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What is something that's crazier than the wildest dreams of any ~1970s nerd, but exists today? I'll start with an easy one: (lemmy.nz)

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Compared to a lot of headphones available in the 1970's they sound amazing.

[-] Tabooki2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Not so sure about that claim. In the 70s everything was analogue. Bluetooth can barely do mp3 quality let alone CD which is still far from full analogue tape. Many headphone from back them line Sennheiser HD 414, Koss Pro/4AA, and Stax SR-X blow away anything some makes now

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Allow me to re-state, with emphasis:

Compared to

A LOT

of headphones available in the 1970's, they sound amazing.

Yeah, there's been good audio gear for decades, but there was also utter garboleum.

[-] Tabooki2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

My issue was back then things got better every year. People chased sound quality. Now people use Bluetooth and listen to music mixed on a laptop with autotune.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago

Christians of Lemmy: You think your god would have bothered creating the universe if he knew it would inevitably lead to the existence of audiophiles?

[-] Tabooki2@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Let me guess it's okay to appreciate good food. It's okay to appreciate sweet touching. But it's not okay to appreciate good audio. Gotcha

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

It's one thing to appreciate good audio, it's another to be so snobbish about it to the point of academic dishonesty.

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