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Post by ChrisB on Jun 23, 2016 13:19:51 GMT
Oi! Did you spill my pint?
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Post by MartinT on Jun 23, 2016 13:29:43 GMT
Yes, there undoubtedly would have been less arguing!
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 23, 2016 17:16:39 GMT
I actually rather doubt that, you know. The arguments would have been about something else instead.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 17:30:11 GMT
Always arguments cos blokes are like children. however Vinyl Vs CD was always a big thang..
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 23, 2016 17:32:42 GMT
Evenin' sport, how've you been keeping?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 17:35:14 GMT
Causing trouble on forums as per usual
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 23, 2016 18:31:39 GMT
You little tinker, you.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 19:36:30 GMT
Big tinker
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Post by MartinT on Jun 23, 2016 19:50:29 GMT
...and you, such a sweetie!
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Post by Guest on Jun 24, 2016 6:54:51 GMT
I wonder what would have happened? Imagine a world where CD was a commercial failure. It doesn't matter why - let's just say it was as big a flop worldwide as Laserdisc was in the UK. Where would we be now? Would we have settled on something better, worse or rebranded CD? How long would we have stuck with records as a major medium? Perhaps streaming would have arrived earlier. What do you think? Great supposition. For me personally CD's were a flop, as is files. Records remain the one true way to enjoy high fidelity. For convenience I also use cassettes, simply because they are tonally pleasant.
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Post by Guest on Jun 24, 2016 6:55:57 GMT
My guess is (and I'm really surprised this hasn't happened) that the industry would have gone for memory cards - easy to store and use, work just as well on phones and portable players as on hifi equipment, cheap(ish) to produce, don't rely on a particular file format... What's not to like ? The processed sound.
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Post by Guest on Jun 24, 2016 6:57:04 GMT
Should I get my 8-Track carts out of cryogenic storage yet? Absolutely and report your findings on these very threads.
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Post by Guest on Jun 24, 2016 7:00:10 GMT
Here is another thought; How far would music reproduction have come, if television had never been invented? Perhaps deserves a thread of it's own??
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 24, 2016 7:13:05 GMT
Well I reckon you had best start a new thread then!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2016 3:41:19 GMT
Philips wanted to go 14-bit (because those were the DACs they had in plentiful supply) whereas Sony wanted 16-bit. Aye the CD-104' Was design as a 14 Bit machine [Pair of TDA540P]. I did Mod my old Mission 'DAD7000' Made it back to 14 Bit.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 25, 2016 5:28:04 GMT
I had a CD-104. Very nicely built machine.
It's important to understand that 14-bit DACs with oversampling gave 16-bit resolution, so nothing was being missed out. Clever of Philips at the time.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 25, 2016 15:26:37 GMT
The marketing for CD was too good for it to fail.
I remember hearing one of the first Sony players in the country. Sounded horrid. Sound quality was only *said* to be wonderful
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Post by MartinT on Aug 25, 2016 16:04:29 GMT
Was that the drawer loading CDP-101 Mike, or the even earlier vertical disc loader?
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Post by Barry on Aug 25, 2016 19:38:55 GMT
The marketing for CD was too good for it to fail. I remember hearing one of the first Sony players in the country. Sounded horrid. Sound quality was only *said* to be wonderful That would have been the CD 100 - and yes, it did sound awful. So did the CD 101. It wasn't until the advent of the CD 104 that, IMO, CD playback became acceptable (just!). The 104 was superbly well made - it is said that Philips underpriced them and failed to make a profit. The compact design cosmetics of the 104 had its drawbacks: it looked good, but the high component density, coupled with the pitifully inadequate heat sinking, meant there were long-term reliability problems. Still it was a start .....
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 25, 2016 20:39:29 GMT
And I remember the constant "you can spread jam on a CD and it will still play"
What idiot thought that one up ?
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