Sujet : Re: Audiophilia (was Re: Do Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs Require Linux?)
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 25. May 2024, 08:46:29
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On 25 May 2024 04:33:40 GMT, rbowman wrote:
CDs? Who said anything about that digital crap? I'm talking about an era
with 20 lb turntables with built in strobe rings so you could get the
speed exactly right. Styli cut from diamonds mined by virgins in South
Africa. Tone arms with verniers on the counterweights so you could get
the tracking force exactly right. Built in spirit levels in case the
world was tilting. Pure analog, baby.
And those sharp needles wearing away a little bit more from the delicate
grooves with every play. Not to mention embedding the dust ever deeper
into the soft, yielding plastic, where you can never get it out.
There’s a reason we normal people left that technology behind in the
1970s. That’s where it belongs.