A bit of a random nomination, as per usual from me. But I was just watching some old YT music videos, including one from Foreigner (the band not some immicunt), which took me back.
But what caught my eye in that vid was the old-school turntable, and it reminded me of the late 70s early 80s and the advent of music centres (consolidated cassette decks, radio and turntable in one unit) and good old hi-fi seperates (tuner, amp, deck, cassette deck, graphic equaliser and a pair of bins)
I used to buy “What HiFi” magazine back then, and checking out the best seperates, cartridges, cabling for my particular hi-fi. And even though it meant having to physically walk to the hi-fi in my bedroom to change tapes/LPs (no remote controls back then!), the overall sound quality was truly worth it.
Compare and contrast to today’s latest sound units. Yes, I know you can still get hi-fi seperates at premium prices, but by and large everything is MP3 and dumped on wank Smartphones and tablets. Yes, they have great portability but OMG the sound quality is utter shite!
Moreover, phones and tablets are souless at the best of times, and it doesn’t matter if you buy the most expensive earphones for these things, the sound is still shit!
I still have my old Hi-Fi, records, and cassette tapes, and more often than not I’ll listen to them than anything from my phone. Moerover, it was always a pleasure to take an LP out of its record sleeve (especially double-albums with gatefolds – aka Thin Lizzy, UFO, Asia, Rush), wipe any fingermarks and dust off with a lint-free cloth, place it on the turntable and watch the arm move across and the needle slowly lower itself onto the vinyl. And then I would tweak the amp and equaliser accordingly, and sit back and listen to those rich sounds bounce around the room.
Happy days, but the kids of today would find that too much like hard work. Better to listen to an MP3 on a pair of cheap plugs via a tacky phone from the likes of Spotify at some shite bit-rate.
Nominated by: Technocunt




