I've had a CD player since about 1983, or whenever they first
appeared, and we've got, at last count, over 1400 CDs. I've also
got a digital camera, a little Olympus 2000-Z. But I can't get
away from vinyl or my OMs. Both my eyes and ears are analogue,
and whether it's my imagination or not, I contend I can see and
hear a real difference.
Besides, I actually enjoy the extra fiddling and fussing that
makes either playing a record or taking a photograph without using
an automatic-everything wonderbrick a participatory experience,
not just some mindless button-pushing exercise. It could be that
I'm an analogue control freak stuck in a digitally convenient,
instant gratification world. (Or maybe just an old fart set in
his ways.)
Walt
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Jon Mitchell" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:16:40 -0000
>Hey Walt,
>
>Vinyl .... Now you're talking real quality. Do I sense a certain
>amount of coincidence here ? Everyone on this list appreciates
>the quality of our old "analogue" cameras, and it would also seem
>a few of us prefer the sound of our old "analogue" records too.
>Not that I don't have CD's too, but Vinyl is just so .... so ....
>I don't know. Warm ? That's the cliché used anyway, but it's
>the closest thing I can think of.
>
>Jon - who has recently been converted !
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