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Audiophools invade Slashdot!

Postby Rspaight » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:38 pm

http://slashdot.org/articles/06/09/20/1348249.shtml

I have to admit I was surprised at how many posters over there fall for the "Nyquist doesn't work/vinyl has infinite resolution" canard, given their reputation as science geeks. Oh, well.

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Postby lukpac » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:53 pm

"just think of 7" records as the audiophile version of the command line"
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
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Postby Rspaight » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:24 pm

Yeah, that one made me giggle.

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