All I'll say about digital vs. analog is that if have access to a vacuum tubed guitar amp (like say, a Fender Twin or something comparable) and use some alligator clips to attach the input guitar cable to a pair of butchered iPod headphone jacks, you are in for a TREAT.
I tried this once, and even with the mono output, I was blown away by how good it sounded. It was a little noisy because of the impedance mismatch of my ham fisted hardware hack, but it sounded warm and thick and full like you've never heard, like giving a down pillow to someone who's only had sponge foam pillows. Even newer digitally created music like Fatboy Slim sounded better.
It made me think of how those old Rock-Ola or Wurlitzer jukeboxes might have sounded.
Once I hooked up my turntable and rigged the output with alligator clips so that the input went into a tube drive Fender Twin Reverb.
Holy hell that sounded good! There was some hum due to the impedance mismatch, but despite that, Led Zeppelin IV never sounded so good. It filled the room up completely, not with volume, but with sheer sonic completeness. I have no technical reason as to why it sounded good, just that it did. Perhaps we should consider analog equipment, with all of it's analog harmonic complexity, a form of signal processing rather than simple sound reinforcement or duplication.
It's amazing to think that once upon a time, tube driven vinyl jukeboxes were considered normal fare in even the the most backwater dive. Wow.
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In Baltimore during the seventies, our local low watt UHF station (WBFF with Captain Chesapeake!) carried Ultraman, as well as Marine Boy, Kimba The White Lion and Speed Racer. Every single weekday. I can assure you, us kids took these every bit as seriously as anything that came on the major networks.
It's funny how, of this group, it was Speed Racer that got nationwide traction in the US. A precursor to anime helping to create a generation of Nascar fans.
Absolutely. If your favorite band is on an RIAA label, they really shouldn't be your favorite band anymore. There's plenty of great bands if you bother to look beyond what the Clear Channel stations are playing.
Side note: Green Day pretending to be "alternative" or "rebels" somehow outside the system.
Sheee-it, they do more to finance the RIAA than anyone else. Stop proxy financing the RIAA's legal team.
As long as Symantec Ghost defaults to booting from floppies I will always have a use for floppies. Yeah I know you can make a bootable Ghost CD, but man that's a pain....
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All I'll say about digital vs. analog is that if have access to a vacuum tubed guitar amp (like say, a Fender Twin or something comparable) and use some alligator clips to attach the input guitar cable to a pair of butchered iPod headphone jacks, you are in for a TREAT.
I tried this once, and even with the mono output, I was blown away by how good it sounded. It was a little noisy because of the impedance mismatch of my ham fisted hardware hack, but it sounded warm and thick and full like you've never heard, like giving a down pillow to someone who's only had sponge foam pillows. Even newer digitally created music like Fatboy Slim sounded better.
It made me think of how those old Rock-Ola or Wurlitzer jukeboxes might have sounded.
Your hypothetical Joe Shmoe has to go to a grimy little porn shop for his porn fix. Face it, that's a valid factor!
All these posts and no Danica McKellar?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danica_McKellar
Yes that's Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years. And a genuine math guru. And really nice on the eyes.
Once I hooked up my turntable and rigged the output with alligator clips so that the input went into a tube drive Fender Twin Reverb.
Holy hell that sounded good! There was some hum due to the impedance mismatch, but despite that, Led Zeppelin IV never sounded so good. It filled the room up completely, not with volume, but with sheer sonic completeness. I have no technical reason as to why it sounded good, just that it did. Perhaps we should consider analog equipment, with all of it's analog harmonic complexity, a form of signal processing rather than simple sound reinforcement or duplication.
It's amazing to think that once upon a time, tube driven vinyl jukeboxes were considered normal fare in even the the most backwater dive. Wow.
In Baltimore during the seventies, our local low watt UHF station (WBFF with Captain Chesapeake!) carried Ultraman, as well as Marine Boy, Kimba The White Lion and Speed Racer. Every single weekday. I can assure you, us kids took these every bit as seriously as anything that came on the major networks.
It's funny how, of this group, it was Speed Racer that got nationwide traction in the US. A precursor to anime helping to create a generation of Nascar fans.
Absolutely.
If your favorite band is on an RIAA label, they really shouldn't be your favorite band anymore. There's plenty of great bands if you bother to look beyond what the Clear Channel stations are playing.
Side note: Green Day pretending to be "alternative" or "rebels" somehow outside the system.
Sheee-it, they do more to finance the RIAA than anyone else. Stop proxy financing the RIAA's legal team.
The rumor says that Vista will be renamed "Chinese Democracy".
Microsoft Project Director Axl Rose could not be reached for comment....
It's not a true conceptual replacement for paper until somebody, somewhere, wipes their ass with it.
The catchphrase "If it's too loud, you're too old", first started appearing in the late seventies or so...
Whoever said it first is currently very deaf and kinda old.
Honestly, I see Winzip as The IE and 7-Zip as The Firefox.
There may be better zip utilities out there, but the ease of use and no hassle license keep me solidly in the 7-zip camp.
So, I take it that never attempting to make things better for yourself or others is part of your personal belief system?
"I would consider Chinese's censorship a godsend given it's only imposed within its own country."
I am having a hard time deciding if you are trolling or not....
As long as Symantec Ghost defaults to booting from floppies I will always have a use for floppies. Yeah I know you can make a bootable Ghost CD, but man that's a pain....