theres only one problem with your decision, CDs dont just sound as good. Hardly minor. Scratching is rare if ever unless you handle them drunk...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Dario Bonazza 2 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 3:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Scratching LP's (was: Digital/Film body pricing (was: A conversation with Noritsu.)) I bought my last LP back in 1981 or 1982. Only CD's from then to date and I won't regret that one moment. That's because, despite maximum care, the first time you get the tiniest scratch, the supposed HQ LP superiority is gone forever. Not to speak of the boring brushing and the like. Just my opinion, of course. Anybody's free to play with LP's, carbon brushes, antistatic gizmos, dust & scratches at their own leisure forever. I won't join the LP brotherhood. Dario Bonazza ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:35 PM Subject: RE: Digital/Film body pricing (was: A conversation with Noritsu.) > WRONG about LPs. When using high quality LPs played back > on a high end phono rig (several thousand dollars), LPS > BLOW AWAY even the best CDs. That is why all the studios > no longer record in 16 bit digital audio and SACD and DVD-A > have been developed and released. There is CURRENTLY a > major revival in LP reissues because they sound BETTER > than CDs..... > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Digital/Film body pricing (was: A conversation with Noritsu.) > > > On digital cameras > I think prices will drop some more and/or more features will be added. Or > maybe quality will continue to improve for about the same amount of money. > It's > always worth waiting (if you can live without it) when we are talking > technology. > > On Film > Film will be around for a long time to come. There are too many cameras out > there to shut it down. People said the same thing about Polaroid cameras and > I > can still get film for my SX70 Land Camera. > The analogy to CDs and Records may not be an entirely good one. CD's are a > vast improvement over records and tapes. Most of my records were scratched > my > tapes give off a hiss. I was happy to replace them. Afterall CDs are noise > free, > almost industructible, very inexpensive to make and buy and pretty much last > forever. > Digital cameras on the other hand are not "better" than film cameras as far > as quality goes. They are a very expensive item (unlike a $12 CD) and they > do > not have an unlimited lifespan. Let's face it, buying the digital camera is > the > first of many expensive choices you need to make. (Upgraded computer, > expensive flash cards....) > Digital camera sales will continue to grow. If they have not already > overtaken sales of film cameras they soon will. I think film cameras will > co-exist > with digital for many many years to come. > That said digital will slowly take over as the "film" of choice. > > A camera store owner I know says in a few years people will begin to miss > their film cameras when they realize that all those digital images have been > lost > or are stored somewhere in their computers. Although people can make prints > from digital, they tend not to. > Vic >
