Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread Terry Blanton
And the breakable shellac 78 RPM? Edison's wax cylinder? Regarding analog vs digital music, PCM sampled at 10% over the Nuquist rate can exactly reproduce the original signal. But the analog reproduction can add a spacial quality. I actually lost a good friend over an argument on CDs. Remember

Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread H L V
I think people enjoy holding and reading the album cover as well as caring for the record. Vinyl may stick around like printed books. harry On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:21 PM Jed Rothwell wrote: > H L V wrote: > > If this video is accurate then no music cassettes are sold today whereas >> at one

Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread H L V
yes you are. :-) I didn't mention 8 tracks because they disappeared about 1980 when vinyl was still the most popular format. harry On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:44 PM Terry Blanton wrote: > You forgot 8 tracks! Or am I dating myself? > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 11:07 AM H L V wrote: > >> Most Popul

Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Audiophiles have often said the vinyl source is warmer. > So I've heard. I would like to set up a test with a turntable and a CD player attached to the same speakers, to see if these people can hear the difference. I'll bet they cannot. I know little about audio equipment, b

Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread Terry Blanton
Audiophiles have often said the vinyl source is warmer. Technically, this is likely due to the phase smearing of differential encoding of music by changes in groove heights and peak separation. On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 1:21 PM Jed Rothwell wrote: > H L V wrote: > > If this video is accurate then

Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
H L V wrote: If this video is accurate then no music cassettes are sold today whereas > at one time they dwarfed vinyl sales. > > This says something about the nature of obsolescence. > A technology doesn't become obsolete simply because it is "obviously" > inferior or less affordable. > That i

Re: [Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread Terry Blanton
You forgot 8 tracks! Or am I dating myself? On Wed, Mar 22, 2023, 11:07 AM H L V wrote: > Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XBL9KlVoYE > > Today the vast majority of music sales comes from the streaming format. > However even though vinyl sales almost dis

[Vo]:OT: Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022

2023-03-22 Thread H L V
Most Popular Music Formats 1972 - 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XBL9KlVoYE Today the vast majority of music sales comes from the streaming format. However even though vinyl sales almost disappeared in the early 2000s they grew again and now exceed CD sales. If this video is accurate then n