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mcnally
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response 75 of 202:
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Oct 26 03:54 UTC 1992 |
Sony's not a "pioneer" in digital or audio? Huh? They and Philips
defined the CD format and developed the first CD players.. Whether
you like the company or not (I'm not really wild about them..)you
have to admit they're not just waiting around for other people to
perfect things and then producing cheap knockoffs..
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keats
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response 76 of 202:
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Oct 26 04:46 UTC 1992 |
they and philips for the most part was philips, really. sony does wait to
steal markets, as i noted above, but they tend to do it with excellent
equipment. they're just poor developers, in my opinion, and i don't think
they really know where the market is headed. they just purchased a success-
ful cd label, but, surprise, that was after they failed to undermine the
cd market with digital audiotape and their own label.
again, they do produce excellent equipment, but they're no prognosticators.
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cwb
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response 77 of 202:
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Dec 16 22:22 UTC 1992 |
Re record vs cd, I too am a musician (violin and voice) but I do
not share the vinyl superiority opinion. I don't think I've ever heard
a vinyl recording that could match a cd on a good system. The sad part
though is that are some great performances recorded on
vinyl that aren't available on Cd, and even when made available,
for some reason they sound worse than a well-preserved vinyl recording
of the same performance. Oops, I just contradicted myself.
I've never heard a vinyl recording of a modern performance that
could match the sound quality of a CD recording
of the same performance.
As for musical tastes, mine are ecclectic. My classical
tastes run mostly to music written between 1860 and about 1950, with such
favorites as Richard Strauss, Prokofiev, Debussy, Ravel, some Copland and
Poulanck. My jazz tastes run to the 1945-1970 era small ensemble sound (jazz
quartet). I've gotten tired of most "classic" rock, as it went through a
deserved but overdone renaissance in the late '80s. If I never hear another
Cream song for the rest of my life I might be happy, though the Clapton
Unplugged album is something I'll probably buy eventually. I also like people
of the genre of Dougie Maclean, Joni Mitchell and Michael Hedges, though for
me, George Winston plays piano like I did when I was four, i.e semi-random
sequences of neat-sounding chords that go on forever.
Chris
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steve
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response 78 of 202:
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Dec 18 02:53 UTC 1992 |
(The only performance I know of that can be better on vinyl than
CD is the 1812 overature, where the cannon go off. Properly done, a
record can give 105dB dynamic range, whereas the CD is 90dB. But that
is the only case I know of!)
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redwood
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response 79 of 202:
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Dec 19 21:09 UTC 1992 |
Correct. More musical information can be recorded on vinyl than on CD.
However, one must purchase a good turntable to really hear the difference...
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steve
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response 80 of 202:
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Dec 21 04:53 UTC 1992 |
And, the highs above 22kHz are playable about twice. So all in all,
vinyl isn't worth it any more.
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redwood
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response 81 of 202:
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Dec 22 16:09 UTC 1992 |
I beg to differ, but I'm not getting in the argument any more. If you don't
buy a good turntable and set it up properly, you'll never know what you're
missing...
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tcc
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response 82 of 202:
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Jan 3 07:35 UTC 1993 |
Re: before, I also notice a pitch difference with headphones, any headphones.
It's particularly noticeable when you pull the headphones out from your ears,
the music seems to drop in pitch anywhere from a few cents to almost a half-
step.
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arabella
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response 83 of 202:
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Jan 15 08:09 UTC 1993 |
I wonder if that has something to do with the doppler effect...?
Any physicists out there who'd care to tackle this subject?
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danr
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response 84 of 202:
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Jan 18 01:48 UTC 1993 |
I think he means when he pulls them out and holds them steady.
That you notice a difference is probably due to the fact that pulling
the headphones out from your ear changes the frequency response of the
channel between your ear and the speaker in the headphones.
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tcc
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response 85 of 202:
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Feb 17 10:42 UTC 1993 |
That could very well be. I do notice a definite shift toward bass when I lift
them from my head.
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skeez
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response 86 of 202:
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Jul 4 16:08 UTC 1993 |
Public Enemy RULES She watch Ch. Zero is THE PHAT JAM. Hardcore Hip-Hop rules!
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skeez
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response 87 of 202:
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Jul 4 16:19 UTC 1993 |
If anybody here likes Ice-Cube, Ice-T, Lench Mob, ANY Gangsta rap or
Hardcore, or Softer (But still dope) core, like A Tribe Called Quest, Or
Digable Planets, or Arrested Development, or any stuff like that, mail me. Iv'e
yet to hear from some one who likes ANY rap.
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embu
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response 88 of 202:
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Jul 5 17:01 UTC 1993 |
probably 'cause most people hear bad rap at first and are so turned off they
don't tyr to listen to it anymore. I seem to remember someone making favorable
comments about Arrested Developement somewhere down the line...
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skeez
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response 89 of 202:
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Jul 5 17:46 UTC 1993 |
This would be because Spunk-Monkeys like the 2livecrew are ac
(Sorry) assoiciated with rap. Something like 75% of all rap is moderately
or very violent/explicit. There is plenty of rap that does not deal with
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embu
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response 90 of 202:
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Jul 6 16:05 UTC 1993 |
apart from violece etc., a lot of rap I've heard is justplain boring...I've
heard some that was interesting and neat, but that in the minority. It seems
that it would be easier to make bad rap, so maybe that's just what the
occasional listener hears.
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sandeep
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response 91 of 202:
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Jul 24 14:47 UTC 1993 |
Best rap I've heard lately: Greg Osby's "3-D Picnic" album.
Also really enjoy the Young Black Teenagers' first album.
>
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skeez
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response 92 of 202:
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Jul 25 21:07 UTC 1993 |
The young blacks used to be okay,.....now they're trying to cash in
on the gangsta craze, though.
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shaymu
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response 93 of 202:
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Sep 20 19:57 UTC 1993 |
Ya, I agree with you Skeez. Hey, If you like metal and/or rap, check out Rage
agnst the Machine. quit
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sandeep
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response 94 of 202:
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Oct 6 22:06 UTC 1993 |
I wasn't too impressed with the Rage Against the Machine CD.
I like the Skatenigs' "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed" better along
that vein.
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msu
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response 95 of 202:
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Dec 21 14:16 UTC 1993 |
I'm really interested in joining an a cappella group in the area. I used to
sing with a group at Washington U. and I'm eager to do it again! I've had
trouble tracking down groups that were for non-students. Does anybody have any
suggestions?
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remmers
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response 96 of 202:
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Dec 21 18:31 UTC 1993 |
You could check with login 'mew'. (I sent you mail with more details.)
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msu
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response 97 of 202:
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Dec 22 17:17 UTC 1993 |
thanks for the tip!
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daemon1
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response 98 of 202:
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Mar 29 18:16 UTC 1994 |
Hmmmmm.... looks like we need some other musical influence on this board. I
hear some cheesin' off about Mozart and such, but I hear nothing of the
"louder" musical variety. Hmmm some people need some help.. Research Van
Halen, Metallica, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, and others for a while, dudes..
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carson
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response 99 of 202:
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Mar 29 20:31 UTC 1994 |
(um, daemon1, you might want to BROWSE the other items. I'll do you a favor
and enter some new responses so that they appear as new. ;) )
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