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From:
Q-Force
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Date:
Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:22:26 +0930
Subject:
Re: (idm) 12" vs.CDs
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<33A1F95A.4A959FF3@graviton.levels.unisa.edu.au>
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Oblique Hostility wrote:
quoted 2 lines And if you guys start debating the merits of $20/ft speaker wire> And if you guys start debating the merits of $20/ft speaker wire > and RCA cables I'm going to have a conniption fit.
What gets me is how hifi buffs spend many tens of thousands on some liquid-cooled amp or gold-plated turntable or speakers only to play a record or CD that was made using cheap guitars and drums or an old noisy synth or dodgy sampler. It sounded bad before it even reached the DAT master. So why spend thousands trying to minimise playback distortion and so on. Yeah, I know, it's all about recreating exactly what was recorded - good or bad. But it seems funny that an album containing $3k of samplers and $3k of synths is being listened to by some hifi nut with a $80k system. Somebody forgot the Law of Diminishing Returns. :-) -- ____ ______ ____\ Q-Force mailto:qforce@graviton.levels.unisa.edu.au \_____ _____\ Visit http://graviton.levels.unisa.edu.au/~qforce/ \____