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boardjunkie:

Who's elders?


nakeworks:

I've heard that the problem with today's audio is that it is digital.  The human brain does not process audio digital well at all.  The analog sounds produced by vinyl are the natural state that is interpreted by the brain and sounds awesome.  From what I've read, an mp3 only carries about 5% of the sound quality of a vinyl.  That said the vinyl has to be played through tubes that have to stay warm with high quality components from the needle all the way to the gold plated wire.  But I'm no expert.  I have a couple doctors that I work with that have $50,000+ sound systems and a room dedicated to listening to music.  I asked them if I could bring over some of my old Social Distortion records and they didn't know what I was talking about. 

I would love to have a bunch of cabs.  Like its been said, MAME is a gateway drug.

vanrose72:

I hope this guy's arcade isn't eventually taken down by his significant other (à la Peter Hirschberg's wife).  :'(

boardjunkie:

All that cork sniffer "gold plated wire" BS is just that....BS. You don't *need* a tube amp to have a great sounding system. Tube amps work very well with compression horn speakers such as Klipsch. The tube amp helps to smooth out the normally "squawky" sound of the horn drivers and really does make a difference. For normal speakers...its really not a benefit.

High end audio is a very slippery road for those who can't seperate the snake oil from reality. Proof that there's a market for just about anything....and someone will be there to buy it who doesn't know any better.

lcmgadgets:

SWEET!

I agree with the bulk of the post(er)s here: If I had the time/money/room, I'd own a HUGE arcade with a MOUNTAIN of dedicated cabs & pins any day over a MAME machine! I've always been as interested in recapturing the 'feel' as much as actually playing the games. I hope my someday-to-b MAME cab does some of that (can anyone tell me: does it?).

& I'm looking at maps & dreaming of making a road trip from here in London, Ontario, Canada, to Wisconsin.


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