Sujet : Re: Audiophilia (was Re: Do Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs Require Linux?)
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 26. May 2024, 04:54:01
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On Sun, 26 May 2024 01:07:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
If you want to revive an analog technology, tape is by far the superior
candidate. It didn’t remain stuck in 1970s limitations, like vinyl.
Excuse me while I pop in my Blind Willie McTell tape... I have a USB
cassette player that can be used to rip tapes to mp3s but it's painful.
Tape being tape you have to spool through in real time and since there is
no metadata you then have to figure out what track 01, track 02 etc is.
McTell's 'Atlanta Twelve-String' was recorded in 1949 so there may have
been some magic involved before it made it to tape.