hotel. I found the place to retire when I was there.

The shows are great and the music superb. Keep it tradition al. I'll be listening hope to meet you when i return.

ALOHA!

Lt. Mike Clark

United States Coast Guard Lancaster Ca.

Rabbett,

Listening to Gabby Pahinui while typing this. Makes a Kailua boy really homesick. My family still lives in the Grove off Oneawa Street. I couldn't believe it when I saw Kailua on the tag. When you talked about the moon coming up over Lanikai, I recall with fond memories the moon and sun rises I've experienced at Kailua Beach. Our family moved to Kailua in 1948 from Honolulu and I lived there until I went to college in 1962. Much Aloha for the place in this heart. Was last there last summer and this past Christmas. We're planning to go over again soon. I would like to meet you when we get home. We have printing and book customers on Oahu, so our trips are work and pleasure. Mahalo. Keep up the good work.

Aloha

Herman

I enjoyed immensly your songs from this cold Quebec, please add some more, I realy enjoyed heavenly Hanna.

Claude

Works fine on my 486DX2-66 using a Supra 288 V34 modem, SoundBlaster-16ASP and Labtec CS1400 speakers!

Good fun and informative!! Keep up the good work!

Thanks,

Ray Walker, Portland OR

IRH, it sounds good here in Finland, Europe. I would'nt have believed, with a radio(wave?) I couldn't have done this. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hi Rabbet

I wanted to thank you. This is really cool. I was working on a flower farm at Hana a couple of years ago and have missed the music ever since I went mainland again. Now I'm in Austin Texas studying African History.

I especially like your juke box 'cause I can listen while I read about archaeology in Kenya.

I have to wonder: Do you get paid for this in some way! It's so awesome--I didn't think things like this were free.

Dear Rabbett,

Mahalo nui loa for starting something great like this! I moved to Japan on business, so I have been listening to your programs here in Japan. Although the sound quality is not so good, I can still understand what you are saying well. In fact, compared to the World Radio Network on Internet, your files sound a lot better. I hope you will continue to bring us the lastest of the land I love. Is it possible, by the way, for you to get some local news from local newspapers and TV news broadcats? This way, you can have a wider coverage of current affairs in Hawaii.

Yours sincerely,

Aki Shimura

Hi!

Just wanted you to know that someone in Finland has been listening to your radio.

rgds Olli

I'm listening to your IRH program as I type this. What a fantastic service! Though not kamaaiana, I worked in Hawaii in the early 80's and still make it back a couple times each year.

Lately I've become much more interested in Hawaiian music and your IRH program is a great way to sample it. Unfortunately, the names of the songs zip by too fast for me to catch them. I hate to ask for more, but if you could post a list of songs, artists and albums on each show it would be a big help! Perhaps you could even get Tuan or one of the other CD stores to sponsor it and allow "on-line" ordering of CD's. I'd be willing to pay a small premium for the convenience.

I wish you the best of luck in finding sponsors. If it helps your marketing, this IRH listener does purchases items via the Internet and would be support sponsors that offer Hawaiian products other than cheap trinkets. (I'd like to see CD's, art (including photos), calendars, real Kona coffee (not the blends or flavored variety, preferrably green so I can roast it fresh myself) and, especially, island foods. Anyway to ship lychees?

Thanks again...

...Doug Lung

dlung@gate.net

Say Rabbet,

I am new to this real audio, but gotta say its really unreal. I ran across a few articles with real audio but didnt know what to do, today I downloaded it an ,Bingo, Real audio, super duper, Mahalo Nui Loa

Russell

best singing and rhythm!!! I grew up on this stuff -- other music and other ways of talking just sound WRONG.

BARB

I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy this page. I am turning into a Gabby fan. 3 weeks ago I didn't know who Gabby was. :) Say, one quick question, once an older show falls off, is it gone forever? I really liked one of the older shows that is gone now and was just wondering. Anyhoo, keep up the good work, and I'll be "tuning" in alot when the ground here in Ithaca NY is covered with snow. Hopefully, that cool Da Kine (SP?) music will keep us warm! Thanks for the great site!

Jay Mendelson AKA Wolf

The Labor Day show was great! I really enjoyed the selection of local music. I'll be back for more of that.

The sound quality was about a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. I'm running a 386 DX40 w/8Mb of RAM. I'm using a SoundBlaster card. I found that turning the volume down on the speakers (hardware) and turning the volume up with Real Audio (software) iimproved the quality greatly. The music suffers the most.

Until next time. Thanks for the treat!

Jeff

Cruisen around on a Sunday Morning and found your show.

Love Maui and Hawain music. We will be back Christmas time

Can you play some Teresa Bright. I have her Painted Traditions tape and play it all the time. Hawian Music selection here in the Bay area is minimal.

