Is it Real or is it Memorex? On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Spike & Mary Maiden Mueller <[email protected]> wrote:
> This suddenly reminds me of how Thomas Edison used to do live concert hall > demonstrations of his Diamond Disc phonograph. A soprano would stand on the > stage singing with piano with the phonograph next to the performers. The > lights would go out. The audience would continue to hear the performance. > The lights would come back on and the performers had left the stage, leaving > the phonograph to 'perform' by itself. The wrappers of the Diamond Disc > records (the later electrically-recorded ones, interestingly enough) carried > the caption, "Comparison with the living artist reveals no difference." And > probably in those days most of the general public, to whom the phonograph was > still utterly novel, may have not developed the discrimination to hear the > difference. (This is, of course, assuming no chicanery was involved in > Edision's demonstrations; he was not above distorting facts and > sensationalizing things to try to get his way.) I am perfectly willing to > believe that the m aj > ority of the public today can hear no difference between vinyl and CD, but it > also reminds me of a high school friend many years ago asking me, "What is > the instrument on this record?" I replied that it was probably a Steinway, > because that was what the majority of recording studios seemed to be using. > I received a look of utter incomprehension. He had simply wondered whether > it was a piano! > > Spike > > "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." > - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 > > "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." > - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977 > > "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered > as a means of communication." > - Western Union internal memo, 1876 > > "Nobody can hear a difference between a CD, vinyl, or live performance." > - William, 2010 > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/william.s.gross%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
