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lcmgadgets:

--- Quote from: vanrose72 on May 31, 2012, 04:32:41 pm ---I hope this guy's arcade isn't eventually taken down by his significant other (à la Peter Hirschberg's wife).  :'(

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ARGGGHHH!! :hissy:

I didn't know!:cry: I just went looking--when did this happen?!? I've dreamt for years of making a road trip (from here: London, Ontario, Canada). Okay, I'm going hunting for details...
molton:
first of all digital music is still heard in it's analog form, it's not like we hear a bunch of high pitched noise that we convert to music in our brains.

that being said, 128kbps mp3s sure do have that vintage 1996 sound too them  :lol

Rooms full of Arcade machines and vinyl albums have their good and bad qualities, Mame cabinets and hard drives full of mp3's do too, the difference is you don't have to be rich and spend a fortune plus dedicate half your life to a have mame cabinet or a hard drive full of mp3s.  

Not to say that dedicating a lot of time money and energy into something you love isn't worthwhile, it's just that most people wouldn't go to such extremes when amazing alternatives are available.
Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: vanrose72 on May 31, 2012, 04:32:41 pm ---I hope this guy's arcade isn't eventually taken down by his significant other (à la Peter Hirschberg's wife).  :'(

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Yeah? Nothing new on his blog for over two years. And the arcade page is down.
DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: molton on May 31, 2012, 08:22:54 pm ---first of all digital music is still heard in it's analog form, it's not like we hear a bunch of high pitched noise that we convert to music in our brains.

that being said, 128kbps mp3s sure do have that vintage 1996 sound too them  :lol

Rooms full of Arcade machines and vinyl albums have their good and bad qualities, Mame cabinets and hard drives full of mp3's do too, the difference is you don't have to be rich and spend a fortune plus dedicate half your life to a have mame cabinet or a hard drive full of mp3s.  

Not to say that dedicating a lot of time money and energy into something you love isn't worthwhile, it's just that most people wouldn't go to such extremes when amazing alternatives are available.

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Who spends a fortune on vinyl? I get great stuff for next to nothing (sometimes free) and new vinyl is often the same price as a CD. And much of the newer vinyl comes with a digitial copy as well. My copy of Devo's new album (on blue vinyl, natch) even came with a CD copy.

Of course you can't really carry vinyl with you on the road.  ;). MP3s are just fine for that purpose.

As for cabs, you can really search around and spend a lot less than this guy obviously did. The main concerns are space and your electric bill.
tommyinajar:
"The electric bill"- He said he only turns them all on for parties and the like. I think some of the Christmas decorations up in November around here probably dwarf the cost of the few times he has them all on.
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