Gordon Steadman
11-12-2013, 13:10
I am, so I am assured, not a bad sort of chap and so, when some friends of ours said that they loved their iPod and iTunes but had hundreds of records that they didn't know how to get onto the more modern device, I felt obliged to explain the process.
Blank faces. "Could you run through that again?"
"Once more?"
"Oh good grief, givus your top 20 and I'll do it for you. I am now 66 going on 67 and these two are about two years ahead of me so:
How come the basic TOP TWENTY starts with Ray Conniff Singers, Nina and Frederik, Jack Jones and all the hits from the shows?? Its a bit hard to check where the breaks are without actually listening to at least some of it. I don't trust Audacity to pick up the real breaks between tracks. This is suffering for your art the like of which I have never experienced before.
However, somehow or other, two little gems seem to have crept in under the door. A mint mono copy of Flanders and Swann 'At the drop of a hat' - never been played by the looks of it - and a French label of Aker Bilk - On the shore. I may have to make a charge for doing this:eyebrows:
The second track of the Flanders and Swann is 'Song of reproduction'. I was expecting some sort of satirical sexual innuendo but:
FLANDERS & SWANN
Song Of Reproduction Lyrics
I had a little gramophone, I'd wind it round and round. And with a sharpish needle, It made a cheerful sound.
And then they amplified it, It was much louder then. And used sharpened fibre needles, To make it soft again.
Today for reproduction, I'm as eager as can be. Count me among the faithful fans, Of high fidelity.
High fidelity, Hi-Fi's the thing for me. With an LP disk and an FM set, And a corner reflex cabinet.
High frequency range, Complete with auto-change. All the highest notes neither sharp nor flat, The ear can't hear as high as that. Still, I ought to please any passing bat, With my high fidelity.
Who made this circuit up for you, anyway? Bought it in a shop? Oooh, what a horrible shoddy job they fobbed you off with with. Surprised they let you have it in this room anyway, the acoustics are all wrong. If you raise the ceiling four feet... put the fireplace from that wall to that wall... you'll still only get the stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard. I see... I see you've got your negative feedback coupled in with your push-pull-input-output. Take that across through your pickup to your tweeter, if you're modulating more than eight, you're going to get wow on your top. Try to bring that down through your pre-amp rumble filter to your woofer, what'll you get? Flutter on your bottom!
High fidelity, FFRR for me. I've an opera here that you shan't escape, On miles and miles of recording tape.
High decibel gain, Is easy to obtain. With the tone control at a single touch, Bel canto sounds like double Dutch. But I never did care for music much, It's the high fidelity!
Blank faces. "Could you run through that again?"
"Once more?"
"Oh good grief, givus your top 20 and I'll do it for you. I am now 66 going on 67 and these two are about two years ahead of me so:
How come the basic TOP TWENTY starts with Ray Conniff Singers, Nina and Frederik, Jack Jones and all the hits from the shows?? Its a bit hard to check where the breaks are without actually listening to at least some of it. I don't trust Audacity to pick up the real breaks between tracks. This is suffering for your art the like of which I have never experienced before.
However, somehow or other, two little gems seem to have crept in under the door. A mint mono copy of Flanders and Swann 'At the drop of a hat' - never been played by the looks of it - and a French label of Aker Bilk - On the shore. I may have to make a charge for doing this:eyebrows:
The second track of the Flanders and Swann is 'Song of reproduction'. I was expecting some sort of satirical sexual innuendo but:
FLANDERS & SWANN
Song Of Reproduction Lyrics
I had a little gramophone, I'd wind it round and round. And with a sharpish needle, It made a cheerful sound.
And then they amplified it, It was much louder then. And used sharpened fibre needles, To make it soft again.
Today for reproduction, I'm as eager as can be. Count me among the faithful fans, Of high fidelity.
High fidelity, Hi-Fi's the thing for me. With an LP disk and an FM set, And a corner reflex cabinet.
High frequency range, Complete with auto-change. All the highest notes neither sharp nor flat, The ear can't hear as high as that. Still, I ought to please any passing bat, With my high fidelity.
Who made this circuit up for you, anyway? Bought it in a shop? Oooh, what a horrible shoddy job they fobbed you off with with. Surprised they let you have it in this room anyway, the acoustics are all wrong. If you raise the ceiling four feet... put the fireplace from that wall to that wall... you'll still only get the stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard. I see... I see you've got your negative feedback coupled in with your push-pull-input-output. Take that across through your pickup to your tweeter, if you're modulating more than eight, you're going to get wow on your top. Try to bring that down through your pre-amp rumble filter to your woofer, what'll you get? Flutter on your bottom!
High fidelity, FFRR for me. I've an opera here that you shan't escape, On miles and miles of recording tape.
High decibel gain, Is easy to obtain. With the tone control at a single touch, Bel canto sounds like double Dutch. But I never did care for music much, It's the high fidelity!