it's 1989

[0bleak]

this is funny because there was a scandal in 2022 in the "audiophile" community when it was discovered that Mobile Fidelity ( who sell extremely expensive audiophile vinyl ) were including a digital step in their supposedly 'one step' analogue remastering process

The Mobile Fidelity one step DSD controversy

ah, yeah, I remember that debacle.
I wonder how many audiophiles were embarrassed by that after proclaiming the analog superiority of their MoFi records.
Another thing that gets me, and I'm guessing that many don't know, is that starting at some point in the late 70s/early 80s, digital delays (sometimes less than standard 16 bit CD quality) were often used in the cutting process (even on some records advertised as AAA) in order to give the engineer some lead time in the cutting process.

 

[Mr. Tea]

There is nothing good about having any kind of predilection that ends in "-phile", let's face it.

 

[0bleak]

Then again, I also can't tell the difference in a lot of the HD picture quality which is strange since sight is supposed to be our strongest sense.
I remember some years ago one of my half brothers being aghast that I couldn't tell the difference between the picture quality of two different older and newer TVs.
I guess I'll chalk that up to the nvld visual deficits.

 

[0bleak]

kind of incongruous how I'm so into electronic music, but I'm so out of it when it comes to new tech that I bought this a few years ago: https://www.discogs.com/release/17676070-Regis-Let-The-Night-Return thinking that I would be able to play it in what I guess is now considered an old blu-ray player.
I still haven't seen it...
so for now I just settle for playing this record https://www.discogs.com/master/2171563-Regis-The-Floor-Will-Rise and thumbing through the photos in that blu-ray's book 😆
similar to how i was an early internet adopter before there were even the first graphical browsers (edit: that's not technically true, apparently), but now I can't keep up with how much more quickly everyone else adopts new tech, it seems, no matter their age - whether they are younger or older than i am

 

[thirdform]

Bearing in mind that the cheapest seat in the house was £40 and one programme cost £7.

so, you mugged yourself off?

 

[version]

"Recorded 2010-2011 in a Honda Civic."

 

[germaphobian]

THE 80S NEVER ENDEND!

 

[0bleak]

yeah, a lot of 80s sounds/production came back in eventually, but I guess that's how it goes
it's like one of the comments I found most interesting in the New Beat "blind test" video I posted in the choon of the day thread - one of the old school guys said about one of the tracks that it sounded great then, but then it just sounded old for so long, but now it sounds great again

 

[luka]

far jim loves lambkin for some reason he made us go and see him and it was an old boy with dementia hacking at a laptop looking confused.

 

[...]

It's true, we live in an Eternal Eighties.

 

[Mr. Tea]

far jim loves lambkin for some reason he made us go and see him and it was an old boy with dementia hacking at a laptop looking confused.

Far Jim sounds like a prophet or something.

 

[0bleak]

It's true, we live in an Eternal Eighties.

I thought it was 94!

 

[luka]

I thought it was 94!

i wish

 

[version]