What products/services are already obsolete to you NOW?

[HFWR]

I think these LP-->CD-->MP3 conversion gymnastics are pretty amusing, considering that the speakers are usually in earbuds or vehicles. Now, if you were sending the acoustics to a stack of Marshalls then I could see the advantage of the added effort.

My classic-rock music will always sound better in my head (especially if I was in the audience for the live version) than it ever will on any speaker. Even sober.


"... and has anybody seen my clothes?"

Ha! While I appreciate the sentiment, a stack of Marshalls is not designed for anything remotely close to hi-fi.

I suppose so, but not in my case. My system looks a lot like this:

Homebrew speakers, pre-amps and 5 watt SET amplifiers. The added effort you mention is evident on this set-up.

Agree about your live comment wholeheartedly!

+1

 

[Chuckanut]

Telephones with a real dial. And carburetors.


Most interesting is the resurgence of LP records! Modern records are sold with the the right to download a digital version of the music for one's iPod of whatever. An increasing number of young people are buying records again!

 

[copyright1997reloaded]

AUDIO takeover of thread

Since the audio discussion (vinyl vs cd) has completely taken over the thread I thought I'd add to the heap.

A few years ago when I bought my first wide-screen HDTV (50" Panasonic Plasma which is still AWE-SOME), I decided to set up a 5.1 surround sound. (Yamaha receiver, Polk center Fronts, Backs, Kliplisch sub. Anyway, I also decided to set up my old audio system. For kicks, I started to google the equipment and was shocked to see what some of it was going for! The equipment now goes for more than I paid for it back in 1980, and some things (like a Shure V15 Type IV MR cartridge) are hard to replace.

 

[Midpack]

Audio/ripping discussion thread...

 

[FUEGO]

Back to the OP - I'll add this one:
Filing cabinet

Seems like everything important on paper either fits in a single physical folder or shoebox. And almost everything important is electronic these days. I realized this after I noticed I hardly ever file anything any more.

Just take the will, passports, birth certificates etc and toss em in a shoe box. Keep everything else digitally backed up on the cloud.

 

[explanade]

Agee with every single bullet point in midpack's post.

Add film cameras, CD players, phonographs.

Used travel agents maybe once or twice. Haven't used a financial advisor.

 

[obgyn65]

Stamps

DVD / Camcorders

Some old medical instruments (i.e. non electonic thermometers, etc).

 

[ERD50]

Audio/ripping discussion thread...

Reasonable request, it is getting kinda deep for this thread:

http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f27/audio-in-the-digital-age-63523.html#post1243619

-ERD50