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Old 2007-06-06, 08:59 AM
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Icon6 Re: mp3/lossless question for audiophiles...

What is an mp3? I think it's really spelled eMPty3. Everyone gets it wrong.



Before they invented magnetic tape to record on, they recorded onto spools of wire. No joke.

Wire recorders are kinda lossy, too...


78 rpm records that were recorded through a horn?

Ya ever seen how they used to get those recordings, arranging musicians in front of a horn hooked up physically to a diaphragm that physically was connected to the needle that scratched the recording into a master disc. Amazing. That's some true organic old-school recording techniques. Pro-Tools ain't got nothin' on that stuff!

Wax cylinders rock!
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