May I be first to wish you a happy birthday, how time flies as we get older. Have a good one.
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May I be first to wish you a happy birthday, how time flies as we get older. Have a good one.
Aye, have a good 'un!
Thanks chaps! It will be excellent. All 3 kids plus family appendages flocking home tonight. Grandson spoiling ahoy!
Planning a group run with various son in laws/boyfriends up Sugarloaf tomorrow.
At last, another of my recent album buying splurge is coming good. 4 tracks into London Grammar and I'm loving it!
Happy Birthday Wheeze, I've bought myself one of these to celebrate your birthday!
https://www.flexson.com/stores/singl...&itemID=903497
I'm a bit confused by this all.
It seems to be:
Best listening experience: Live, so you can hear everything as it should be
Next best listening experience: Recorded using state-of-the-art techniques then scratched into the surface of a plastic disc and played back using a piece of kit initially developed over 100 years ago.
Worse listening experience: Recorded using state-of-the-art techniques and played back digitally so it sounds like when it was recorded.
Would it help if you got static and crackles at live gigs? It seems the best of both worlds.
:)
The problem is that digital recording isn't really that great or accurate, the sound is compressed to fit onto a CD, digital radio is even worse as the banwidth isn't (made) available for the best quality. With analogue the information can be there but distorted to some extent, with digital much of it just isn't there. Most CD playes rely on a steady rotation of the disc by a fairly low tech motor without the heavy turntable to smooth things out. I have (good) book on this if your really interested.
Listening to Gaslight Anthem, whilst "working at home "so it's not very quite around here.
Now THAT looks just like what I am looking for. Might just invest myself! Still got a lot of vinyl not backed up.Quote:
Originally Posted by dominion
Noel. Its all to do with waves and analogue transmission. Recording and playing music in an analogue format is always going to be better than taking analogue signal, translating it to digital, ouputting as digital and retranslating to analogue. Its all lost in translation!
I've heard people talk about issues with compression before. But to the human ear, it's imperceptible. Vinyl is nice and old-school, but the quality is a lot further away from the original than digital is.
But enough of this. I'm off for a quick ride on my penny farthing. You feel the torque a lot more without a chain to ruin it.
:)
The main benefit for me is that I don't have to get up half way through and turn the darn'd thing over.
Oh, and you still need a huge pair of speakers for decent sound...
H p b day Wheeze. Have a good un!
Pearls girls is a blinder too
Thanks guys....some of my absolute faves there!
Nearly done for another year!
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Originally Posted by dominion
Very nice :) I have a Project Essential which doesn't have all of the digital bells and whistles, the main problem with vinyl is that buying it becomes addictive.
Carlsen blunders but Anand misses it completely:confused: Any resemblance to world championship chess is put on hold for a few minutes as it starts to resemble Alf v Computer Chess game on Level one easy setting :D
Wales attempts to fight out of a wet paper bag.....bag nearly wins!
The footy boys did better, damn their eyes!
[QUOTE=Derby Tup;598830]The Johnny Cash American recordings albums produced by Rick Rubin spring to mind
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Whereas in earlier days he stood where I was standing earlier this week.
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Great image. One of yours?
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But this one is for Dom (in a rainy New Orleans).
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I haven't run or even walked for 10 weeks, bolloxed knee. I have a lurgy and flat out coughing my guts up. Missus upstairs battling with BT because our email has crashed and its pissing down with rain.
Very QAH but I may explode soon :mad:.
Diesels aren't really my thing, but I found this "interesting" article last week,Quote:
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http://detroit1701.org/Henry%20Ford%...0Railroad.html
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by dominion
Although the writer does not seem to be able to spell "catenary" or understand that there are in fact no "catenary" wires in the photograph!
There are diesels and North American diesels. To see 3/4 monsters at the front, 1/2 in the middle and 1/2 in the rear of a mile long train and all driven by a single crew is almost as impressive as seeing a gorgeous Stanier Pacific in its pomp.
And while I am displaying my holiday snaps. the hotel where I stayed in Chattanooga was the old railway station and so, naturally, was called Choo Choo.
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I love the USA.
Looks like a great trip G. Got any good selfies?
Alas, I was told Elvis (and Carl and Johnny) had left the building.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
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But if you glance at Paul Hannon’s book “Journey of the Wharfe. Portrait of a Yorkshire River” I do recommend the photograph on page 61 of the Burnsall Classic Fell Race.:D
I've not seen JotW.PoaYR. I'll look out for it now though
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Two bags of sand and your there
Vvqah
Hardly surprising, look at the time! Taking the early watch?Quote:
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Our new Vizsla puppy got me up at 5 bells. He's just got down for the night nowQuote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
just me here at the moment……….qah!
went to see interstellar again today, in IMAX this time.
imho, its better in a good quality regular cinema. IMAX version is a bit dark in places although the sound is epic!
The emotional punch is just as hard second time around. or maybe i'm just a softie!!
:o Ahhh the joys of parenthood hey? :)Quote:
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Must. Try. Harder!
Good to hear from you OHW! Has WOH signed up yet? ;)Quote:
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