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   From: IainNG@kolumbus.fi   
      
   "Patrick Turner"  wrote in message   
   news:ab2ca07c-bbad-421a-9855-3498e29c7a70@q14g2000prh.googlegroups.com...   
   On Jun 15, 4:57 am, flipper  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Now we have rap and a whole pile of "musical" noise which is best left   
   >unpurchased and un-listened to in order for sanity to prevail.   
      
   Patrick, you sound like a grumpy old pensioner, repeating   
   the complaints of older people of at least three generations.   
   I can remember my gradfather telling me how his parents   
   had tried to forbid him from dancing the charleston:-)   
      
   But then, a generation later, he told my father not to listen to   
   "that fearful racket" (jazz). My father in turn asked me,   
   "What do you hear in that rubbish" (he was referring to   
   Elvis Presley: "All Shook Up")   
      
   >Great   
   >fidelity though. Perfectly re-produced shit. All those digital effects   
   >such as altering a singer's pitch to make then sound like they are not   
   >off key are conveyed perfectly to us.   
      
   Digital technology has given us post production tools that were   
   previously only dreamed of.  So why should we not use then? I   
   agree that there is no technical substitute for talent.   But then,   
   in general terms, the level of acceptance of the public is pretty   
   low. That's a fact of life.   
      
   >The consumers of big cities   
   >never really socialise with anyone around and rarely go to concerts -   
   >too much fear, anxiety, distrust and alienation.   
      
   I don't know where you live, but in this city of 500 000 people,   
   concerts are well attended, and people queue up to support   
   live performances.   
      
   Here in the EU great emphasis is placed on music, arts and   
   culture.  Every time I visit Prague (Czech Republic) I am amazed   
   by the number of concerts etc. Last time I was there, I had a   
   choice of fifteen classical/baroque/light music concerts, and that   
   was on a Wednesday night! Every second young person is   
   carrying a violin case.- They can't all contaon Thomson machine   
   guns!!   
      
   >And the majority   
   >still does not mind crap sound.   
      
   The use of CD of in cars, and the prevalence of mp3   
   players with ear-buds have probably lowered the standards   
   of expectation.  Also, few people these days have a   
   dedicated listening room - music has become like wallpaper   
   so that to many people "listening" is a secondary task while   
   they do something else.   
      
   But I wonder if that really matters, as long as they listen   
   and enjoy the process.   
      
   >Walker may have sold 96,000 Quad-II   
   >amps, but how many millions of ppl became aware of Quad products and   
   >didn't buy them?   
      
   Don't you think  that sales of 96 000 units was a   
   remarkble achievement at that time?  Quad had   
   an enviable reputation.   
      
   There seem to be no comparable figures for the other   
   major UK manufacturers, Leak, Radford, Armstrong,   
   Bradmatic, Bryan, Clarke and Smith, Kerr McCosh etc   
   etc etc.   
      
   Iain   
      
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