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Inisfallen
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Vinyl does sound better. On the right equipment, anyway.
When I was a kid, my father’s one extravagance was a high-end stereo system. I was fascinated by it. When he turned it on, all the tubes would glow. And he had a vast collection of records. Mostly classical, but some jazz too.
Unfortunately, that was all gotten rid of (sold, and a good chunk of it given away to a good friend of his, a musician) after my mother died and all the kids were grown and moved out of the apartment in which we grew up, and my father moved to a smaller apartment. No room there for his records. He has a small bookshelf stereo now, and a ton of CDs, which take up a lot less space.
Today, I listen to digitally streamed music (Rhapsody/Napster). I run it through a digital to analog converter and it sounds pretty good, but not as good as vinyl on a really nice turntable running into separate power and preamps for each channel, into great speakers.
And I wish I had my father’s record collection. . .
When I was a kid, my father’s one extravagance was a high-end stereo system. I was fascinated by it. When he turned it on, all the tubes would glow. And he had a vast collection of records. Mostly classical, but some jazz too.
Unfortunately, that was all gotten rid of (sold, and a good chunk of it given away to a good friend of his, a musician) after my mother died and all the kids were grown and moved out of the apartment in which we grew up, and my father moved to a smaller apartment. No room there for his records. He has a small bookshelf stereo now, and a ton of CDs, which take up a lot less space.
Today, I listen to digitally streamed music (Rhapsody/Napster). I run it through a digital to analog converter and it sounds pretty good, but not as good as vinyl on a really nice turntable running into separate power and preamps for each channel, into great speakers.
And I wish I had my father’s record collection. . .
Cranked. Or Beethoven. The neighbors hear it - with the windows shut. I have a Sonos system that connects to the speakers. So at least my Internet music comes out my speakers. John Coltrane going as I type. Song: But Not for Me, Album: My Favorite Things. I will gladly put in a plug for Sonos. Home stereo system - pumps from Internet into any stereo system - Pandora, etc. I get radio stations from all over the world. Practice my French, or what is left of it.