We've only just begun.

[Andrew]

I don't know my azimuth from my elbow either. I fully appreciate the quality issue in listening to the shared shows now, but I really hope the fact that the recording quality at the time was of secondary importance to the sounds that came out of the crappy equipment some of us had (still have) and that this is recognised at some point in the archiving process. I've got tapes that are so poor quality-wise (both in reception and "editing") that I can't imagine anyone else would want to hear.I know every second of them and to me they are priceless.

btw Alan, the old conundrum, attic or loft? Mine's a loft. My box is going back up there soon due to daughter's complaints of "why is it under my bed?"

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Alan Ford <ford.alan@...> wrote:
>
> Can I just venture an observation about 'lossless' formats?
> Most of our shows come from FM radio broadcasts with varying reception
> quality, are taped onto C90's of varying quality, left in the attic for 20
> years, ripped to FLAC files by people who don't their azimuth from their
> elbow (ie me), then converted to MP3.
> I don't know how much is 'lost' between FLAC and MP3, but I'm guessing not
> as much as has already been lost.
> Having said that - of course I have kept the FLACs for all my rips, and the
> tapes are safely back in the attic.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Alan