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Pink Floyd Engineer Alan Parsons Rips Audiophiles, YouTube and Jonas Brothers

Posted by timothy on from the projecting-himself dept.

First time accepted submitter CIStud writes "Famed 'Dark Side of the Moon' engineer Alan Parsons, who also worked on the Beatles 'Abbey Road,' says audiophiles spend too much money on equipment and ignore room acoustics. He also is surprised the music industry has not addressed the artists' rights violations taking place on YouTube, wonders why surround-sound mixes for albums never took off, and calls the Jonas Brothers 'garbage' all in one interview."

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  1. Audiophiles by sexconker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Audiophiles are pretty much the dumbest group of people ever.
    No, you can't hear a difference between this $5000 speaker and this $150 speaker.
    No, these cables don't sound "warm".

    1. Re:Audiophiles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      ++ This. Too dumb to become a real geek? Then become an audiophile. All of the angry nerd posturing with none of that meddlesome knowledge.

  2. Re:Scathing, Absolutely Scathing by tom17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Abuse? Oh sorry, this is arguments. Abuse is down the hall.

    No it isn't.

  3. Re:"Pink Floyd engineer"? by virgnarus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know him most for a giant death ray entitled with his name.

  4. then again, there's Beats by Dr Dre by sqldr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry Dr Dre, but having you design speakers is like having an acoustics geek make a hip-hop record.

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  5. Re:Scathing, Absolutely Scathing by jamstar7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, us Trekkies have always been interested in keeping up with the Cardassians. Er, wait...

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  6. Re:"Pink Floyd engineer"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ask 100 Slashdotters if they can figure out what the fuck you're trying to say in your posts.

  7. Re:"Pink Floyd engineer"? by dna_(c)(tm)(r) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, I wasn't clear in my narrative.

    Me: Did you read that article about Alan Parsons?

    Average music listener: Alan who?

    Me; Alan Parsons. He was the recording engineer for "Dark Side Of The Moon".

    Average music listener: ???

    Me: You know, Pink Floyd?

    Average music listener: Ah Pink, but she's sooo 2005 - and who is Floyd?.

    There, fixed that for you.