Comments on: The first four notes of Beethoven’s Fifth. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/01/the-first-four-notes-of-beethovens-fifth/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:06:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: NikFromNYC http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/01/the-first-four-notes-of-beethovens-fifth/#comment-1017128 NikFromNYC Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:45:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/01/the-first-four-notes-of-beethovens-fifth/#comment-1017128 Additionally, I must mention that Sony offered both a copy-protection-free digital tape (DAT) recorder, and a truly iPod-sized player-only, that used a rotating head just like a VCR or tape-based camcorder. So I had a fully digital "iPod" way back in about 1990. Additionally, I must mention that Sony offered both a copy-protection-free digital tape (DAT) recorder, and a truly iPod-sized player-only, that used a rotating head just like a VCR or tape-based camcorder. So I had a fully digital “iPod” way back in about 1990.

]]> By: NikFromNYC http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/01/the-first-four-notes-of-beethovens-fifth/#comment-1017120 NikFromNYC Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:42:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/01/the-first-four-notes-of-beethovens-fifth/#comment-1017120 Question: what is the effective sample rate of a standard issue compact disk? For many years, both high quality CDs but especially high quality vinyl (or other material) "hi-fi" versions of classical music were offered, as Sony admitted CDs were not so great after all. And you can still buy $100K record players. Me, I am just now converting all my hundreds of CDs to 192KBS MP3s. I used to use a Sony compact, battery-operated CD player that had an optical digital output, coupled to a hi-fi digital audio converter etc. These days, you can have 4th or 5th generation (but not 6th) iPods converted for what used to be $2000, but is now $245, to have a hi-fi output, since those specific iPods in fact used a top notch digital-to-audio converter chip, unlike the latest ones. Basically, the company used to add two hi-fi coupling capacitors inside the iPod. Now they just bypass everything inside, and hide the capacitors in the dock port plug. The problem is, there's no volume control, and most hi-fi amplifiers, like my own, do not offer remote controls, for somewhat good reason. I simply lack current disk space to do all my music at, say 320kbs instead of 192. Amazon.com's music service, which really does (already) have non-DRM files instead of "will have" like Apple's, arrive mostly as 320kbs. Question: what is the effective sample rate of a standard issue compact disk? For many years, both high quality CDs but especially high quality vinyl (or other material) “hi-fi” versions of classical music were offered, as Sony admitted CDs were not so great after all. And you can still buy $100K record players. Me, I am just now converting all my hundreds of CDs to 192KBS MP3s. I used to use a Sony compact, battery-operated CD player that had an optical digital output, coupled to a hi-fi digital audio converter etc.

These days, you can have 4th or 5th generation (but not 6th) iPods converted for what used to be $2000, but is now $245, to have a hi-fi output, since those specific iPods in fact used a top notch digital-to-audio converter chip, unlike the latest ones. Basically, the company used to add two hi-fi coupling capacitors inside the iPod. Now they just bypass everything inside, and hide the capacitors in the dock port plug. The problem is, there’s no volume control, and most hi-fi amplifiers, like my own, do not offer remote controls, for somewhat good reason.

I simply lack current disk space to do all my music at, say 320kbs instead of 192. Amazon.com’s music service, which really does (already) have non-DRM files instead of “will have” like Apple’s, arrive mostly as 320kbs.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/01/the-first-four-notes-of-beethovens-fifth/#comment-17395 Stannous Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:32:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/01/the-first-four-notes-of-beethovens-fifth/#comment-17395 It still looks much better on vinyl... It still looks much better on vinyl…

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