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but only for their video games.
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A while ago my wife and I had a dinner party and spent some time listening to some tunes. Most liked what they heard, but one seemed to really enjoy it at different level. The kicker was it was my friends’ daughter. While still only in her early twenties, her knowledge of different artist, songs, etc. was incredible. She wants to some day have a dedicated music room filled with bookshelves for her cd collection (which is already over 1000). Apparently she’s been collecting cds much like how my generation collected baseball cards and comic books.
Believe what your ears say - not hearsay.
...recognizing sound quality, that is.As is the prolifiration of iPods - a good thing.
We all started with a passion for music and came a long way from there.
believes Fred Pinkerton , product manager for the portable audio line at Cambridge SoundWorks.So it all just pretty much stays the same, only...different.
"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison
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built his own loudspeakers messed about with the amp.He likes the way it sounds on his MP3 and cd collection but most of the time hes play vidio games through them;)His friends at school knew he was constructing a loudspeaker after they heard a few built similar systems. I still sell a few systems a year to under 25 year olds so I dont think this hobbie is going to dry up when the boomers retire and many leave the hobbie we have a world market now something hi-end in the US didnt realy have before.
The dumbing down process is almost complete. Give em' 10 years and IPODS will be considered high fidelity.
d.b.
Can you point to any post of yours where you aren't at least implying that all of audio is crap or turning to crap, or that people are stupid for pursuing high end, or even "better" audio? Inherent in all of your posts is the assertion that you have some sort of "correct" insight that no one else can seem to grasp.And those that are curious, who like to try different things and experiment are often the subjects of extreme, disdainful, sarcasm.
I don't expect my words here to illicit any sort of introspection on your part: but merely some more defensive, bitter, angry, internet vitriol.
I know that the world has dealt you a really bad hand, but it's really, a bummer and very sad, - (on those occasions when I do read your posts), - to read your misery. The obvious answer is to not read; but I do sincerely hope that you are able to someday find some modicum of peace in your future...
The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
"90% of everything is crap." ;-)
N/T
"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison
I don't think so......:-)
The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
except the cat with the whiskers. That's Buddy.
"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison
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The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
Actually I'm a really happy guy who hasa been blessed in many ways.
I just don't suffer fools well at all.
Now; at the crusty old age of 54, with a bit of retrospect, I see what I see, and I see a real dumbing down process when it comes to recorded music.
d.b.
In general there has been a "dumbing down" process going on for quite sometime now, how else can we explain the complete lack of protest shown by the people of this (use-to-be)great nation towards our national state of affairs?
http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/times.html> > > Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'. < < <
With some of the rave reviews about the sound quality of products like Xbox and PlayStation from audiophiles, the video gaming industry could be addressing the very problems in digital playback that the audio industry has long chosen to either ignore or dismiss as audiophoolery.
... did we care when we were 20"
I remember some people having better systems... who remembers the Dansette... with the stereo extra speaker??????????
We were just into the music.
Hifi... quality came later... along with mortgages... houses... marriages or similar... kids.
Hey man its all about the music...
Maybe...
When I was 20, back in '73, I bought a Thorens turnrable. Still use it, though I've got rid of the Pioneer receiver and speakers I bought about that same time.
I was lucky, my dad gave me the DIY bug early--I think "we" built our first Lafayette crystal radio when I was seven. From there to Heathkits and Dynakits, home-brew speakers, etc.Of course, back then there was no such thing as a PC, portable stereo (we had "transistor radios"), video games, etc. Hell, I think they only discovered electricity a few years earlier. ;-)
12 Citation amp - pre. Garrard Zero 100 TT Stanton 681 EEE.Today my Son -in- law listens to his Playstaton for CD music. thru the TV.
First system -- 1969, sophomore in college:Dyna PAS-3x
Dyna Stereo 70
Dyna FM-3 tuner
AR Turntable
Stanton 500E
AR 2ax speakers
Allied R2R tape deck
"I remember some people having better systems... who remembers the Dansette... with the stereo extra speaker??????????
We were just into the music.
Hifi... quality came later... along with mortgages... houses... marriages or similar... kids.
Hey man its all about the music..."I'm not sure how far back you're referring to, but when I attended college, both in Cleveland and Santa Barbara, sure music was a passion, but reproducing it for its max effect was also a passion. I mean, some of the wackiest tweaks I've ever seen took place in college.
Back in Cleveland, one of the weekend pastimes was to go to Hoffman's, Ohio Sound, Hi-Tech Hi Fi, or Audio Craft to check out the gear. And House of Stereo in Santa Barbara. Not to mention living in the Federated Group superstore on DeSoto while I was in high school.... And Sound Center on Ventura.
I only remember this because I did it so often. I even remember some of Federated's salespeople. David Draves for one. Lusting for a pair of Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers....
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