ramairthree
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analog closet.
I always knew I was analog.
I used to love looking over my Mom's records when I was a little kid, whether it was old Jan and Dean or Beatles LPs, or Eagles 45s, etc.
I was not allowed to use them on the big record player, but ended up with some of my own 45s and one of those small kid's turntables.
I used to sneak into my grandparents stuff. They had some 78s, a few 33s, and some 8 tracks. They also had a reel to reel my uncle showed me how to use, but then would not let me use it after we got in a fight over who should get the Monkees record on the back of a box of cereal you cut out.
I got my first LP in 5th grade.
I bought records until 1980, and yes, went to casette.
I stayed with cassettes until getting married in 1989. That was the start of the big lie and change over to CD.
Granted, our tower Pioneer CS G911s put out plenty of sound. Hooked to our stereo killer 19 inch color TV and stereo VCR gave a performace I still like. I had never had quality vinyl experience and was good with CDs.
Around 2002 or so my wife knew something was wrong. I was still driving a vehicle with a cassette player. I never wanted to replace our stereo. She bought some MP3 player thing and I was not happy setting it up for her.
Later came all the apple stuff. Itunes and MP3s do not have CD quality sound, and they even if they did I missed old school.
In 2004 my stereo had been relegated to the basement gym. I could not remember the last time it played a record, but was still wailing CDs and the occasional cassette until 2008. Then this thing that holds an Ipod showed up sitting on it and the pressure to get rid of it started coming.
I rebelled on the down low. My vintage muscle car got an 8 track under the dash. An 8 track player went on my desk at work. While my records were long gone, I kept moving my cassettes so she would not throw them out.
I am analog becuase I like the "ker-chunk" of the 8 track head moving to a new track, turning over a cassette and clicking it back in. Reading over the liner and the album sleeve art. Even with CDs you get to own and hold your music and end up with cool songs and b sides you don't get downloading one song at a time.
Some of you, heck, most of you are here becuase of sound quality.
I am in part.
I am here because I prefer the click of the windind solenoid you heard sitting in the parent's car while you sat there waiting for them in the bank or whatever, to the lifeless turning of the hands on a quartz clock digital display.
Because I like picking up an 8 track, or a cassette, putting it the player, and turning it up, tape hiss and all.
She knew about the 8 track players and the hidden cassettes. She overheard me talking on the phone with my Mom about any of my old records surviving.
I broke it to her this weekend, the stereo came out of the basement, and is in my man cave. It was close, I almost gave the setup away, but a friend convinced me to be true to myself. He has been a high end audiophile for about ten years now and his wife loves it, she gets to spend the same on her hobby he does on his and they are doing great.
Everything seems to be in good working order. Except have not tried turntable.
The CD player is the 6 disc magazine type. The PDM 401. Laugh now, but in 1989 a remote control 6 disc player with a pile of additional CD 6 packs was very cool.
Thank you.
I always knew I was analog.
I used to love looking over my Mom's records when I was a little kid, whether it was old Jan and Dean or Beatles LPs, or Eagles 45s, etc.
I was not allowed to use them on the big record player, but ended up with some of my own 45s and one of those small kid's turntables.
I used to sneak into my grandparents stuff. They had some 78s, a few 33s, and some 8 tracks. They also had a reel to reel my uncle showed me how to use, but then would not let me use it after we got in a fight over who should get the Monkees record on the back of a box of cereal you cut out.
I got my first LP in 5th grade.
I bought records until 1980, and yes, went to casette.
I stayed with cassettes until getting married in 1989. That was the start of the big lie and change over to CD.
Granted, our tower Pioneer CS G911s put out plenty of sound. Hooked to our stereo killer 19 inch color TV and stereo VCR gave a performace I still like. I had never had quality vinyl experience and was good with CDs.
Around 2002 or so my wife knew something was wrong. I was still driving a vehicle with a cassette player. I never wanted to replace our stereo. She bought some MP3 player thing and I was not happy setting it up for her.
Later came all the apple stuff. Itunes and MP3s do not have CD quality sound, and they even if they did I missed old school.
In 2004 my stereo had been relegated to the basement gym. I could not remember the last time it played a record, but was still wailing CDs and the occasional cassette until 2008. Then this thing that holds an Ipod showed up sitting on it and the pressure to get rid of it started coming.
I rebelled on the down low. My vintage muscle car got an 8 track under the dash. An 8 track player went on my desk at work. While my records were long gone, I kept moving my cassettes so she would not throw them out.
I am analog becuase I like the "ker-chunk" of the 8 track head moving to a new track, turning over a cassette and clicking it back in. Reading over the liner and the album sleeve art. Even with CDs you get to own and hold your music and end up with cool songs and b sides you don't get downloading one song at a time.
Some of you, heck, most of you are here becuase of sound quality.
I am in part.
I am here because I prefer the click of the windind solenoid you heard sitting in the parent's car while you sat there waiting for them in the bank or whatever, to the lifeless turning of the hands on a quartz clock digital display.
Because I like picking up an 8 track, or a cassette, putting it the player, and turning it up, tape hiss and all.
She knew about the 8 track players and the hidden cassettes. She overheard me talking on the phone with my Mom about any of my old records surviving.
I broke it to her this weekend, the stereo came out of the basement, and is in my man cave. It was close, I almost gave the setup away, but a friend convinced me to be true to myself. He has been a high end audiophile for about ten years now and his wife loves it, she gets to spend the same on her hobby he does on his and they are doing great.
Everything seems to be in good working order. Except have not tried turntable.
The CD player is the 6 disc magazine type. The PDM 401. Laugh now, but in 1989 a remote control 6 disc player with a pile of additional CD 6 packs was very cool.
Thank you.
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