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We had this in my house growing up (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 day ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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I was 4 years old, listening to a record on headphones connected to this rig. Leaned too far back, and caught the 1/4 inch input jack on the headphones right in my fucking eyeball.

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[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, I am that old. Yes, I miss physical buttons to play and rewind, along with a decent wheel to adjust volume without fixed steps.

I also miss when placing the speakers separate of each other was the normal and expected behavior. The idea of Stereo.

But above all, I miss dynamic range. And that's not because of the gear, but of the recordings.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Which speakers?

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

The scary part is people are conditioned to like 0 dynamic range now. Dynamics scare them.

Thank goodness we have old recordings where the sound actually mattered and engineers took it seriously!