OK, there's nobbut Kylie Minogue* and the Pyramids here today, so I'll lob
this little troll in:

Just now, on Carsick FM**, Master Bates wuz punting an album - I *think* it
was:

Track: Never Far Away
Composer: Jack White
Conductor: Joby Talbot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Millennia Ensemble
Record Label: Xl Recordings

I believe I heard the 'issue' was 3,300 CDs and 900 LPs (or 'vinyl albums'
as he called them) - I *know* I heard him say there were some (maybe only
2/300) CDs left but that *all the vinyl* has gone...

:-)

Now, how long befo

Some Yank tells us it's obsolete and therefore doesn't exist...
His toady claims the sound quality is worse than CD without even having
heard it...
Some old jiffer starts clawing at dodgy 'statistics' to prove it was only a
glitch....
One or two nobody lurkers chime in with the 'specs' and a few snide
remarks...
Other vinyl enthusiasts here keep stumm....
A couple of well-meaning types tell me I may have my preferences, however
sad...
Some crossposted stranger starts telling me what I may or may not say...

Now, the wind-up...

Larf?

Do yew not hafta....!!??

:-))


* Good luck to her with the cancer an' all, but am I the only one who
doesn't immediately think about her *singing* when the name's mentioned..??
:-)

** Yes, I know - no idea how that gets left on in the mornings here, but it
does...!!??

"Keith G" wrote in message
...




* Good luck to her with the cancer an' all, but am I the only one who
doesn't immediately think about her *singing* when the name's
mentioned..?? :-)

**No argument from me. She's a crook actress and she can't sing her way out
of a paper bag, BUT, she has a great little arse. AND, she seems to be quite
a nice person. If she can make a Buck out it, then good luck to her. There's
a whole bunch of people with less talent (and crap looking arses) making
more money than she does. And they're bitches to boot. Madonna springs to
mind. She's only managed two decent songs in her entire career.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au



--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
.. .

"Keith G" wrote in message
...




* Good luck to her with the cancer an' all, but am I the only one who
doesn't immediately think about her *singing* when the name's
mentioned..?? :-)

**No argument from me. She's a crook actress and she can't sing her way
out of a paper bag, BUT, she has a great little arse. AND, she seems to be
quite a nice person. If she can make a Buck out it, then good luck to her.
There's a whole bunch of people with less talent (and crap looking arses)
making more money than she does. And they're bitches to boot. Madonna
springs to mind. She's only managed two decent songs in her entire career.



Well Trevor, my hat's off to you for having the knob to reply to a post with
the word 'troll' in the subject line, but you snipped the best bit - that in
a mixed release of CD and LP, the vinyl's *sold out*...!!

Puts the lie to the 'obsolete' squealing in here, doesn't it?

And with 900 out of a combined total of 4,200 albums I make that...

....er.....

.....er...

a *significant* percentage!

Which kinda deflates the *tiny minority* squealing also, does it not...??

:-))





























21.43% actually.....

Trevor Wilson wrote:

**No argument from me. She's a crook actress and she can't sing her way out
of a paper bag, BUT, she has a great little arse. AND, she seems to be quite
a nice person. If she can make a Buck out it, then good luck to her. There's
a whole bunch of people with less talent (and crap looking arses) making
more money than she does. And they're bitches to boot. Madonna springs to
mind. She's only managed two decent songs in her entire career.

Which two would they be then?
As far as I remember they were all pretty good in the 'eighties.

--
Eiron.

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

I believe I heard the 'issue' was 3,300 CDs and 900 LPs (or 'vinyl albums'
as he called them) - I *know* I heard him say there were some (maybe only
2/300) CDs left but that *all the vinyl* has gone...

:-)

Now, how long befo

Some Yank tells us it's obsolete and therefore doesn't exist...
His toady claims the sound quality is worse than CD without even having
heard it...
Some old jiffer starts clawing at dodgy 'statistics' to prove it was only
a glitch....
One or two nobody lurkers chime in with the 'specs' and a few snide
remarks...
Other vinyl enthusiasts here keep stumm....
A couple of well-meaning types tell me I may have my preferences, however
sad...
Some crossposted stranger starts telling me what I may or may not say...

Now, the wind-up...

Larf?

Do yew not hafta....!!??

:-))


Keith. A visit to any large audio fare where, CDs and vinyl is sold cheek by
jowl, will demonstrate to anyone where the interest lies. People are
usually
buzzing like bees around the vinyl sellers:-))

I for one am glad that the "great minds"on this and other groups have a low
opinion
of both vinyl and valve amps. It takes a little of the strain off the
demand, and helps
to keep the prices at a little more reasonable level.

I have just acquired a mint boxed set of Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies
VPO:Maazel. Brilliant:-)

Iain

In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
Keith. A visit to any large audio fare where, CDs and vinyl is sold
cheek by jowl, will demonstrate to anyone where the interest lies.
People are usually buzzing like bees around the vinyl sellers:-))

Well yes. And if you went to an antique fare where new was also sold
which would have the most interest? You don't need to go to a 'fare' to
buy CDs...

