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Greg_L
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All 3, great movies.
Steenamaroo
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I did enjoy 3, but scenes like that ruined it, IMO.
I love the little nods to the old films though, like flipping the visor down for the keys, even though they probably don't make sense.
I love the little nods to the old films though, like flipping the visor down for the keys, even though they probably don't make sense.
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Greg_L
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I thought that scene was funny and appropriate. There's a lot that's inherently gay about bodybuilding and bodybuilders.
Steenamaroo
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Lol. True enough.
TASCAM MAN
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And that's mostly because "Outsiders" refuse to allow analog enthusiasts to discuss their love of analog among themselves. Funny because this is why the Analog Only forum was created in the first place. All someone has to say here to cause controversy is that they prefer analog? Shouldn't that be a given in a forum titled "Analog Only?" Of course many of us prefer analog and feel it is superior to digital... THAT"S WHY WE F'ing CHOOSE ANALOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Preach it brother beck
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mdainsd
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Auto locator is my late night pal. Sometimes when Im done for the day I'll go in the control room with an adult beverage, and break out a 24 track master reel. Either from my band or from my "collection". In the process of overstocking on media I would often get the tapes from studios with master recordings on them. Some from never heard froms, some a lot more recognizable. I really enjoy remixing those just for my interest. Once I have all the tracks in the autolocator ist is a matter of sitting at the console and messing with a few buttons on the locator. Just like digital! response time is down a little though.....
Gives me some good fun and I sometimes learn a thing or two doing it.
Blue Jinn
Rider of the ARPocalypse
Well, I'll admit I feel more comfortable having a "parts deck" at least for my Fostex. I also scoured a replacement head for the MSR-16, it was used, but the price was great, and the guy really honest, it had been represented to him as new by a dealer in the UK, and he refunded the amount it required for a re-lap by JRF down to appr 80% life.
That said, I hear what you are saying about boards and what not, and complex and necessary items like autolocators. On some things ,well complicated, with discrete components, it's ***theoretically*** possible to do component level repairs. If failure parts like tantalum capacitors etc are prophylactically replaced may also help to extend the life of machines.
That said, I hear what you are saying about boards and what not, and complex and necessary items like autolocators. On some things ,well complicated, with discrete components, it's ***theoretically*** possible to do component level repairs. If failure parts like tantalum capacitors etc are prophylactically replaced may also help to extend the life of machines.
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mdainsd
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I really enjoy the hunt too. Whether its for one of my collections or for the studio, I get real satisfaction of mounting a search for some "unobtainable" item. So I guess if a person didnt have that personality trait, it could seem a dauntless task to source some of this "stuff". Im close to finalizing a deal on one of my longest hunted for items too, pretty excited. After years of searching Ive located a Fairchild 670 stereo compressor that isnt in the 30-50K dollar range. Its going to need some work but its all there. We are getting close to a deal, the anticipation is killing me! (thats a good thing)
miroslav
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mdainsd
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Blue Jinn
Rider of the ARPocalypse
Wow. Just wow. You can get those 6386 tubes, doesn't it use like a dozen or something?
witzendoz
Senior Member
Don't they make a plug-in version.....?
They are plug in, you plug it into the mains, then lug the audio in and out?
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mdainsd
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There are tubes of unknown condition with it. But even if I have to buy all of them, then its just another hunt!!!
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Ainaudio
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Digital "audio" no one way can be better as analog, because it is as minimum 2 times converted (more or less damaged) analog audio - it simply has analog+AD+processing+DA+analog problems.
From other aspect - digital "audio" is not audio at all, but is very LIMITED digital DESCRIPTION of analog signal.
Digital "audio" signal quality is NOT COMPARABLE with analog, because it is not THE SAME signal, but description of signal only...
All above problems are loaded on our hearing and brain for additional "converting" to FULL analog signal.
Human brain is able to do it, but is takes a lot of "processor" power (what we can not direct recognize).
But as result our brain is tired and there is much harder to concentrate brain power on pleasure of listening.
Similar things happen when we listen any low quality audio, but digital case such low quality is good MASKED...
From other aspect - digital "audio" is not audio at all, but is very LIMITED digital DESCRIPTION of analog signal.
Digital "audio" signal quality is NOT COMPARABLE with analog, because it is not THE SAME signal, but description of signal only...
All above problems are loaded on our hearing and brain for additional "converting" to FULL analog signal.
Human brain is able to do it, but is takes a lot of "processor" power (what we can not direct recognize).
But as result our brain is tired and there is much harder to concentrate brain power on pleasure of listening.
Similar things happen when we listen any low quality audio, but digital case such low quality is good MASKED...
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
none of this is true.
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Charlie Messing
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I don't think it's a "vintage aircraft" thing. Analog captures the feel, not only what you hear. Digital is a picture of the sound that has been cropped, so to speak. Importantly, analog masters can be reworked 50 years later, if the tapes were kept safe or safely copied. Digital masters degrade, and that's it. No way to stop it. No way to remaster old digital recordings, I've been told. And the government (digital preservation publications) played a bunch of ten year old CDs, and no matter what they did, 4% would not play. At all. Spooky, but true. Digital is all about making extra copies. If you have a vinyl product kept safely, it will be there, exactly the same, in a hundred years. Is there any disagreement on these things?
TASCAM MAN
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TASCAM MAN
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i don't think it's a "vintage aircraft" thing. Analog captures the feel, not only what you hear. Digital is a picture of the sound that has been cropped, so to speak. Importantly, analog masters can be reworked 50 years later, if the tapes were kept safe or safely copied. Digital masters degrade, and that's it. No way to stop it. No way to remaster old digital recordings, i've been told. And the government (digital preservation publications) played a bunch of ten year old cds, and no matter what they did, 4% would not play. At all. Spooky, but true. Digital is all about making extra copies. If you have a vinyl product kept safely, it will be there, exactly the same, in a hundred years. Is there any disagreement on these things?[/q
I TOTALLY AGREE
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
While I do agree that digital and analog formats capture/treat audio in different ways, and it's perfectly OK to like one or the other or both....
...the statement in the above quote is beyond dumb.
When you sing into a microphone...WTF do you think is happening to the sound coming out of your mouth...???
It's being CONVERTED....to an **electronic signal** which only "describes" the original.
So it's never THE SAME as the original....analog or digital.
Analog just like digital requires some form of *conversion* from/to the original signal.