Dorsetmike
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No, not, never, nohow. I can think of far better things to do with £425, like buy 4 model railway locos. or another camera lens, or as a last resort - FOOD.
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No, not, never, nohow. I can think of far better things to do with £425, like buy 4 model railway locos. or another camera lens, or as a last resort - FOOD.
I've heard of this technology being used before in recordings. Requires a very extensive setup, and everything must be absolutely perfect during the session as there is no editing of any bloopers, sneezes, coughs, or pages turning after the recording is done.
Ridiculous price though ... totally outrageous ... they could make lots more money selling at a lower price.
Seems vinyl is returing ... apparently the sound differences between a LP & a CD are pretty substantial, at least for classical music. LP's were always superior to CD's when they first came out. Still have my LP collection from the 60's and 70's - I have a turntable but need to get a new needle/cartridge.
JHC
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The CD was a compromise to get 60 min on each CD but now 80 min is the norm without getting technical it encodes at a rate of 1411kbps approx, most people find this acceptable you can now get high def CD if you want, I was told on one forum that LPs were also compressed but not as much, most down loads to day are 320 kbps at best and a lot at 128kbps unless you can choose a lossless codec flac, wav, alac etc, personally I favour the CD it is good enough for my old ears and vinyl does wear (deteriorate) each time it is played plus you cant listen to a full Sym etc without getting of you bum to turn the record over.
That was half the fun, at least for me. But, yes, the CD is way more practical especially in the car
. Once I get my turntable operational I will be able to make cassette tape recordings for use in the car. My 2004 Jetta with its Monsoon radio system came with both CD and cassette tape playing capabilities. Eventually, into my golden years, I hope to be able to transfer all my LP's into digital form and make up CD masters for them.
Dorsetmike
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Yup, most but not all, I've also downloaded quite a lot. I found a bit of software that will generate random playlists, you just tell it what genre(s) you want included and tell it where on your PC your music is stored; then give it a bit more info like how long, in minutes, you want hit the go button and it generates a list ; you then tell it to exclude those tracks from subsequent lists and hit go, repeat until all your tracks are in playlists. I have 35 lists averaging 3 hours each, so playing about 12 hours most days, that lasts over a week before I get repeats.
I'm also making more lists but instead of mixed genres, I'll limit to say all Baroque, or all jazz and swing, so I can suit the list pllaying to my mood. One PC is more or less dedicated to just playing through the lists, I have a pair of decent speakers, with amplifier, tone and volume controls, not the usual tinny PC speakers.
I'm also making more lists but instead of mixed genres, I'll limit to say all Baroque, or all jazz and swing, so I can suit the list pllaying to my mood. One PC is more or less dedicated to just playing through the lists, I have a pair of decent speakers, with amplifier, tone and volume controls, not the usual tinny PC speakers.
Dorsetmike
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Only took about 2 to 3 hours to generate the lists. Getting Vinyl to MP3 took longer obviously as all tracks had to be played at normal speed with the software I used (Audacity - free download). Most of the Baroque was downloaded from Baroque Music Library (also free) that was fairly quick, took a couple of hours to download about 25 hours worth. A lot of the jazz and swing came from Amazon either as CDs or downloads.