I suppose there are four kinds of people when it comes to music. Those who don't like it (apparently they do exist); those who like it casually, as a background; those who love it but don't care how it reaches their ears as long as it sounds good; and those, like me I'm afraid, who love it and want it to sound as good as they can afford but who also want the 'source' to be a thing in itself. One group isn't better than any other, by the way.
I am old enough to remember vinyl (the first time) but I was a CD convert from the start and I still think they are one the great inventions. I get downloads and then burning but frankly computers are often more trouble than they are worth - give me a disc, a laser and electricity, and I'm more than happy.
I hadn't heard of gas gramophones, but was reminded of gas washing machines. A quick internet search just to reassure myself I hadn't dreamed it, and it turns out they are still a thing.
The mind boggles.
All the best,
Barry. Previous Message
Barry
I fully endorse the idea of people retaining their vinyl etc.
I didn't fully explain this matter of lossless downloads - the purpose being that once you have the
download, burn it (slowly) to a good quality blank CD for future storage and everyday enjoyment.
More tech-minded types will use another hard-drive (which has it's own risks).
This concept of labels offering a discount - I can actually envisage this happening, in the form of
"buy four and get the fifth for half-price". But the time period might be less than you'd like.
And don't be fooled into thinking Ralph's final comment was jocular - buying things 'pre-owned'
is a well-known indicator of affluence... :-)
To move away from downloads and CD-R's someone I was discussing this with told me he had seen
an item on an episode of the Antiques Roadshow - one of those rare occasions when that dreadful
female had moved out of camera-shot. Incredibly, what he'd seen was a gas-driven gramophone...
music was played through several glass tubes containing ignited gas! The resulting sound quality
was claimed to be far superior and more truthful than through the normal horn. Apparently.
regards
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