On 2011-07-05 17:23 , Darren Addy wrote:
I agree, which is why I said that few of us are chucking our digital
gear. The point of my post wasn't that "old school" was more
fulfilling, but that it did have a tactile element that many of us may
have forgotten, that is, until we hold it in our hands again and a
pleasant sensation tingles some long unused neurons in our brains. ("I
get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.")
i still fire up the turntable now and then, just to hear the crackles and
remember the motions, hand sutras almost, of withdrawing the LP from its sleeve
with my middle finger on the center hole and the edge against my palm,
switching fluidly to hold the edge by both thumbs and middle fingers as i
gently drop it onto the spindle, then the way i clean the record and brace my
backmost pinky knuckle against the deck while index fingering the needle onto
the platter
then withdrawing from the equipment and enjoying the imperfect sound, the
shortness of a side, the way the artist arranged the songs with the two sides
in mind ...
ah, but that is just once every month or two; i have 49,000 songs on a server
upstairs that i play through my Apple TV most of the time; almost done ripping
all my CDs and then good riddance to them (but i'll keep my LPs for now)
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