Interesting subject. Jim, thanks for the heads up on the book. I share the notion that there are parallels between analog audio vs. digital, friction vs. index shifting and automobile manual vs. automatic transmission. Happily this is not an either/or situation. For "serious" listening I enjoy vinyl however I appreciate the convenience of digital audio and the sound quality of digital audio is steadily improving. High resolution audio files with a solid reproduction chain sound pretty darn good and lack the distraction of hiss, clicks and pops. I find friction shifting and the use of manual transmission to be more satisfying than index shifting and an auto transmission. I also appreciate that in the event of a damaging mishap I am less likely to find the shifting mechanism MIA with a friction-shifting bike. I enjoy an old stick shift sports car. It fosters and rewards driver involvement. It is a fun car to drive. Would I want to use it for daily commuting/errands? Not really. Here the convenience of an automatic makes sense. (BTW I use a bike for transportation but there are times when the use of a car makes more sense. This is another instance where, depending on personal circumstances, there is no need to choose one or the other exclusively.)
On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 10:29:46 AM UTC-4, Jim S. wrote: > > I have been reading a new book that might be of interest to group members: > *The > Revenge of Analog *by David Sax. So far, the author has discussed the > revival of vinyl records just when it appeared that the MP3 had conquered > vinyl forever. I think he's going to take it to other areas as well. > > I see parallels between a preference for vinyl records and a preference > for friction shifting, among other things. (It could be that I just spend > too much time thinking about bikes.) > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
