Universal Vinyl
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My favourite is how he proves sound quality with those piss-poor speakers.
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sinisterduck, Mon 13 Apr 2015, 9:36,
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am I missing something here....
... or can he not just plug the speakers directly into the source?
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I can't tell, but I'm guessing he's serious.
The way that wires conveniently disappear off the back of the table (i.e. you can't see them connecting directly to the turntable) makes me think the contraption doesn't work IRL, and that he's controlling the sound distortion elsewhere.
He hypes himself up as an "artist" on Twitter, but having seen his "comic sans typewriter" video, I think this should be replaced with "cunt".
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Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Mon 13 Apr 2015, 10:55,
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It's worse than that.... it's art.
Although I reckon he could sell a few to idiots.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 13 Apr 2015, 10:57,
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Art is the only explanation
You're not going to get lovely vinyl quality* from a bluetooth source probably streaming a compressed mp3 or the like.
*subjective opinion - I haven't listened to vinyl since 1992 and I have ears of cloth so I have no idea.
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AWPS, Mon 13 Apr 2015, 12:13,
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beyond redemption, beyond the grace of god
*face palm*
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Mon 13 Apr 2015, 12:58,
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I don't quite understand the hating going on, especially given the video description on YouTube - which is easy enough to click through to - says clearly "This video is an overview of the Universal Record, an art project of Jesse England." So. Art project.
As a work of art, trying to analyse what people like about vinyl (he mentions altars) and if that's tied to motion as much as physicality, it's got merit and is quite interesting. It'd sit nicely alongside other electronic and digital installations I've seen.
Even if that weren't the case I think that, as a self-built toy or a first-draft proof of concept, it's neat, and far better than I could do. It's certainly elevator-pitch-worthy, and pointlessness never got in the way of audiophile technologies that people already pay hundreds or thousands of pounds on.
(Am I being too nice?)
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