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Re: Dead and dying technologies
« on: December 19, 2004, 12:44:38 PM »
The sinclair ZX spectrum. Within a decade, I won't be able to find the parts needed to keep mine in working order :-(


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Re: Dead and dying technologies
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2004, 02:29:27 PM »
Laser vinyl players have a sound quality (frequency range, power distribution, harmonic distortion etc) so far in excess of CD it's comical.

Those things really play exactly what was recorded - the only artifacts you hear are whatever the recording arm produced.

Let's be honest about it; CD audio sucks really. 16-bit is not enough resolution when dealing with logarithmic data and 44.1kHz is only just enough to satisfy the shannon-hartley rules for human hearing. They have to filter it with a 22kHz cutoff before they can digitize the sound reliably otherwise you get artifacts etc that are the bane of digital recording.

Compare CD audio to 96kHz 24-bit audio on high end systems and you will the difference. Laser vinyl sounds much more comparable to the latter ;-)
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Re: Dead and dying technologies
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2004, 11:02:36 PM »
Quote

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McCain's Micro-Chips.

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Are they going to be replaced with real cardboard? ;-)


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It's true - one of the few food products where the packaging tasted better!
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Re: Dead and dying technologies
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2004, 12:00:56 AM »
Hmmm. Pot Noodle < - > Not Poodle; frankly I wonder if the latter can really be true :lol:
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