Subj : Re: CD->MP3 project
To   : August Abolins
From : Kevin Nunn
Date : Fri Jan 08 2021 09:59:18

-=> AUGUST ABOLINS wrote to KEVIN NUNN <=-

 AA> According to some googling about this, the local delete was an
 AA> option when prompted to do so.  So.. you didn't have to lose thos
 AA> files.

 AA> The above sounds confusing.

It's been so long ago I don't remember the details, but I probably just
was clicking popups to get something else done, so it could have been
my fault. I always felt like itunes was blotted anyway, I do miss the
simplicity of something like Winamp, but then again, it was limited so.

 AA> Someone mentioned that the LPs are indeed heavier.  Interesting.
 AA> I remember the K-tel LPs; they seemed to get thinner with every
 AA> release.  The sample records on plastic that were sometimes
 AA> featured in magazines were fun to play.

HAHA yea I remember those. I have gotten a few LP's recently, just for
collector purposes and they are indeed heavier. 

 AA> It is very nice to be able to crank up the sound and enjoy the
 AA> chestpounting bass, have the freedom to walk around and not be
 AA> encumbered with ear pieces or headphones pressing against the
 
I do miss that. For the last 18 years I had a decent HiFi and was
living in a house, so I could have done that. But, I was also married,
so conditions were never that favorable for loud music. 

Now divorced, which is great, but I live in an upstairs apartment, so I
don't want to piss off my neighbors :)

 AA> ears.  Live recordings are especially fun because it sounds like
AA> the party is right there in the room.

I have a high end pair of IEMs and they sound amazing, but I do miss
"feeling" the music (bass). 

 AA> I don't have extraordinarly high-end speakers, but they are
 AA> Advent towers with 8" woofers. The original woofers "rotted" out
 AA> around the rims.  I found a place that would repair them. I just

When I was younger I had a set of speakers that did that, tried to fix
them myself with fingernail polish, but it didn't last long LOL. I
could not afford to actually get the fixed at the time. The good ole
days. 

Kev

 
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