On the audible.com comment I have the same problem, I prefer books on digital format and can't bring myself to buy a digital copy of a book about analog. Real books are great, but they take up way too much space (i have a small place), new hardcovers are going for like $35 these days, I always lose my page, its less convenient to fall asleep with a book in bed than your phone, and most recently my 1 year old puked on a $35 hardcover i just bought and was reading (but he stays out of my record collection thank goodness). Also, I tend to only read books once and don't see the point in keeping them around vs. records which i'll listen to repeatedly over decades. Maybe i'll just suck it up and by the digital version of this analog book.
On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Jim S. <ja...@simeri.me> wrote: > Tony: I am in agreeance. > > And there's more. He writes about the return of the written journal, i.e., > the moleskine, the return of film over digital photography, the return of > the retail store, the return of the analog watch, and I think there's going > to be some business about fountain pens coming up. I don't know for sure, > as the irony of this is that I'm listening to the book on audible.com so > I don't have the table of contents. > > > On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 12:20:13 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote: >> >> I prefer records and friction shifting. Records are just what I grew up >> with - same with friction shifting on the Schwinn I rode back in the day. I >> have CDs, stream music, and am fine with the index shifters some of my >> recent bikes have had. And yet, there is a sense of grace and connectedness >> to my Sam of the Hills Borne with friction shifting. I like starting off >> from a stop standing up with hands at the front of the albastache bar, >> sitting back in the saddle, hands sliding back and upshifting to get back >> to speed. How many times have I done this? - the simple enjoyment never >> gets old. >> >> Records kept clean and stored well are a similar pleasure. I understand >> the reason people like the new reissues on 180 gram vinyl, but I'll look >> for an original pressing, *with* the original inner sleeve >> thank-you-very-much. To the other comments about hi fi - I tend towards the >> British and PRAT. >> >> Tony >> >> On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 7:29:46 AM UTC-7, Jim S. wrote: >>> >>> I have been reading a new book that might be of interest to group >>> members: *The Revenge of Analog *by David Sax. So far, the author has >>> discussed the revival of vinyl records just when it appeared that the MP3 >>> had conquered vinyl forever. I think he's going to take it to other areas >>> as well. >>> >>> I see parallels between a preference for vinyl records and a preference >>> for friction shifting, among other things. (It could be that I just spend >>> too much time thinking about bikes.) >>> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbw-owners-bunch/f0-d0YZNVO4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
