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Short article about the "demise" of the "high fidelity" component.The best line in whole story:
"When Philips and Sony first made the CD, they didn't cut any corners because they were careful to preserve everything that was there, even if you couldn't hear it."
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This article was in my hometown paper last night and really put me on slow boil.
("In many ways, good enough (sound quality) is fine," said Paul Connolly, an art installation specialist and longtime audiophile)
Ok, this just pisses me off. I have a 1932 International Harvester freezer in my garage that my grandfather bought new. Freezes quicker and harder than anything I've ever seen. Also uses less just and has never leaked a drop of freone (sp?). Have already gone through 3 ipods for my son. They just quit. 3 year old micro wave just quits. Ah, the cult of good enough. Whatever happened to doing it right?
(But the sound quality of digital audio files is noticeably inferior to that of compact discs and even vinyl.)Hmmm....is there some implication in this statement?? Nope, not going to go there.
("The warmth and the nice distortion that the album had was beautiful,")Nothing quite like going home after a hard day and listening to some excellent reproduction of warm distortion.
("The last time I had a full-blown home stereo system was in the mid-90s, and it was a gift from my parents,")These type of guys always ticked me off. You'd go over to their place for a party and they'd have their walkman on the kitchen counter turned up full volume. Rock on dude!
Just my 2 cents...
someone below mentioned cheese wiz as a cultural achievment ... I think that analogy applied to the sonic merits of ipod downloads completely appropriate ... the cheesewiz of sonic reproduction. Well done!!!There is one good thing about ipods ... you can pick and choose what song you want to download and not have to spend the money for an entire album if you want only one or two favorite cuts. Then, like cassettes of old they go in the car stereo while toolin' down the road.
"who's now in the process of digitizing his 2,400 CD"What am I missing? The music on the CD is already digital!!!???
I'm sure he means he's turning the WAV file into a MP3 file but that's bad journalism.
"Do I long for the days of CDs now that we've gone digital? "
That leaves the reader (who might not know) thinking that CDs are analog.
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
Yeah. Sure 128 sounds good. So do fingernails on a blackboard and howling monkeys
Life has lots of trials and lots of music to help us through them.
Good work Phds.Makes products like Saccharin and Cheese Whiz seem like cultural achievments. Brilliant !
Less Is Less, and as it turns out, Less is more profitable.
"I honestly can't really tell the difference between CD, tape and digital."For what this guy listens to, this might be the truth . . . even for an audiophile's ears.
I haven't bought a pop recording in several years; and even my kids (now working young adults) haven't in a while. But the last ones I recall listening to made my stereo sound like a boombox.
My oldest, a sometime serious singer, is now developing an interest in more adult music - e.g. Madeline Peyroux. You can tell the difference with her recordings.
The rest of this stuff is just disposable "music" played on disposable equipment.
"But the sound quality of digital audio files is noticeably inferior to that of compact discs and even vinyl."Looks like the so-called experts don't know what the difference is either.
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