08-01-2019, 21:15
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2019, 21:55 by theo_luddite.)
Stumbled across another gem from AmChaff while perusing the site 
, wasn't sure who was doing the thread this week tbh. Glad it's not me atm, I'll volunteer for some more soon.
Talking about vinyl, what do you reckon; better than this newfangled digital stuff?
Do you still have LPs?
What's your favourite?
What's your favourite album cover?
OK one at a time while I take a little wine.
Talking about vinyl, what do you reckon; better than this newfangled digital stuff?
I've one or two albums across 3 platforms (if that's the right word), really old farts stuff (vinyl), old farts stuff (cassette tapes - wot about those AmChaff?) and 1st Gen Digital Stuff (CD's). What sounds the best? Well, with the help of the right cables I can play all of them through my loverly 90's Pioneer A-400 amp powered hifi (showing my age here), which is now on it's 3rd set of speakers, having blown the other 2 sets up when I cranked the volume a bit
. The vinyl version of Rumours sounds really warm with the new set of speakers compared to CD and Tape - so for me it's the best (from my armchair), but the CD means I don't have to get up and flip the disc. The tapes can wow a bit even on a decent player.
All the mp3's (or whatever other version I've made) I have have been ripped from my CD's and parked on those little finger nail sized MicroSD thingies that I can stick in my little pocket DAB radio so I can listen to them on the rattler when you can't get a radio signal and also when flying over the pond. I only usually listen to these through the portable DAB and the ear plugs are crap but at least it cuts out the sound of other clubs supporters making a racket on the way home after they've won. Only once downloaded an album after buying it first as CD and it was an option available from Amazon I think so I didn't have to rip that one. I've also used iTunes to take snippets from some of my fave tracks to make ringtones. I'm sure they love it at work when my phone bursts into a Stones or Springsteen (amongst many others) track.
Do you still have LPs? Think I just covered that - about 100 on each platform, not all the same obviously.
What's your favourite? Vinyl? Depends on my mood. Dark Side of the Moon - very popular in China right now, apparently - Genesis, albums by others above or some old comedy recordings.
What's your favourite album cover? The artwork on The Beatles 'White Album' takes some beating for the shear simplicity and the noble way it disguises the fact that the album contains a mix of a few of the best and also by far the most dire collection of other tracks they ever recorded. I quite like Elton Bogg's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboys album cover, closely followed by Mike Harding's Captain Paralytic and the Brown Ale Cowboys.
Anyone's guess what Elton meant by brown dirt I suppose? 
If I was to go back and pick albums just for the artwork then I'd probably be looking for a few old Yes albums. Where's that shop in Cardiff again?
The one I'd be after would be the album Rick Wakeman renamed Tales From Toby's Graphic Go-Kart.
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, wasn't sure who was doing the thread this week tbh. Glad it's not me atm, I'll volunteer for some more soon.Talking about vinyl, what do you reckon; better than this newfangled digital stuff?
Do you still have LPs?
What's your favourite?
What's your favourite album cover?
OK one at a time while I take a little wine.
Talking about vinyl, what do you reckon; better than this newfangled digital stuff?
I've one or two albums across 3 platforms (if that's the right word), really old farts stuff (vinyl), old farts stuff (cassette tapes - wot about those AmChaff?) and 1st Gen Digital Stuff (CD's). What sounds the best? Well, with the help of the right cables I can play all of them through my loverly 90's Pioneer A-400 amp powered hifi (showing my age here), which is now on it's 3rd set of speakers, having blown the other 2 sets up when I cranked the volume a bit
. The vinyl version of Rumours sounds really warm with the new set of speakers compared to CD and Tape - so for me it's the best (from my armchair), but the CD means I don't have to get up and flip the disc. The tapes can wow a bit even on a decent player.All the mp3's (or whatever other version I've made) I have have been ripped from my CD's and parked on those little finger nail sized MicroSD thingies that I can stick in my little pocket DAB radio so I can listen to them on the rattler when you can't get a radio signal and also when flying over the pond. I only usually listen to these through the portable DAB and the ear plugs are crap but at least it cuts out the sound of other clubs supporters making a racket on the way home after they've won. Only once downloaded an album after buying it first as CD and it was an option available from Amazon I think so I didn't have to rip that one. I've also used iTunes to take snippets from some of my fave tracks to make ringtones. I'm sure they love it at work when my phone bursts into a Stones or Springsteen (amongst many others) track.
Do you still have LPs? Think I just covered that - about 100 on each platform, not all the same obviously.
What's your favourite? Vinyl? Depends on my mood. Dark Side of the Moon - very popular in China right now, apparently - Genesis, albums by others above or some old comedy recordings.
What's your favourite album cover? The artwork on The Beatles 'White Album' takes some beating for the shear simplicity and the noble way it disguises the fact that the album contains a mix of a few of the best and also by far the most dire collection of other tracks they ever recorded. I quite like Elton Bogg's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboys album cover, closely followed by Mike Harding's Captain Paralytic and the Brown Ale Cowboys.
Anyone's guess what Elton meant by brown dirt I suppose? If I was to go back and pick albums just for the artwork then I'd probably be looking for a few old Yes albums. Where's that shop in Cardiff again?
The one I'd be after would be the album Rick Wakeman renamed Tales From Toby's Graphic Go-Kart.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...group.html
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