I for one am glad that the "great minds" on this and other groups have a
low opinion of both vinyl and valve amps. It takes a little of the
strain off the demand, and helps to keep the prices at a little more
reasonable level.

Valve amps prices are at a 'resonable level' for their performance?
What planet is this on? You can better this for a fraction of the price.

I have just acquired a mint boxed set of Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies
VPO:Maazel. Brilliant:-)

Nice to have a mint box to look at.

--
*If we weren't meant to eat animals, why are they made of meat?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:24:01 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

Keith. A visit to any large audio fare where, CDs and vinyl is sold cheek by
jowl, will demonstrate to anyone where the interest lies. People are
usually
buzzing like bees around the vinyl sellers:-))

So there's a small but enthusiastic following for vinyl. Of which a
few will worship vinyl per se, but most will be interested in the
music on the vinyl.

"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in message
...
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:24:01 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

Keith. A visit to any large audio fare where, CDs and vinyl is sold cheek
by
jowl, will demonstrate to anyone where the interest lies. People are
usually
buzzing like bees around the vinyl sellers:-))

So there's a small but enthusiastic following for vinyl. Of which a
few will worship vinyl per se, but most will be interested in the
music on the vinyl.

I have the feeling that the following is larger than one might
suspect. There is a huge amount of music which has not
been issued on CD. This includes many definitive versions
of classical works, and a lot of good jazz.

Iain

"Iain Churches" wrote


Keith. A visit to any large audio fare where, CDs and vinyl is sold cheek
by
jowl, will demonstrate to anyone where the interest lies. People are
usually
buzzing like bees around the vinyl sellers:-))


So I gather - have never been to one myself....



I for one am glad that the "great minds"on this and other groups have a
low opinion
of both vinyl and valve amps. It takes a little of the strain off the
demand, and helps
to keep the prices at a little more reasonable level.

I have just acquired a mint boxed set of Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies
VPO:Maazel. Brilliant:-)


That remark had me checking my 'boxes'! :-)

I have two boxed sets of Tchike - one is The Hague Philharmonic
Orch/Otterloo and the other has no details of the band or conductor but
merely states 'Dacrop Recordings, complete & uncut'...??? A treat for later,
if I can push past my current 'opera/lieder fixation'...!!

(I love boxed sets - very often they are completely *unplayed* or only Side
1/Disc 1 has been played!! :-)

While I'm on....

I have only just recently restored my Jerichos to my room:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/pianoblack2.JPG

They are troublesome boxes and, even with the EX3s in them, can sound very
hoarse/croaky on speech. Sometimes, if I walk in on them with Classick FM
(DAB) on and an announcement's in progress they can sound quite 'quacky'!!
Then the music starts and that's all gone, thankfully, but I've got them
under close scrute atm and fully expect to have to do something about them!

But....

Last night I was actually watching summat on the telly (rare) with the sound
from my PVR routed out through the Jerichos - My god! What *imaging* and
*soundstaging*!! It is impossible to describe the *3D* quality - speech was
coming direct from the actor's mouths (not uncommon, I know) but the rest of
the sounds were laid out with perfect separation, depth and clarity. (It was
better than I have ever heard from any 'surround sound'..!!)

Now, what makes this so interesting is that the TV is was only a metre or so
away (small, portable) and the speakers getting on for 3m away and somewhat
offset, in relation to the telly. Despite this, the sound overall was
*perfectly* placed. Once I became aware of this, I concentrated on trying to
'break it' (track it to the drivers, IYSWIM) and found it almost impossible
to do and I could 'reset it' immediately by closing my eyes at anytime!!

The reason I mention this (very tempted not to, for obvious reasons) is that
I suspect you have 'glanced off' Lowthers - am I correct??

They are *without doubt* truly remarkable speakers - once you 'get it' with
them and can overcome (or tune out) the odd 'characteristic' (see 'quacky'
above) there's no going back to ordinary speakers, believe me....!!

(Btw, ignore the usual silly remarks about top and bottom octaves - they are
no more deficient in these areas that most/many other speakers....)

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
Keith. A visit to any large audio fare where, CDs and vinyl is sold
cheek by jowl, will demonstrate to anyone where the interest lies.
People are usually buzzing like bees around the vinyl sellers:-))

Well yes. And if you went to an antique fare where new was also sold
which would have the most interest? You don't need to go to a 'fare' to
buy CDs...

Sorry about the spelling, Dave. Better than "fayre" though:-)

Not actually being in the record business, you probably do
not see the deletions lists that the companies issue monthly.
Huge numbers of CDs have disappeared. Hence the interest
at fairs.

As regards vinyl, take a look at the vinyl catalogues
of EMI, Decca, RCA, DG from the late 70's and compare
them with the current CD catalogues. A huge amount of
excellent material has never been re-issued.

I have just acquired a mint boxed set of Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies
VPO:Maazel. Brilliant:-)

Nice to have a mint box to look at.

You have clearly missed the point - hopefully not intentionally:-)

Iain