First The Walkman And Now...

[Wee67]

End Of an Era: Panasonic Kills Off Technics Turntables

[MIB41]

I thought LP's were making a comeback?

[LadyZod]

USB Turntables that'll save directly to iPods are the wave of the future... future...future...

[Wee67]

USB Turntables that'll save directly to iPods are the wave of the future... future...future...

I'm curious how much went into the special effects for this post because I coulod hear the echo as I read it

[johnmiic]

OMG! Rap artists will go out of business! They can't scratch records anymore. The music industry will collapse!

[SeattleEd]

That is just Technics. There are so many other companies making turntables.
LPs are making a comeback but there are better TT out there that have a are much better than playback fidelity for vinylphiles.
Technics counted on DJ's and remixers for sales. Now those cats are going digital. No surprise.
But as for the true audiophiles out there, and there a lot, there will always be TTs of belt or direct drive tables, array of stylus and cartridges in production.

Those USB tables are great for the casual user and I recommend them but the capture of vinyl is relegated to 44.1/16 CD quality. You would need a higher res audio interface to capture higher fidelity that vinyl offers.

What I'm surprised is how many bands are now releasing albums on cassette. Now there is a medium is pretty terrible in quality, IMO.
1/4" reels were made from the end points of large spools of magnetic tape rolls while the center portions were relegated to 2"-1" reels for studios. Not to mention cassettes have a low IPS speed thus losing a lot of fidelity playback compared to 15/IPS open reel to reel players that sounded much better.

[generic]

What I'm surprised is how many bands are now releasing albums on cassette. Now there is a medium is pretty terrible in quality, IMO.

Yeah, but it's all about nostalgia and hipness. It could certainly be argued that the old Mego DC Pocket Heroes that I'm currently trying to collect aren't as good quality as these new fangled Kenner Super Powers figures, but it's more about nostalgia.

[ctc]

>LPs are making a comeback but there are better TT out there that have a are much better than playback fidelity for vinylphiles.

I'm amazed at how much is still released on LP! The format never really died, it just went underground. I think it's funny that a lot of the new turntables use vaccumn tube technology: supposed to give a much richer sound. 'Course they're NEWFANGLED vaccumn tubes, and look like fuses....

Don C.

[Mikey]

I heard record needles are really expensive nowadays ... Is that true ?

[Adam West]

I heard record needles are really expensive nowadays ... Is that true ?

I remember a decent needle would set you back $30-$40 and that was in the 1980's. I haven't seen a merchant selling a vinyl or casette for years. I feel old school if I buy a CD. I almost purchased an Ipod touch recently but couldn't bring myself to do it....I'm one of those late adaptor types.

[Sandman9580]

Music. Feh.

As long as Kodak continues to offer a diverse selection of Super 8 film stocks, I'll be sound as a pound.