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Okay, progress may be progress, and I like the new mp3 technology, but it seemed so simple and fun to flip those stack of old '45s on to the record player, usually 8 or 9 high and then walk away and let them drop and play one at a time. People used to have 100's of those things in the living room next to their old stereo hi-fi's. It just seems that CD's are more cumbersome in finding the tracks you want.
From a black n white/technical standpoint, no, of course I wouldn't want to go back to those days.
And yet I miss them all the same. See the similar thread I just posted about that. For me it isn't all about "technical improvements," much like a sci fi movie isn't better just because it has g-whiz special effects.
A number of years ago, at a little golf club, they had a CD player with a slew of CDs. You could just punch in what you wanted to hear. One day somebody left it outside and when the sun came up, the CDs had melted. They had to replace all the CDs, I guess. But it was still a nice thing to have, back then.
A couple years ago we bought a record player and are busy searching the thrift shops to replace our long gone stash. It's fun digging through stacks looking for a "treasure" and we enjoy the familiar sound of days gone by. I also noticed that Amazon is selling some used vinyl now but we enjoy the "hunt".
I still think that albums(vinyl) sound FAR superior to compressed music on CD'S......IMHO....
Audio quality does seem to be a thing of the past doesn't it? Maybe that is what the OP is really talking about. MP3 will never be record quality, heck it will never even be CD quality (depending on bitrate). MP3's are compressed music, recorded for convenience (for the car or laptop or minature MP3 player), not quality.
The 45's and 78's forced one to listen to it on a fixed home audio system, usually of high quality (tubes, transistors, doesn't matter), in a comfortable dedicated area in a stress free enviroment. That's what most people truly miss.
I , for one miss my albums. I had alot of 80's soundtracks , artists' albums still in plastic. Aside from the palpablity of them , I miss the minute flaws , cracks , hisses , and pops.
Audio quality does seem to be a thing of the past doesn't it? Maybe that is what the OP is really talking about. MP3 will never be record quality, heck it will never even be CD quality (depending on bitrate). MP3's are compressed music, recorded for convenience (for the car or laptop or minature MP3 player), not quality.
It seems like the consumer either A-doesn't care about audio quality or B-can't tell the difference in audio quality. Either way, the consumer will always get what they want.
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