From: phil_a@tpg.com.au   
      
   "flipper the fuckhead "   
    "Phil Allison"   
   >   
   >>** Note  -  total change of topic.   
   >   
   > Note - no it isn't.   
      
      
   ** Fraid you are wrong again -  pal.   
      
   YOU changed the subject so you could take over the thread.   
      
    Fuckhead.   
      
      
   >>> Yeah. I think there was another development that was at least a major   
   >>> influence, and that's the German derived post WWII tape recorder. That   
   >>> had an astonishing impact on much more than simply being the best   
   >>> fidelity device available.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>** Nothing was better than no recorder -  ie a live broadcast.   
   >   
   > True at the microphone but the listener isn't in the studio.   
      
   ** Wot irrelevant shit.   
      
       My god you are a fuckwit.   
      
      
   >>  Transcription discs had better fidelity than early tape machines.   
   >   
   > I don't think so.   
      
   ** You don't have a fucking clue.   
      
    ( snip more irrelevant shit)   
      
      
   >>> As but one example, Bing Crosby hated doing his radio show live, which   
   >>> was required by NBC for everyone because no recoding medium could come   
   >>> close to a live broadcast (audiences had complained when it was   
   >>> tried). Tape recorder changed all that, which is both a testimony to   
   >>> it's comparative fidelity and an example of how broadcasting was   
   >>> revolutionized.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>** What planet are you on now ??   
   >>   
   >>  Hi-Fi was never possible in the USA with AM radio.   
   >   
   > I didn't say it was ...   
      
      
   ** Then you are way off topic.   
      
      
   >> > Consumer grade tape recorders became available around 1948.   
   >>   
   >>** Only useful for recording live broadcasts heard on FM.   
   >   
   > Oh piffle.   
      
   ** Fuck you  -  shithead.   
      
   ( snip even more irrelevant shit)   
      
      
   > Tape recordings were also sold but couldn't compete with LP prices.   
      
   ** High speed dubs on 1/4 inch tape sold in the 50s were lo-fi.   
      
      
   >> Long as you did not mind the noise floor coming up by 20 dB.   
   >   
   > With the other choice being the silence..   
      
   **  Of another live broadcast on FM.   
      
      
      
   ....  Phil   
      
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