[Iron_Dreamer]

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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif Get a turntable and buy used vinyl. Problem solved and you'll stick it to the man. Used vinyl is cheap, 100% legal and the RIAA gets nothing. Great sound and no compression, either.

Not necessarily, a lot of vinyls are being pressed with the same brickwalled masters going onto CD these days. Of course, the older stuff shouldn't have such problems.

 

[obobskivich]

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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not necessarily, a lot of vinyls are being pressed with the same brickwalled masters going onto CD these days. Of course, the older stuff shouldn't have such problems.

he said vintage

honestly, the question I have:

would any modern (read: top 40/popular (read: crap

)) "musicians" be worth listening too, if their stuff wasn't so heavily compressed? most of them more or less just speak their lyrics (and make auto-tune fix it), and have average to below average musical talent (which is all enhanced by the magic of Logic or ProTools), in other words, the compressed/fake sound is "part of their sound", do you think modern kinder-tots would even buy the stuff if it was mastered with even twice the dynamics and half of the digital correction?

 

[krmathis]

They sure are!
...and most of us can't stand it.

 

[linuxworks]

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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif Get a turntable and buy used vinyl. Problem solved and you'll stick it to the man. Used vinyl is cheap, 100% legal and the RIAA gets nothing. Great sound and no compression, either.

debatable about 'great sound'. I can't stand clicks, pops and surface noise, not to mention the channel limits of the lp media.

but true, the riaa gets nothing from used media sales. I buy used cd's and rip myself. riaa gets nothing from me!

 

[Nocturnal310]

If music aint loud...people wont hear it on their ibuds in the crowd.

and majority is ibud listener..we are the minority when it comes to sales.

 

[Uncle Erik]

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Originally Posted by linuxworks /img/forum/go_quote.gif debatable about 'great sound'. I can't stand clicks, pops and surface noise, not to mention the channel limits of the lp media. but true, the riaa gets nothing from used media sales. I buy used cd's and rip myself. riaa gets nothing from me!

Not necessarily. Surface noise depends on a number of factors. Clean records on a decent rig (including careful setup) reduce a lot of noise to barely more than a CD. You don't have to buy $50 180g audiophile pressings, either. I've gotten used records for a quarter that sound magnificient after a wash in the sink.

I completely agree with you about used CDs, too. I buy as many as possible. The local independent record shop has good deals, good taste and can use the business, too.

Another legal source of free music is FM. A good tuner with a good antenna is surprisingly good. You can DIY a good antenna, too, for like $10 and no real skills needed. Tuners don't have to be expensive, either. I got the Sony HD for about $50 with rebate and it's terrific.

 

[obobskivich]

erik:
this? Amazon.com: Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner: Electronics