I'll check in from time to time.

ps the new Real Audio is much improved over the first version, doesn't pop. Still needs a way to go compete with FM but is as good as AM

dr bob

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Bob Jaques

Network Design and Engineering group Inc. Offering Network Design and Enginering Services 915 San Carlos Ave [ P.O. Box 1537 ] El Granada, CA 94018 phone and fax 415-712-0489

Many thanks for such a great assortment of tunes!

I just wanted to drop a line saying that i love your web site! I have only had the time to listen to #9, but I love it! Keep up the great work :)

Rob McCord

To you and all your friends that helped put together this H4, hotspots, IRH... mahalo. I downloaded the RealAudio and played the jukebox. Now I know how much I lost touch of the Islands. Noticed a lot of the music has raggae rythm...wow. But the traditional hawaiian music brought chills and sweet memories back.

I've only took a couple of steps in your works. I'm going to have fun all night long. Thanks!!!

I just returned to the mainland after a short three year stay in Hawaii. Not much of the local music is played here (is that why it's called local!) and I did not pick up a very good selection while I was on Oahu. I would like to request two items if I may. The first is by Loial Gardner (sp?) and though I don't know the name of the song, it is about a young boy in a football game (based on a true story). The second request is for the brothers Kazumero (sp?), any title.

I have used IR a couple of times and have found it to be a great feature, especialy since it is the only place where I can (easily) get Hawaiian music. I'll tell my friends about it!

Jim

Rabbett,

Just wanted to say it's been great visiting I R H. Being in Chicago, the general attitude is nowhere the same as it would be for you out there, but having some friends from Hawaii, I have seen the comfortable friendly attitude I've always seen in the islands. I don't know how you did it, but you've put that into your web site, and your real audio selections. While I type this I'm also playing from your jukebox (thank God for multitasking). Kudos again, keep it up. I will come back!!

David "What is it?"

"Boom, Boom...Big man like you shouldn't be afraid of a little... Boom, Boom."

Ok! So now I've seen the coolest radio on the planet... What's next? Where's the live video feed to go with it?

Just Kidding!

Actually, I'm very impressed with your site and the material you are presenting! Keep it up! This is like AM Radio must have been back in the days when people used crystals and earphones to find stations. There isn't a lot out there yet but what you can find is exciting!

Later...

I am most interested in how your real audio is going because I am trying to set up a site on my homepage. I am concerned about sound quality and, if you wouldn't mind, would appreciate any tips you have. My friend tried a test with an 8 bit 22khz file and it didn't sound too good. Sometimes your audio wavers a bit, - reminds me of the old days when the tape machine motors were on their last legs!! ahh the memories!!

My site is for the Glass Orchestra - 1/2 ton of glass musical instruments. We toured thru Honolulu in 1986 and I vowed to return one day. I believe our address is: http://io.org.~rixax.Glass.html Comments appreciated!

Cheers,

eric

Its hard to find slack key here in toronto so I love your special on the Master.

Greetings ...

Just visited your site via a Macintosh Performa 600-CD running MacWeb 1.00A32 ... and I have a request!

Back in the late 70's, there was a jazz fusion group out of Hawaii called Seawind ... they did two albums, if I recall correctly, one of them called, strangely enough, SEAWIND. I forget the other ... anyway, if you could get some of their tunes up on your Server, that would be great! Titles which come to mind are THE DEVIL IS A LIAR and LOVE IS HERE TO STAY ... though I could be wrong about the titles; they could just be words from the chorus.

Anyway, keep up the good work ...

--gdw

Your RealAudio use makes for a great site.

Adrian Mayer

Clarion, Iowa

Hi I'm on the Hilo Side. Sunny Today. Nice site you got. Why don't you use Interlink Hawaii? Isn't eworld a longdistance call?

Well, anyway nice site.

Oh and when you play the realaudio clips with a 14.4 are you supposed to get breaks in the sounds like every 4 secs? and also after about 45 secs into all the audios i listen to it gives me a messagew saying bad data or something for the last 30 secs? oh well agan nice site.

Hi! I've just come back in my office and has been a real pleasure to hear your "Aloha". What a great place you're living in! Hope I'll come back soon (even if it's a little expensive, we are just in the opposite side of the world!)

Bye bye!

Hi there:

you are doing a great job!

Looking forward to hearing more

Cheers

Markus

Southwest of Germany

Some of your mail was lost in a Production machine crash on September 2nd...sorry if your comments do not appear here....it was an ugly scene...as my backup cartridge player also died...ugh...Rabbett

Halloo Hawaii,

Just a note to let you know I connected true and clear from Bar Harbor, Maine. I listened to your first "Music to Cruise By" a couple of weeks ago and I'm looking forward to listening to others. I just listened to the August 9 news. It will be nice to connect to sunny Hawaii when we're not so sunny here.

Thanks

Ann