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    How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
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    Image of Gilbert Capulong Gilbert Capulong
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Correction, weve been making music longer than we have been recording history.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    @Gilbert Capulong: The key word here is "writing". As long as human beings have been around, chances are good we've been making music in some fashion, but it wasn't being written.
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    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Is vinyl "truly lossless"? The musical data is still going through format conversion from its original master...
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    Image of ARP ARP
    04/17/09

    @10:02am: It's also "lossy" from a physical perspective. The grooves get worn down and lose their fidelity. I know, I have New Order- Substance record that skates because I played it until it was smooth.
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    04/17/09

    @ARP: Anyone who loves their LP's will invest in a laser turntable to ensure that the only factor for wear is age, not running the record.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Plus magnetic tape is still an analog format.
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    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: At least in the form it is used in most audio tape systems.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Great article, but it seems to blur the line between media and format. "Magnetic tape", for instance, is a media, while MP3 is a format. You could technically put MP3 data on magnetic tape - it would just be horribly inefficient.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    don't we also have a broadcast sent into outter space? i know it's not a recording per se, but it seems pretty permanet as it is gonna travel forever. when did we start doing that?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    04/17/09

    In reply to How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
    Please make sure to keep those 1877 wax recording cylinders away from this guy:
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDav...: That was exactly the first thing I thought of when I saw this article crop up. :) Bravo sir, you're really on the ball!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDav...: This is why androids should not be allowed to touch our stuff. Frakkin' androids.
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