@Bazoo, if you need some bluegrass radio , stream wdvx out of Clinton, TN 

9 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Bazoo, if you need some bluegrass radio , stream wdvx out of Clinton, TN 

Hey, thanks!

On 1/15/2025 at 10:35 AM, Scott F said:

Think analog sounds better than digital? If the record was manufactured after the year 2000, it was made from a digital recording. The only thing about records that’s better is the packaging. 

Your off by about 20 years from what I understand, just about everything after around 1980 was mastered digitally.

 

I collect CDs myself and have close to 700 now. A lot cheaper than vinyl, still easy to find in thrift stores but they are getting harder, and easy to transfer to a computer or flash drive. I have nothing against vinyl it's just too expensive for me. I can find good CDs for $1.50 or less and I really do like the fact that I own it. I rip it to a computer used for nothing but music and into storage they go. I have a bunch of CDs that I've technically never even listened to. 😆 

On 1/15/2025 at 10:35 AM, Scott F said:

 

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Edited January 20, 20251 yr by MyKeyBe
Double post

I like CDs for the convenience and not having to dig in on an app to stream something I already have. I've also run into  a deal where the streaming service changes the versions songs, or the artists are not on the service, or things are totally different. A couple examples are the UK and US versions of Three Sides Live where all the studio selections are missing and Cinematic Orchestras Man With. A Movie Camera Soundtrack being a different version altogether. Bottom line, if something ever happens to the service, I still have all my vinyl and CDs. 

I like these folks pretty good too -

 

Got to love Ralph Stanley. Man that Bluegrass is fine to the ears.

 

 

I was lucky to work in mid/high end car stereo in the '80s - early 2K before the FD called me.  As far as the sound quality debate between vinyl and everything else, Neil Young is right about the poor quality  we get over streaming services.  I listen to vinyl from time to time, but listen to 'digital' 99% of the time.  Most of my digital music is downloaded @ 96K, which is twice a CD's resolution.  It's shocking to hear the difference between the different broadcast types.

 

As far as my library, it's full of everything from blues, classical, to rock from the '60's through current day.

 

On 1/15/2025 at 3:29 PM, A-Jay said:

I imagine replacing 'the tubes' might be a challenge 60 or so years later.

 

It's not as hard as you think.  Finding a brick'n'mortar store with tubes might be tough, but they're available on-line.  

 

I have a tube driven headphone amp and a Telefunken radio (from Germany, pre-WWII) that still work.

 

To me, tubes are the nicest, warmest sound you can get, regardless of media type.

 

On 1/19/2025 at 8:20 PM, MyKeyBe said:

 

I collect CDs myself and have close to 700 now.

 

I've got some catching up to do.

Dog_Bone384 said: "Most of my digital music is downloaded @ 96K, which is twice a CD's resolution"

 

Where do you get this high of resolution download from? Any links?

 

 

 

On 1/26/2025 at 6:05 PM, Bazoo said:

I like these folks pretty good too -

 

I like a lot of their stuff too.