At home, Steve Jobs listened to vinyl, not iPods

[AppleScruff1]

I'd actually love to see Ive design a turntable, and Apple to sell a classy tube amp to go with it.

Apple would be like Bang & Olufsen. Form over function.

 

[steviem]

Apple would be like Bang & Olufsen. Form over function.

Do I really need to repost the Braun turntable... That's exactly how an apple turntable would be. The Apple Hifi whilst not particularly worth it, was not quite form over function. B&o is more the Vertu than Apple of Hifi

 

[kdarling]

Do I really need to repost the Braun turntable... That's exactly how an apple turntable would be. The Apple Hifi whilst not particularly worth it, was not quite form over function. B&o is more the Vertu than Apple of Hifi

Personally, I was thinking more along the simpler lines of Pro-Ject Audio's RPM Genie turntable, which I think actually out-Dieter'd the Braun design as far as cutting to the bare essentials. It's available in gloss black, red or white:

 

[KnightWRX]

I don't see a reason at all in today's society why we must trade quality over quantity. If you have the space, like a 160GB classic, then yeah! you can fit thousands of songs in uncompressed formats on it. I have something like 50 albums all apple lossless.

Apple lossless is not an uncompressed format. We don't have to suffer uncompressed formats and we don't have to suffer lossy formats. We can have both with ... again ... FLAC/ALAC.

Both offer lossless compression.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Steve was from that time.....

He adored the Beetles and Bob Dylan. Vinyl was the best option.
Many audiophiles find vinyl irreplaceable. Having the original curved sound waves digitally remastered is tampering with pure soul.

 

[AppleScruff1]

This is a turntable.

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Or this: $40K, 245lbs, lead platter.

 

[nissan.gtp]

Meh, many people still use Vinyl today. I'm personally a big fan of the CD.

+1

 

[Neolithium]

Many audiophiles find vinyl irreplaceable. Having the original curved sound waves digitally remastered is tampering with pure soul.

^^This

 

[kdarling]

Those above are indeed nice looking.

As for wood versions, I like this steam-powered turntable someone cobbled together. (YouTube video here)



I'm sure audiophiles will shudder at the horrible background noise

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I grew up on vinyl and vacuum tubes. Still own and use both

So did I.

Finally some one that speaks my language. I'm 31 and in remember that in past people used to have an hi-fi system an listen to vinyl and CD. Today people listen to music in crappy pc speaker and ipod headphones. Most people don't have hi-fi system. That's not evolution!

I remember: saving up to buy albums, the thrill of actually buying (say Pink Floyd's DSOTM), taking them home, savouring the sleeve design and devouring the sometimes detailed sleeve notes that came with some albums, and then taking a vinyl record carefully out of its sleeve for the first time, trying to avoid getting grubby finger-prints on the edge of the disk, gently blowing on it, and even more gently settling it on the turntable, and letting the needle rise and fall as you toyed with the volume controls.....

Meh, many people still use Vinyl today. I'm personally a big fan of the CD.

As am I.

I'd love to listen to vinyl, just as long as they make a player that fits into my pocket....

Well, there is that consideration, I'll grant you. Fair point - it is the usual trade off between convenience and quality......

 

[Mr. McMac]

As much as I love vinyl, I still listen to CD's regularly though these systems.

 

[0098386]

I've also got many things that are vinyl.

 

[doberman211]

Apple lossless is not an uncompressed format. We don't have to suffer uncompressed formats and we don't have to suffer lossy formats. We can have both with ... again ... FLAC/ALAC.

Both offer lossless compression.

Yes, and lossless compression is good enough. All the detail is still there. It would still be a hell of a lot better than what they're offering. Uncompressed audio is useless. Lossless is what people generally mean when saying uncompressed audio. Because there's no data being lost.