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> As has been told, they're the first recording format that was replaced by one with inferior sound. What about records largely getting replaced by 8-tracks a
by ssharp 10y ago
> As has been told, they're the first recording format that was replaced by one with inferior sound.
What about records largely getting replaced by 8-tracks and cassette tapes?
In the long-run streaming services will move towards higher fidelity audio as bandwidth costs decline on both sides. Tidal already offers the option. I also suspect the vast majority of listeners can't even tell the difference between 320 Spotify, 256 Apple, and lossless Tidal, let alone care enough about the differences to switch services.
- chiph 10y agoI don't think tapes replaced LPs so much as supplemented them. With the exception of the car-mounted record player that was an option on some Chryslers[1], the advantages of 8-track and cassette were their ability to take your music with you on the road. I still listen for the "clunk" of the 8-track player changing tracks in the middle of Rush's YYZ.. I think the bandwidth problem of providing high-quality streaming music could be solved by a peer-to-peer system (put your already-downloaded library online for others to listen to). But the record companies would strenuously object -- with good reason, even even if access were controlled via encrypted subscription. [1] http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/04/record-players-were-the-infotainment-systems-of-the-1950s-and-60s/index.htm http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/04/record-playe...