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I wonder if anybody actually does this on a regular basis…

How To Pirate Vinyl Records

I guess you have to do Side A and B separately.

Now that’s a nice idea:

Jeff Mills latest release, The Occurrence, is pressed on a hybrid CD. One side is just a normal CD, the other is a 5″ vinyl pressing which you can play on a turntable. How cool is that?

http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2010/06/10/a-vinyl-and-cd-release-on-one-disc/

I have fallen into the trap of spending money on Hifi equipment some time ago and people generally don’t really understand why I would be doing that. The following is a very true statement to describe the situation:

I know some of you are thinking you can’t hear the difference. The thing about quality audio is that it’s something of an acquired taste, few people yearn for high-end sound, and even a brief encounter with a great speaker or headphone might not win you over. You don’t miss what you’ve never heard, and I’m reaching for analogies here, but if you never tasted fresh-squeezed orange juice and only drank OJ from a carton, would you automatically appreciate the superior taste of the real thing?

via The $1,350 ‘earbud’: Is it worth it? | The Audiophiliac – CNET News.

Just in case you are wondering, I am not going to buy those earbuds, but I have spent more than average on the ones I am using…

BoingBoing quotes the opinion of an ethicist (?) who says:

Buying a book or a piece of music should be regarded as a license to enjoy it on any platform.

I very much share this point of view. If you have bought the vinyl record, downloading the mp3 for free is acceptable. The interesting distinction here is between legal and ethical.

NYT ethicist: OK to pirate ebooks once you’ve bought the hardcover

Don’t miss it:

To Have & To Hold – Taster Tape from Jony Lyle on Vimeo.

via hb.hifi

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax on one day… Totally crazy!

“a few more of the festival dates still in the works, you can be sure these shows won’t be the only ones”

So it could be Reading Festival, although June and August are far apart…

Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax ‘Big Four’ Tour

PS: No, I have not changed my musical taste, but I am still fascinated by this…

At this stage, I would say that the announcement by Hifi-company Linn to stop CD player production is probably as much a publicity stunt as it is truly reflecting the market. It works though, because I wasn’t aware of their Digital Stream players before.

Anyway, I wanted to comment on somebody else’s comment on the the same subject, because it very much reflects my thinking.

This fact confirms what we have been writing for years: the future of Music sales is liquid (digital download of studio master files for hi-quality and MP3s for the masses) while physical media lovers will be content enough with high quality pressings on vinyl. While this is a clear trend if one considers software sales, this decision by Linn seems to be the first, strong step towards the abandon of the CD format from the hardware point of view.

via Linn stops CD players production! – [English].

It has been some time now that I have stopped buying CD. Instead I buy (lots of) LP’s for at home and listen to mp3 on the go…

I have nothing to add to this…

Found at the Analog Appartment

I don’t really “get” the NME and I don’t think that really matters to either of us. But I find The NME Top 50 albums of the decade suprisingly relevant and in line with my taste/record collection. I could argue about the actual ranking and some of the individual records, but overall I would recommend this to anyone wanting to catch up on good music of the last 10 years. Find the top 20 here, or the full top 50 at nme.com

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