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18th Jun 2018, 7:20 am | #41 | |
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18th Jun 2018, 7:28 am | #42 | |
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18th Jun 2018, 7:40 am | #43 |
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I think the acceptable level of hassle is directly proportional to the available time.
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18th Jun 2018, 9:02 am | #44 |
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Re: Unrealistic expectations?
I still sometimes fire up the autochanger and play a stack of either 45s or 78s for the purely nostalgic reason of hearing the records the way I used to listen to them back in the 50s & 60s*, though I have most of the tracks on LPs &/or CDs and at least a half-decent Hi-Fi set up on which to play them! * TBH, in the 50s I could only listen to 78s on a wind-up gramophone - no electricity in my childhood home - until I obtained a transistor record player in the late 50s.
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18th Jun 2018, 9:21 am | #45 |
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Re: Unrealistic expectations?
Isn't the ritual / hassle (depending on your point of view) of using a vintage radio almost as great as playing a record?
Waiting for a valve set to warm up, tuning by twisting a knob to move a pointer over a scale marked in metres and long-gone station names, readjusting the tuning periodically to correct drift, experiencing fading and CCI. And after all that, hoping that they're playing something you actually want to listen to. How much easier to use a streaming service to pick the exact pieces of music you want, or iPlayer Radio to listen to a programme at your convenience? |
18th Jun 2018, 10:04 am | #46 |
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I remarked to a client who was setting up a "valves-and-vinyl" studio that the LP revival was about putting the ritual back into music. This got flogged to death as a strapline...
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18th Jun 2018, 12:12 pm | #47 | |
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18th Jun 2018, 12:21 pm | #48 |
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I suspect that at some time having physical recordings, whether LPs or CDs will be seen as a freedom from all the problems with DRM.
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18th Jun 2018, 12:22 pm | #49 |
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18th Jun 2018, 12:59 pm | #50 |
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The format argument can go on and on, I take the view of use what format suits you best, I have said before it’s about enjoying the music not the format.
Or have I missed something?
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18th Jun 2018, 1:16 pm | #51 |
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It’s the music for me not the format too. The most convenient format always wins for me.
A while ago I bought a minidisc recorder because of fond memories. Then after about an hour I remembered what a pain it was. |
18th Jun 2018, 1:18 pm | #52 |
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Re: Unrealistic expectations?
On that note, pun intended, I'll close this thread.
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