[rollei_list] Re: why I'm not digital -( just for interest)
- From: "Dan Kalish" <kaliushkin@xxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:24:23 -0400
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> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:02:49 -0700
> From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: why I'm not digital -( just for interest)
>
> At 05:19 PM 4/14/2006 -0400, Eric Goldstein wrote:
> >Peter K. wrote:
> >
> >>This is kind of like the old vinyl v. CD debate. In the end we know
> >>who took over the market.
> >
> >Which market, Peter? The mass market? Absolutely. The billions who
> >are happy to consider MacDonald's fine dining, art posters a
> >substitute for original art, and talk radio a news source as
> >credible as The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times, are also
> >happy to listen to CDs. And MP3s for that matter.
> >
> >A well defined sophisticated, discerning, upscale market however
> >still consume analogue recordings pressed on vinyl. It is not a mass
> >market. Film in time will likely no longer be a mass market, either,
> >but it will remain a viable market non-the-less till a time when we
> >are probably long gone from this earth.
> >
> >Remember, Western Union just stopped their telegram service last
> >month, after 150 years of service.
> >
> >
> >Eric Goldstein
> Eric,
>
> We have an attic full of very good quality vinyl recordings, mostly
> classical, but not all. From what you say, you belong to A well
> defined sophisticated, discerning, upscale market which will still
> consume analog records.
>
> Our intention was to gradually convert them all to CD's but we have
> been able to find most of the ones we really like in CD form, and we
> can get along just fine with the quality of a CD compared to a vinyl
> pressing. We can even load up the CD player in our cars and enjoy
> the music on long trips, so we can really do fine with CDs.
>
> To satisfy that market, we who are the mass market class are willing
> to part with the vinyl pressings, doing our part to supply the needs
> of that upscale market.
>
> How many vinyl records do you want and what is your offer? @>----
>
> DAW
>
>
> Don Williams
> La Jolla, CA
>
>
>
>
And in the world of high resolution audio, there's vacuum tubes vs. solid
state. Vacuum tube technology is being resurrected and, IMHO, is far
superior to solid state.
Dan
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