Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

[OM] Re: Another old guy digital rant

Subject: [OM] Re: Another old guy digital rant
From: "Sharp Consulting" <jsharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:54:01 -0500
It may be presumptuous to speak for all here, but I'd say no photos of this are 
required...

:D


>
>I think I'll go now and run nekkid in the yard with an OM-4 and a silly hat.  
>I'll probably wear shoes, though.
>
>Walt
>
>
>
>--
>Everybody has a photographic 
>memory. Some people just don't 
>have any film. 
>
>
>
>
>-------------- Original message from Winsor Crosby : -------------- 
>> 
>> I used to chalk it up to hearing as well. But when I have, even on 
>> superb equipment, pointed out the clicks, pops, cutter rumble recorded 
>> on the LP, wow from off center holes, rolled off bass not equalized by 
>> RIAA curves, a groove that is distorted a little more each time you 
>> play it, and a shallow noise floor, most "analog is better types" admit 
>> hearing them, but insist that it still sounds better. I have concluded 
>> it not hearing ability. It is mental. :-) 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Winsor 
>> Long Beach, California 
>> USA 
>> On Jun 17, 2004, at 8:48 AM, Walt Wayman wrote: 
>> 
>> > But, oh, they sound so much better. An LP played with a good 
>> > cartridge and tone arm on a proper turntable, not some piece of crap 
>> > from Circuit City or Best Buy for $200, is still today, 20 years after 
>> > we were told we were getting "perfect sound forever," obviously, to 
>> > any but the hearing impaired, superior to a CD. And if the amp and 
>> > pre-amp give off both the aural and visual glow of tubes, so much the 
>> > better. I've got lots of CDs, but I still buy vinyl when I can find 
>> > it. 
>> 
>> 
>> ============================================== 
>> List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com 
>> List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx 
>> ============================================== 
>==============================================
>List usage info:     http://www.zuikoholic.com
>List nannies:        olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
>==============================================
>
 

==============================================
List usage info:     http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies:        olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz