RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-23 Thread J.C. O'Connell
/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:20 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 9:09 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Your post is not clear if your being serious or sarcastic. I will state what I have been saying all along, I don't believe the majority of new vinyl sales in 2009 is dance records as suggested, its mostly reissues of

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
: Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 9:09 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Your post is not clear if your being serious or sarcastic. I will state what I have been saying

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:57 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: dream on, while there are very large number of NEW MUSiC titles in hip hop and dance, this is not the same as overall new LPs mfg and sold in all genres and including reissues. Dance/hip hop titles are popular on vinyl

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Bob W
[...] Music loving audiophiles are not a large market and they don't tend to buy as much volume. Teenagers who want to be famous are a large market and one who tends to buy a lot of volume. [...] Here are some hard stats from people who know:

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: [...] Music loving audiophiles are not a large market and they don't tend to buy as much volume. Teenagers who want to be famous are a large market and one who tends to buy a lot of volume. [...] Here are some hard stats

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23/11/2009, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: And some real-world stats: Not fair, stifling a good argument with real world stats! -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Bob W
And some real-world stats: Not fair, stifling a good argument with real world stats! They leave plenty of room for creative interpretation! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23/11/2009, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: And some real-world stats: Not fair, stifling a good argument with real world stats! They leave plenty of room for creative interpretation! But we already have an abundance of that. ;-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel:

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:15 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:57 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: dream on, while there are very large

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:40 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:06 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: we are talking about newly mfd record sales. There are almost no record brick and mortar stores left now. So basically LP records are sold online now. I can show you a whole bunch of record retailers selling lots of

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: these are the top sellers, these are not total sales. A few new for 2009 releases may out sell any or even ALL the particular classic rock, jazz, titles but in total there are tons tons tons more of the classic rock,

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 6:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:06 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: we are talking about

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: these are the top sellers, these are not total sales. A few new for 2009 releases may out sell any or even ALL the particular classic

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Scott Loveless
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: [...] Music loving audiophiles are not a large market and they don't tend to buy as much volume. Teenagers who want to be famous are a large market and one who tends to buy a lot of volume. [...] Here are some hard stats

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:47 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: OK, there are some, but I am not going to buy for one second the premise that the majority of newly mfd record sales in 2009 is dance records, that is just way way too small of a genre/market compared to reissue rock,

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Why would anyone buy lps for any other reason than sound quaity, they cost much more than CD or mp3, and if you don't have the right gear or care to make them sound better than CD, why bother with the drawbacks of vinyl?? I know John,

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:57 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: reissues dominate the audiophile market, and the audiophile market dominates drives all new record sales in 2009. LPs are only really being bought by audiophiles. Why would anyone buy lps for any other reason than sound

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread steve harley
On 2009-11-22 18:20 , Adam Maas wrote: Dance and electronica are huge markets overall. It's the dominant musical form in Europe and Asia and extremely popular in North America (Coming in fourth after RB/Hip-Hop, Pop and Country). thanks for the insight Adam; i had a hunch -- i love that music

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2009-11-22 18:20 , Adam Maas wrote: Dance and electronica are huge markets overall. It's the dominant musical form in Europe and Asia and extremely popular in North America (Coming in fourth after RB/Hip-Hop, Pop and

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-22 Thread Anthony Farr
2009/11/23 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: i'm trying to imagine what the analogy would be in photography ... kind of a kooky idea, but how about a TLR which shoots film *and* digital? -- Actually close to the mark, only not TLRs. Digital-capable medium format SLRs, and large format view

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-21 Thread J.C. O'Connell
://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 8:31 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital On 2009-11-20

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-21 Thread J.C. O'Connell
, November 21, 2009 3:20 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'; J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital New vinyl releases today are primarily a high cost, $15-$30, high sound quaity, audiophile reissue market from all the indications I have, catalogs, online stores, record reviews, what my

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-21 Thread steve harley
On 2009-11-21 04:11 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: http://store.acousticsounds.com/index.cfm?get=topsellersTop_Count=100f ield_cat=5 interesting; this very large and popular vinyl retailer carries 27 vinyl releases in the hip hop/rap category, 14 in funk, then there's electronica, with zero

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-21 Thread J.C. O'Connell
[mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data On 2009-11-21 04:11 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: http://store.acousticsounds.com/index.cfm?get=topsellersTop_Count=100 f

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data

2009-11-21 Thread paul stenquist
/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital : One retailers sales data On 2009-11-21 04:11 , J.C

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-20 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 17, 2009, at 15:40 , Rob Studdert wrote: the master recordings being tape however do degrade with time. The ferrous binders often fail or become sticky so the the tape flutters, the remnant magnetism becomes diminished so the noise floor rises and dynamics become a little compressed.

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-20 Thread J.C. O'Connell
/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:31 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital On Nov 17, 2009, at 15:40

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-20 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: YOU GUYS are in different domains, RS is talking about analog music tapes and JM is talking about digital data tapes. The problems and handing of each is not the same. Obviously, but it's a fact that audio tapes degrade with time, often

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-20 Thread J.C. O'Connell
/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:09 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital On 20/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: YOU GUYS

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-20 Thread steve harley
On 2009-11-18 05:22 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: The part about there being more new SACD/DVDA new releases now than more new vinyl **releases** now is incorrect, there is a ton of brand new LP edition issues right now, way more than SACD or DVDA combined. Most of these are high end LP reissues of

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-20 Thread J.C. O'Connell
] On Behalf Of steve harley Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital On 2009-11-18 05:22 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: The part about there being more new SACD/DVDA new releases now than more new vinyl **releases** now is incorrect

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-20 Thread steve harley
On 2009-11-20 10:59 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: NO, but I read many music and hi-fi periodicals and see all the vendors catalogs too, its not a market of dance tracks or new title SACDs, it a big reissue market of specially pressed discs, mostly 180gram vinyl. i think it's probably a split market,

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread David Mann
On Nov 17, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Peter Loveday wrote: But a well mastered SACD/DVDA is pretty damn impressive. Just a shame there's not more stuff being released on them, though its still probably more than the amount of new stuff released on vinyl :( Yeah there's a real shortage of good SACD

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread David Mann
On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:17 PM, John Sessoms wrote: It depends on how you define as good as. Might as well ask if a dog is as good as a cat? or vice versa. The answer to that question is obvious. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
: Vinyl vs. Digital On Nov 17, 2009, at 17:40, Rob Studdert wrote: The RIAA equalization is not applied to the master recording so eq is not a problem, the master recordings being tape however do degrade with time. There have been CDs made in the past using tapes which DID have the RIAA

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital 2009/11/18 J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net: false, false, false, you cant take low resolution digital recordings (CD) and DO ANYTHING TO THEM to make them sound even remotely as good as proper high end vinyl mastering and playback

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:22 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital On Nov 17, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Peter Loveday wrote: But a well mastered SACD/DVDA is pretty damn impressive. Just a shame there's not more stuff being released

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
You're letting JCO poison the conversation. Better to 'Kill File' him. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: I've actually just got a long-nurtured hate You know, I can't help

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan You're letting JCO poison the conversation. Better to 'Kill File' him. Regards, Bob S. Can't do that if you're subscribed through the digests. Just have to remember to ignore him. He'll go quiescent for a while and I forget. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread John Francis
YouTube .. StarTrek vibes .. at least it wasn't this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04 (now see how long it takes to get that tune out of your head) On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:57:41PM +1100, Anthony Farr wrote: How could I pass up the chance to respond with this?

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-18 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Dear Lord, who knew such things existed in our world? -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:53 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital YouTube

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-17 Thread J.C. O'Connell
...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:47 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital Thanks for that additional info on the history. As usual many variables. I'm with you on the travel priorities. That would be mine as well. If I can get what I

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C I've never had an SACD, but it seems like technology is changing so fast it's hard to keep up without pouring $$$ down the drain, especially if the content is not there. We buy and spend like we live forever, and both the stuff and us will last, but it doesn't. I might have one.

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-17 Thread Rob Studdert
2009/11/18 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: That was what I was saying about early CD issues being just a straight analog to digital conversion of the tape masters. The tapes were originally mixed so they'd sound good on vinyl, but the reproduction characteristics of the CD are different.

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-17 Thread J.C. O'Connell
-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:18 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital From: Tom C I've never had an SACD, but it seems like technology is changing so fast it's hard to keep up without pouring

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-17 Thread J.C. O'Connell
/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:41 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital 2009/11/18 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: That was what I

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-17 Thread Charles Robinson
On Nov 17, 2009, at 17:40, Rob Studdert wrote: The RIAA equalization is not applied to the master recording so eq is not a problem, the master recordings being tape however do degrade with time. There have been CDs made in the past using tapes which DID have the RIAA curve applied.

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-17 Thread Rob Studdert
2009/11/18 J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net: false, false, false, you cant take low resolution digital recordings (CD) and DO ANYTHING TO THEM to make them sound even remotely as good as proper high end vinyl mastering and playback. there is no magic trick to restore resolution lost in the

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-17 Thread Rob Studdert
2009/11/18 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: There have been CDs made in the past using tapes which DID have the RIAA curve applied. Crappy, crappy horrible sound results.  Gladly, that kind of error is/was VERY rare back in the early 80s. That would be very nasty (would make for a

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread eckinator
It is - there are no opinions involved - just multiple parallel truths governing the same subjects and monologues are held in a tone of basic civility - opinions regularly make discussions go sour; they should be banned... ]=) 2009/11/16 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: And how is that different than

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread J.C. O'Connell
: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eckinator Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:18 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital It is - there are no opinions involved - just multiple parallel truths governing the same subjects and monologues

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: Adam Maas On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: If the angels in heaven sound like Margo Timmins, I'll take hell rather than put up with that awful whining. She looks a bit like Margo Thatcher. Same initials too. You guys are just trying to

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/15/2009 7:29:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: anyhoo please enjoy your thread, maybe it just isn't mine to follow but rather to respectfully ignore Cheers Ecke === I kill filed JCO years ago. Lots of us did. I

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Tom C
...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eckinator Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:18 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital It is - there are no opinions involved - just multiple parallel truths governing the same subjects and monologues are held

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread J.C. O'Connell
List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital J.C., seriously, are you the pot or are you the kettle? Because 99.9% of the people here on this list don't have a spare $10K, much less $100K lying dormant that they would put into a sound system, much less just one component, nor does the thought even enter

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Tom C
[mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:09 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital J.C., seriously, are you the pot or are you the kettle? Because 99.9% of the people here on this list don't have a spare $10K, much less $100K

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Bob W
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqUfeature=related It's better on vinyl. Well worth spending a couple of hundred K for the experience. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Tom C
LOL. I remember seeing that LP. Not one of Kirk's best moves as a captain. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqUfeature=related It's better on vinyl. Well worth spending a couple of hundred K for the experience.

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread J.C. O'Connell
://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:40 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital I didn't forget, it's just that most people are not going

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C FWIW, when vinyl was in it's heyday, considering the quality of playback equipment most commonly used by the largest % of the record market, I wonder whether the LP's themselves were made to the high quality audio specifications, that eliteists believe they are hearing. I can hear a

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread J.C. O'Connell
] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 6:45 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital From: Tom C FWIW, when vinyl was in it's heyday, considering the quality of playback equipment most commonly used by the largest % of the record market, I wonder whether the LP's

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 6:45 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital From: Tom C FWIW, when vinyl was in it's heyday, considering the quality of playback equipment most

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Anthony Farr
How could I pass up the chance to respond with this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc You get William Shatner AND the Pythons at the same time :-) regards, Anthony   Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 16, 2009, at 08:09 , Tom C wrote: I'm actually surprised somone did not make the analogy between film and digital and start arguing the inherent purity and noiseless qualities of large format film. An argument that is moot. Large format rools! Not that I ever haul the 8 x 10 out

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Peter Loveday
The same factors apply to CDs. Audiophile CDs have much better sound quality than the ones you find in the discount bin at WalMart; especially some of the early CD issues of 60s 70s LPs that were digitized straight from the old LP master tapes without any kind of re-mixing, re-mastering ...

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Tom C
Thanks for that additional info on the history. As usual many variables. I'm with you on the travel priorities. That would be mine as well. If I can get what I consider great sound reproduction at a decent price that's all I need. Quite it often it depends what we compare it to. As I said I

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Tom C
I've never had an SACD, but it seems like technology is changing so fast it's hard to keep up without pouring $$$ down the drain, especially if the content is not there. We buy and spend like we live forever, and both the stuff and us will last, but it doesn't. So here's a question. Why when

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread Tom C
In that last sentence I meant to say that a digitized copy of an analog source, e.g. vinly LP is simply an inferior digital version. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I've never had an SACD, but it seems like technology is changing so fast it's hard to keep up

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-16 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:44 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital The same factors apply to CDs. Audiophile CDs have much better sound quality than the ones you find in the discount bin at WalMart; especially some of the early CD issues of 60s 70s LPs

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
[mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo On 15/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Not that Onkyo and Pioneer

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread eckinator
damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... your gear isn't good enough to entitle you to an opinion I know this isn't what was said but it is what transpires... good enough grabs goosebumps from the groove and gets them there... I know passion can take you to extremes and we are all

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:58 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
: Sunday, November 15, 2009 12:33 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo On 15/11/2009, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Rob, I don't understand the ABX testing you mentioned (what is it?), Hi Tom et al, Check out http

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
, November 15, 2009 5:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... your gear isn't good enough to entitle you to an opinion I know this isn't what was said but it is what

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2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: ownership has nothing to do with this. I don't own a $100K turntable, but that doesn't mean they don't exist or my or your turntables are just as good as the $100K turntables. You can have opinions based on experinences and auditions,

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 5:57 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth

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2009-11-15 Thread eckinator
2009/11/15 J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net: ownership has nothing to do with this. I don't own a $100K turntable, but that doesn't mean they don't exist or my or your turntables are just as good as the $100K turntables. You can have opinions based on experinences and auditions, ownerships

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2009-11-15 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/15/2009 3:38:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, eckina...@gmail.com writes: anyhoo please enjoy your thread, maybe it just isn't mine to follow but rather to respectfully ignore Cheers Ecke === I kill filed JCO years ago. Lots of us did. Marnie aka Doe

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2009-11-15 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:31 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Joseph McAllister Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital On Nov 14, 2009, at 13:19 , Tim Bray wrote: If you want your heart to melt, sit down with some Cowboy Junkies in a dark room

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2009-11-15 Thread Bob W
anyhoo please enjoy your thread, maybe it just isn't mine to follow but rather to respectfully ignore Cheers Ecke === I kill filed JCO years ago. Lots of us did. I think he's been mostly correct in this thread, but other people have misconstrued what he's been saying.

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2009-11-15 Thread Bob W
If you want your heart to melt, sit down with some Cowboy Junkies in a dark room on a seriously-good audiophile playback system.  -Tim or Lucinda WIlliams, Willie Nelson, Leonard Cohen. All perfectionists. All very good singers but, if the angels in heaven sing, they sound

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2009-11-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert wrote: Do you ever actually read what anyone else writes John? Serious question. Rob, have you ever read JCO's participation in any other threads? Serious question. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

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2009-11-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: eckinator Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... your gear isn't good enough to entitle you to an opinion I know this isn't what was said but it is what

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2009-11-15 Thread Bob W
damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... Mark! (sounds like a closing quote to me...) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

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2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eactiv...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:09 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, ,exposedinvideo In a message dated 11/15/2009 3:38:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, eckina...@gmail.com writes: anyhoo

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
' Subject: RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, ,exposedinvideo anyhoo please enjoy your thread, maybe it just isn't mine to follow but rather to respectfully ignore Cheers Ecke === I kill filed JCO years ago. Lots of us did. I think he's been mostly

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2009-11-15 Thread eckinator
2009/11/15 J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net: And when you ignore, it just maintains ignorance. Yes and I fail to see the fault with that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorance -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

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2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
O'Yeah? Our three leggers can be set up on uneven ground in 1/100th of the time your behemoth can be drug up the hill! :-) On Nov 15, 2009, at 02:40 , eckinator wrote: damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... your gear isn't good enough to entitle you to an opinion I know this

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2009-11-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W I think he's been mostly correct in this thread, but other people have misconstrued what he's been saying. Unfortunately this just makes him hammer away at the same message over and over, which is rather tiresome. Perhaps because the *message* that's come through is My way is the

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2009-11-15 Thread eckinator
That's the beauty of it, I just screw on a longer set of legs and use a helicopter and live view... MUAHAHAHAHA ]=) 2009/11/15 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: O'Yeah? Our three leggers can be set up on uneven ground in 1/100th of the time your behemoth can be drug up the hill! :-)

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2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16/11/2009, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: Do you ever actually read what anyone else writes John? Serious question. Rob, have you ever read JCO's participation in any other threads? Serious question. ;-) OK, I admit, I was a bit bored re-working on tedious

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2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:05 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , From: Bob W I

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 15, 2009, at 02:41 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: your staying from the point which is that with a $1000 phono setup you cant say you are always or nearly always record limited sonically. $1000 is not nearly enough budget to get the full sound quality of most records, so you are still

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16/11/2009, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I think he's been mostly correct in this thread, but other people have misconstrued what he's been saying. Unfortunately this just makes him hammer away at the same message over and over, which is rather tiresome. I think we should all adopt a

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2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the all vinyl is noisy myth, , exposedinvideo On 16/11/2009, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I think he's been mostly correct in this thread, but other

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2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
A loudspeaker by itself is not a good judge of what it's cone transmits into the air. On Nov 15, 2009, at 13:10 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: No it comes out matter of factly on things that ARE matter of fact, why present facts as opinions? That doesn't serve any purpose other than creating

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2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: you seem to misunderstand, you cant get state of the art audio gear for low cost, even if you build it yourself. acutally its practically impossible to build state of the art audio gear yourself, there is too much overhead in RD and its

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 15, 2009, at 07:31 , Bob W wrote: If you want your heart to melt, sit down with some Cowboy Junkies in a dark room on a seriously-good audiophile playback system. -Tim or Lucinda WIlliams, Willie Nelson, Leonard Cohen. All perfectionists. All very good singers but, if the angels

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