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Dad was so right. I bought my first CD player near the beginning of optical drives in 1984 when almost nobody had one, and there were only a few dozen CDs to pick from. I picked out Floydâs âDark Side Of The Moonâ and Styxâs âParadise Theaterâ, two albums I had listened to for years. I expected to be blown away by the new âdigitalâ technology, but instead I was floored by how harsh and âtinnyâ they sounded. Warmth? Perhaps. Definitely the richness of the music was lost. How ironic. Progress in recording technology sent reproduced music backwards in quality.
I am a most disagreeable so and so. Most of my life I detested all Beatles songs, later I found two I sort of liked, that number is currently up to three. Maybe if I live for a few more millennia I might be able to say I like the Beatles after each song manages to worm itâs way into my head ;-)
Blame the compression. Good sound needs good equipment. My Creative soundblaster boxes give better sound than the new ones I tried hoping for a better experience. The new ones were quickly returned to sender. Even the earphones for about one Euro provided better sound.
The quality of digital music depends on the density of the data. Early CDs, like early digital cameras, lacked the density to compete with âanalogâ devices. The current technology allows for data rates high enough to capture everything on the old analog forms. Now itâs just a trade-off between quality and quantity.
Iâm afraid Iâm one of those who do NOT care for the Beatles.
Now donât get me wrong, they deserve every bit of praise and fame they got for the groundwork theyâve laid for music.
Itâs just, since then I feel the people who came after them took what the Beatles did and just made it SO much better. The Beatles music to me sounds like a rough draft to a story someone else made much better, and Iâd rather listen to it.
Meh, not a fan. I can listen to some of the early stuff, but I donât particularly care for them. For the record, Iâm not real fond of Elvis, either.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 6 years ago
From what Iâve seen, the people who never listened to the Beatles as kids donât tend to like them much.
Good thing my mom was a Beatles fan, and played them constantly when we were kids.
Averagemoe over 6 years ago
A vinyl can only capture so much nuance. A live performance is the only way to get the full effect.
Templo S.U.D. over 6 years ago
I bet Marigold can even magically play a phonograph cylinder balanced upon her horn.
Enter.Name.Here over 6 years ago
Dad was so right. I bought my first CD player near the beginning of optical drives in 1984 when almost nobody had one, and there were only a few dozen CDs to pick from. I picked out Floydâs âDark Side Of The Moonâ and Styxâs âParadise Theaterâ, two albums I had listened to for years. I expected to be blown away by the new âdigitalâ technology, but instead I was floored by how harsh and âtinnyâ they sounded. Warmth? Perhaps. Definitely the richness of the music was lost. How ironic. Progress in recording technology sent reproduced music backwards in quality.
codycab over 6 years ago
The Beatles= no contest.
Troglodyte over 6 years ago
The big question is: does Phoebe âagreeâ on The Beatles?
tirnaaisling over 6 years ago
I am a most disagreeable so and so. Most of my life I detested all Beatles songs, later I found two I sort of liked, that number is currently up to three. Maybe if I live for a few more millennia I might be able to say I like the Beatles after each song manages to worm itâs way into my head ;-)
asrialfeeple over 6 years ago
Blame the compression. Good sound needs good equipment. My Creative soundblaster boxes give better sound than the new ones I tried hoping for a better experience. The new ones were quickly returned to sender. Even the earphones for about one Euro provided better sound.
Wichita1.0 over 6 years ago
âI donât understand it. This records sounds all scratchy now??â
P51Strega over 6 years ago
The quality of digital music depends on the density of the data. Early CDs, like early digital cameras, lacked the density to compete with âanalogâ devices. The current technology allows for data rates high enough to capture everything on the old analog forms. Now itâs just a trade-off between quality and quantity.
Neo Stryder over 6 years ago
Well, everyone has a favorite song of the Beatles, right?
Miba over 6 years ago
âfor the recordâ :D
videomaster21XX over 6 years ago
Iâm afraid Iâm one of those who do NOT care for the Beatles.
Now donât get me wrong, they deserve every bit of praise and fame they got for the groundwork theyâve laid for music.
Itâs just, since then I feel the people who came after them took what the Beatles did and just made it SO much better. The Beatles music to me sounds like a rough draft to a story someone else made much better, and Iâd rather listen to it.
totalspaceman2010 over 6 years ago
The Beatles, yuk.
Spider-UK over 6 years ago
Personally I prefer the Monkees.
Kirk Barnes Premium Member over 6 years ago
Meh, not a fan. I can listen to some of the early stuff, but I donât particularly care for them. For the record, Iâm not real fond of Elvis, either.
rgcviper over 6 years ago
Goo, goo, bâjoob!
AranIlyaris about 5 years ago
âFor the recordâ