Krankschaft April Update

[Jonathan Smith]

Whether or not the format is can be copied or not is not the point. CDs are
an outmoded format, that's true. The frequency range is very poor. It may
take a bit more trouble but there are plenty of copies of 'collector's' LPs
around of the Internet too. I'm sure Professor X can work that one out.

FLAC  files can be higher quality can higher quality than CDs-- or the same.
Certainly DVD-A have no value-- they didn't catch for various reasons

Do you live in the UK? That's not a place known for its broadband
infrastructure

No one is buying digital format anymore? I have read exactly the opposite--
that more people are buying music than ever before. Apple don't seem to do
too badly out of iTunes.

Blu ray has the potential for much better quality than vinyl and the same
applies to HD downloads, but may not appeal to the collector's.


On 2 April 2011 22:24, SUBSCRIBE BOC-L Jamun <jason_gregory at talk21.com>wrote:

> On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 21:49:27 +0800, Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >I can't understand the fashion for vinyl. Technology for real HD music has
> >been around for years (SACD, DVD-A), and blu ray provides even better
> >opportunities, without needing a special player, but people still want
> >records. I know the scratches sound nice the and the fluff on the needle
> is
> >fun, but why not re-introduce wax cylinders! :(
>
> Its because very few people are buying the digital formats any more.
> Period.
> Shops are going bust, trying to sell this stuff. And the ironic reason, is
> that the "perfect" digital technology makes its "perfectly" rip-able. Once
> that data is in binary ones and zeros perfect copies can be made of it. I
> had to laugh at your blu ray comment. Because since day one, that the first
> blu ray arrived on my doorstep, Professor_Y and myself set about to crack
> it
> along with a number of online linux freaks. I think it took a couple of
> weeks! Now all our "Blu Rays" are sitting on a hard drives and we watch
> them
> using PC's. The same goes for DVD-A, and as for CDs well thats a joke.
> Those
> dont even have value now. A guy gave me a copy of his 2TB disc the other
> day
> containing thousands of CD rips. After a cursory glance I couldn't be
> bothered copying any of them, because I also have thousands on my servers
> and hard drives. You have to remember, dude, that there are some people who
> have been connected with ultra fast DSL connections for years downloading
> this stuff, off bit torrent etc. In fact the bandwidth and download
> capability is increasing. A typical Flac rip now takes just a few minutes
> to
> download. Using the next mobile technology it will takes seconds. I bought
> the Krankshaft CD becuase I like to support them. I wouldn't buy the flac
> as
> I could generate that off the CD myself.
>
> We can have a debate later about why vinyl is better sound quality that CD
> etc.
>