Vinyl or Hi-Res

Cdb posted:

We all loved Rice Krispies as children, otherwise we would recognise digital as the best!

George Fredrik Fiske posted:

Some of us preferred the silent porridge, and, for pudding, semolina!

Those of us brought up on home cooking - at least some of us - have thoroughly embraced the digital revolution!

ATB from George

CD's as I mentioned earlier I am buying lots of second hand LP's that are virtually noise free. Probably down to quality of equipment as per Fatcat. George, I would guess I embraced digital well before you, stopped buying vinyl c 1991, disposed of hardware/software at turn of the millennium sold my CDS3 5 years ago after ripping my 3000 CD's. 

Just now playing Bowie's Pinups original release, bought from Sister Ray in Berwick Street. Left the shop thinking I should not have bought this, cover was excellent but vinyl had lots of surface marks. Guess what! noise free, after a clean. 

Gerry

The poor apostrophe is being badly abused in this thread!  

dayjay posted:

The poor apostrophe is being badly abused in this thread!  

Utter shock, horror and dismay....

Adam Zielinski posted:

dayjay posted:

The poor apostrophe is being badly abused in this thread!  

Utter shock, horror and dismay....

Quick! Call in the A.A.A.A. 

The apostrophies in this thread appear to be playing a vital roll, even though technically abused.  What alternative punctuation exists for separating a CD from its plural form and being understood by every reader?

I prefer bacon rolls, myself.

rjstaines posted:

The apostrophies in this thread appear to be playing a vital roll, even though technically abused.  What alternative punctuation exists for separating a CD from its plural form and being understood by every reader?

Abuse is abuse.  If we make excuses here we will soon be using text speak, lol  

CDs and LPs works perfectly well. SBLs, IBLs, SL2s...... though PMC GB1is looks odd. 

dayjay posted:

rjstaines posted:

The apostrophies in this thread appear to be playing a vital roll, even though technically abused.  What alternative punctuation exists for separating a CD from its plural form and being understood by every reader?

Abuse is abuse.  If we make excuses here we will soon be using text speak, lol  

no thatl nvr hapn

Hungryhalibut posted:

CDs and LPs works perfectly well. SBLs, IBLs, SL2s...... though PMC GB1is looks odd. 

LPs is incorrect. The abbreviation of Long Play Records is LP's, the apostrophe replacing Record.

J.N. posted:

The thought of having my music collection at the mercy of a computer network and the internet still scares the willies out of me. I'm much happier being able to hold it in my hands.

:-))))

C.

sjbabbey posted:

Adam Zielinski posted:

dayjay posted:

The poor apostrophe is being badly abused in this thread!  

Utter shock, horror and dismay....

Quick! Call in the A.A.A.A. 

I'm done with alliteration!!! I only did it do detract from the apostrophe war's that were brewing  

GerryMcg posted:

Cdb posted:

We all loved Rice Krispies as children, otherwise we would recognise digital as the best!

George Fredrik Fiske posted:

Some of us preferred the silent porridge, and, for pudding, semolina!

Those of us brought up on home cooking - at least some of us - have thoroughly embraced the digital revolution!

ATB from George

CD's as I mentioned earlier I am buying lots of second hand LP's that are virtually noise free. Probably down to quality of equipment as per Fatcat. George, I would guess I embraced digital well before you, stopped buying vinyl c 1991, disposed of hardware/software at turn of the millennium sold my CDS3 5 years ago after ripping my 3000 CD's. 

[...].

Gerry

Guessing is so risky!

In 1991, I sold all bar forty of my 900 LPs, and gave my turntable away at the same time!

So by deduction, I beat you to the digital world sometime considerably earlier than you!

It is more than five years since I last owned a dedicated CD player, too, so I have never been slow to adopt new methods of handling the recordings themselves.

ATB from George

dayjay posted:

The poor apostrophe is being badly abused in this thread!  

Given the apostrophe's whip-like shape and struggles here with proper usage, it seems fitting it should be the subject of abuse. More verbose phrases can be used to avoid need for an apostrophe, but in the succinct smartphone age the apostrophe seems destined only for sporadic use associated with obvious possessive nouns by those that care to make the extra keystroke (as with capital lettering). For those that don't, the message might yet be more effectively be delivered by the extra keystroke expended in the form of an emoticon.

Let's hope periods don't go the same route.

joerand posted:

dayjay posted:

The poor apostrophe is being badly abused in this thread!  

Given the apostrophe's whip-like shape and struggles here with proper usage, it seems fitting it should be the subject of abuse. More verbose phrases can be used to avoid need for an apostrophe, but in the succinct smartphone age the apostrophe seems destined only for sporadic use associated with obvious possessive nouns by those that care to make the extra keystroke (as with capital lettering). For those that don't, the message might yet be more effectively be delivered by the extra keystroke expended in the form of an emoticon.

Let's hope periods don't go the same route.

 

You had me badly confused for a few second's, I thought you must be a misogynist until I realised you were using American English!!!

I'm a big fan of hi res files, but just had a vinyl listening session - a mo fi pressing of Marc Cohn's first album. Good grief it is good. The Gyrodec is sounding stunning through the 555d 272. Very happy indeed!!!

I'm sure the Black Russians are having no impact whatsoever on proceedings!!