I still have a box of 8 tracks also, ha ha.
Inventor of the Audio Cassette has Run Out of Tape.
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Oh, darn, forgot to mention VHS tapes! Thanks be to Heaven those are in the past.
It's funny how no one (that I know of) ever made mix video tapes. That could have been awesome with MTV and ripping videos off of the TV. I guess it would have just been more difficult to do.
There were definitely lessons learned during the transition from analog to digital since it's not forgiving at all when it comes to signal integrity. Some of the greatest listening experiences I've ever had though were albums that were tracked to tape and remixed decades later for the digital platform.
The Metallica black album mixed for 5.1 DVD Audio in 96khz/24bit and listened in a studio with a 5.1 Genelec system is my most memorable listening session ever. I had been listening to that album for near 15 years, and that remix brought out sounds in the album I had never heard before. The Sting - Field of Gold album was another I liked a lot with a similar transition to new technology.
Most recently I listened to an Atmos mix of Rocket Man back around late 2019 and it was fantastic. An entirely new experience of a classic recording done right.
The Metallica black album mixed for 5.1 DVD Audio in 96khz/24bit and listened in a studio with a 5.1 Genelec system is my most memorable listening session ever. I had been listening to that album for near 15 years, and that remix brought out sounds in the album I had never heard before. The Sting - Field of Gold album was another I liked a lot with a similar transition to new technology.
Most recently I listened to an Atmos mix of Rocket Man back around late 2019 and it was fantastic. An entirely new experience of a classic recording done right.
A good pair of wired open-back audiophile headphones with a good DAC/amplifier and the sound is sublime ?
I've never gotten into the audiophile headphone world, but I thankfully still have access to professional listening environments (except now during COVID times). I know a few people who are real deep into the headphone/ear bud world though and they swear by it. I still prefer speakers in a studio for critical listening.
The bass you “feel” and directional sound from studio speakers are hard to beat. Headphones create a more intimate experience. I enjoy both ?
Dolby is doing very impressive things in the headphone/ear bud space with Atmos. The more I do listen to what they can achieve in that space, the more I'm impressed and I think it's an incredible platform for the future (even if you aren't mixing Atmos, the Dolby Digital Plus encode format is extremely flexible containing all of the down mixes in a single container).
I still use a Pioneer SX9000 and CS88 receiver and speakers I bought in RVN.
It's true that there is a time and place for everything but times change,
"I also miss big speakers. I have a Bose speaker for the TV "
Michael, I couldnt agree more. I have two one metre tall JBL floorstanders (with a slab of 15mm thick polished granite sat upon each for extra bass), a pair of Celestion UL6 (from the 70's) up on the wall and a pair of Onkyo rear speakers. I like to hear my music ?
"Oh, darn, forgot to mention VHS tapes! Thanks be to Heaven those are in the past."
John, were you aware that the Betamax system was way better than the VHS system? It was all down to money that VHS came out as the winner!
Regards,
Jay.?.
Michael, I couldnt agree more. I have two one metre tall JBL floorstanders (with a slab of 15mm thick polished granite sat upon each for extra bass), a pair of Celestion UL6 (from the 70's) up on the wall and a pair of Onkyo rear speakers. I like to hear my music ?
"Oh, darn, forgot to mention VHS tapes! Thanks be to Heaven those are in the past."
John, were you aware that the Betamax system was way better than the VHS system? It was all down to money that VHS came out as the winner!
Regards,
Jay.?.
Still have a number of my 1970's vinyl LP's. I'm old enough to remember that, as a teen just getting into tooling around in a car with my buds, the it thing was to have an 8-track in your car.
I still have my audio speakers including two floorstanding ones in the living room which I listen to often. Millennials who see them think it is quaint - or worse - but the sound is vastly superior to what is mostly listened to today. (Too bad my hearing is starting to go.) My son recently hooked up his computer with his music collection to a receiver and good speakers and was amazed how good it sounded, as well as dumbfounded by how bad a lot of his compressed digital files sounded on them.
Yes, I was painfully aware that Betamax was a far better system! But I waffled a bit, read and talked a bit, and was sad to realize I'd better go with VHS or I wouldn't have much content to enjoy. Did I mention, more than anything else, I am so glad for digital media, all the more when it came to video.
Never had an 8 track. In high school I worked in a radio station. The quality of 8 tracks was awful, and frequently the tracks would change in the middle of a song (most annoying). Cassettes in the car. Reel to reel in the house.
I am in the process of moving CD's out to the garage for storage. We are fully hooked up with Spotify in our home, with separate profiles for the kids. There are a couple of Sonos speakers now, but we still have the big ones, now also connected to streaming audio. For me personally the move to Spotify was opening up a world of music that I had never explored before. Either you were into music, reading up on latest records etc and KNEW what to buy, or you didn't. I didn't, and now use Spotify to find old favorites and explore new music in a way that is really fantastic! Another great development is podcasts. This broadened my intake of new ideas, conversations and knowledge like no other recent development.
At school if I was listening to my Walkman and wanted to rewind it I'd remove the tape, place a pencil through the spokes and spin it by hand in order to conserve the precious battery powerThe invention of the audio cassette revolutionised home entertainment since matey came up with the idea in the 1960,s.
Oddly enough, I recently started throwing out my huge collection of audio cassettes simply because I no longer use them but over the years they have provided me with much joy.....except on those occasions where they mangled themselves in the mechanism.
Audio cassette tape inventor Lou Ottens dies aged 94
The Dutch engineer's invention transformed the way people listened to music in the 20th Century.www.bbc.co.uk
Regards,
Jay.
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"...place a pencil through the spokes and spin it by hand in order to conserve the precious battery power"
Chris, I used to do the very same though with a biro (and most certainly not in class!).
BTW, I still have a yellow Walkman Sport tucked away in a drawer!
Regards,
Jay.
Chris, I used to do the very same though with a biro (and most certainly not in class!).
BTW, I still have a yellow Walkman Sport tucked away in a drawer!
Regards,
Jay.
They are back. I think it was a few years ago now, but more vinyl was sold in Canada than CDs.
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