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In Reply to: The room we are in is the "Vinyl Asylum" and Vinyl is an analog format. posted by Teresa on September 14, 2006 at 12:54:33:
Those of us who also still listen to and *gasp* enjoy CDs as well as LPs?
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Perhaps this is another example of our preconceived notions
running up against the cold harsh light of reality, where perhaps if we had a group of Analog Uber Alles Zealots sitting in comfortable
leather recliners adequately stoned and or lubricated had some killer Tour De Force Clearaudio Godzilla IV Juggernaut from hell Platinum Reference table spinning away,
but were actually listening to Coltrane "Blue Train" on my ancient AMC CD7M CDP (as I am now BTW) Mitten Der tube Dac behind a curtain
and then turned of the table and then pulled the curtain to reveal my Ratty looking old AMC ?Kind of like a number of years ago very grotty old Hell's Angel ex military friend of mine when I met him for lunch on my new Suzuki GS 1100 e (which was an incredible MC in it's day, he kind of sneered
at the sight of my scooter, and I said I know all the shtick it's Rice yada yada, but seriously have you ever ridden a bike like that ?
His inimitable response was "It's a lot like makin it with a Sheep"
How's that ? he said it feels great until someone See's you doin it " ;-)The price of being an Iconoclast ?
Those old GS1100's were FAST. I remember trying to race one of those bikes on my old Yosh honda. Couldn't keep up to him. His girlfriend was hangin' off the back like a streamer. Man, those were the days!
Jeff" Man, those were the days! "
Indeed they were, I loved that Bike ! I aside from being a real screamer it was surprizingly tractable for normal street riding the guy I got it from a Jar head maniac it had 4 into one 1 exhaust
and all kinds of performance suspension tweaks, I wish I still had it :-(But at one point, I was between the Rock and the proverbial Hard Place, I had two bikes and one had to go, as fine a ride as the big Suzi was, she was worthless off the pavement, even gravel parking lots in Bars were scary :-0 and my R100 S Airhead is damn near impossible to follow on a gravel road in a driving rain with hairy cross winds at 80 mph +, and while the Airhead is a slug by comparison as well as truly idiosyncratic as all get out, however once you've spent enough time on one (at least in my case)a very unique bike/ rider synergy develops.
We've been together since 80 when i was 28, lots of other bikes have come and gone, but Frau Rubber Cow and I are inseparable, she got me home countless times during blackouts in all weathers :-(
so she's kind of like the frumpy Wife that works to put one through Med. School, so I wasn't about to to cast her aside for the Bimbette Receptionist trophy Wife ;-)Do you still ride Jeff ?
Frau Rubber Cow and I are inseparable.........I'm sitting here pissing myself and getting strange looks from the wife.
Seriously, you need to write a book about all of your ridding adventures.
Yes, I still ride occasionally, just not this year. Too many other things to deal with, family etc.
You see any of the "Long Way Round" motorcycle tour with Ewan McGregor and his buddy Charley Boorman?
"Analog is Music, Digital is mathematics"
Happy listening,
Teresa
Seriously, I'm asking who are you addressing. Are you talking to people like me who also listen to CDs?
Even though it causes me physical pain to endure a CD. I can understand if it is something not available on LP and CDs don’t cause you too much discomfort. If you want it on LP there is no reason to play into their hands. It just defeats the purpose.
"Analog is Music, Digital is mathematics"
Happy listening,
Teresa
Do I listen to and derive enjoyment from listening to music recorded to CDs and other digital sources, then the answer is an unapologetic YES.I have a couple of thousand of the silver discs. I'm listening to one now. Patricia Barber. And it sounds damn fine. I even have a computer hooked up to my system that I rip my LPs & cassettes into for casual listening to high-bitrate MP3s. And I don't think high-bitrate MP3s sound bad either.
I LOVE listening to my CDs, MP3s, tapes, records, you-name-it.
BobboPerhaps this is along the lines of a Religious Revival
where we can go on an emotional frenzy confess our sins and offer it all up to Baby Jesus !!! ;-)Oh Lord I have offended thee I've been enjoying the hell out of my
little Sony Mini disc player on my Motorcycle rides !All kidding aside I don't even know, is that MP3 format ?
Whatever it is,(lossy / loss-less ? I've been dubbing LP's and I swear it sounds better than my better Red book Cd's on my expensive Disc man.
I think it's 192 kbps. Sounds good to me too.I have a sweet little handheld Sony Minidisc recorder my wife gave me a couple of years ago for my birthday. I've toted it around with a tiny DIY stereo condenser mic for recording jazz festivals for posterity. It's a great little gadget.
I'll save you a seat on the bus to audio Hell.
In fact minidisc was some weird proprietary format (Sony's normal procedure for shooting themselves in the foot) and capable of remarkable fidelity. There's an interesting article about it here:
"Analog is Music, Digital is mathematics"
Happy listening,
Teresa
Maybe even better than the CD.
HenryA 12-gauge shotgun is the ultimate arbiter of disputes - G. Gordon Liddy
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