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At home, Steve Jobs listened to vinyl, not iPods
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Apple would be like Bang & Olufsen. Form over function.
Do I really need to repost the Braun turntable... That's exactly how an apple turntable would be. The Apple Hifi whilst not particularly worth it, was not quite form over function. B&o is more the Vertu than Apple of Hifi
Personally, I was thinking more along the simpler lines of Pro-Ject Audio's RPM Genie turntable, which I think actually out-Dieter'd the Braun design as far as cutting to the bare essentials. It's available in gloss black, red or white:
Apple lossless is not an uncompressed format. We don't have to suffer uncompressed formats and we don't have to suffer lossy formats. We can have both with ... again ... FLAC/ALAC.
Both offer lossless compression.
Steve was from that time.....
He adored the Beetles and Bob Dylan. Vinyl was the best option.
Many audiophiles find vinyl irreplaceable. Having the original curved sound waves digitally remastered is tampering with pure soul.
He adored the Beetles and Bob Dylan. Vinyl was the best option.
Many audiophiles find vinyl irreplaceable. Having the original curved sound waves digitally remastered is tampering with pure soul.
Many audiophiles find vinyl irreplaceable. Having the original curved sound waves digitally remastered is tampering with pure soul.
^^This
Those above are indeed nice looking.
As for wood versions, I like this steam-powered turntable someone cobbled together. (YouTube video here)
I'm sure audiophiles will shudder at the horrible background noise
As for wood versions, I like this steam-powered turntable someone cobbled together. (YouTube video here)
I'm sure audiophiles will shudder at the horrible background noise
I grew up on vinyl and vacuum tubes. Still own and use both
So did I.
I remember: saving up to buy albums, the thrill of actually buying (say Pink Floyd's DSOTM), taking them home, savouring the sleeve design and devouring the sometimes detailed sleeve notes that came with some albums, and then taking a vinyl record carefully out of its sleeve for the first time, trying to avoid getting grubby finger-prints on the edge of the disk, gently blowing on it, and even more gently settling it on the turntable, and letting the needle rise and fall as you toyed with the volume controls.....
As am I.
Well, there is that consideration, I'll grant you. Fair point - it is the usual trade off between convenience and quality......
As much as I love vinyl, I still listen to CD's regularly though these systems.
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Yes, and lossless compression is good enough. All the detail is still there. It would still be a hell of a lot better than what they're offering. Uncompressed audio is useless. Lossless is what people generally mean when saying uncompressed audio. Because there's no data being lost.