Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
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@swetland unfortunately they're all dying. Even the Hi-MD deck I imported from Japan was started showing issues playing some discs. Idk if it's something to do with the laser components or the recordable mediums degrading, but I fear they won't be functional for many more decades (unlike cassette players, even though the tapes might die, we can make new ones comparatively easily).
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@mcc If I didn't move to a different country like 6 times the answer would be "all of the above". Unfortunately, I moved to a different country like 6 times. All my possessions fit into two 30kg travel cases, a duffel bag, and a camera backpack
@coffee honestly relatable
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@mcc 94% on CD?!
@misty one observation is that there's no NOTA on this, so that means 6% can play at least one other format but not CD
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@misty one observation is that there's no NOTA on this, so that means 6% can play at least one other format but not CD
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@mcc very sad to me that I cannot click "minidisc" despite having several minidiscs in my possession.
@onelson take heart. you can still throw them at people
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(BONUS POLL)
Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
NOTES:
- If the answer is "none of the above" ,click "Show results". We can probably compare the previous poll to judge the significance of the scale of responses.
- Rather than worrying about differences between reel-to-reel formats, answer "reel to reel tape" if you can play at least one reel to reel tape format.
@mcc I have difficulty believing the player piano numbers here... I bought an old busted player piano years ago, thinking, oh, it'll be fun to learn to fix this thing up! But it turns out "fixing up a player piano" basically means "reverse-engineering and rebuilding more than 88 individual custom hand-built wooden bellows" as table stakes, because the rubberized fabric starts leaking air after about 20 years, so even if it was perfectly restored in the 90s, it's fucked now.
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@mcc I hate to admit, but I have a few modern vinyl records simply because I liked the look of them, and have no intention of owning a record player.
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@mcc lol none. Unless a CD in an old XBox 360 with only a TV for audio output counts.
@phil if you have a compatible TV then this counts. otherwise no
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc I can also play MiniDiscs
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@mcc I have difficulty believing the player piano numbers here... I bought an old busted player piano years ago, thinking, oh, it'll be fun to learn to fix this thing up! But it turns out "fixing up a player piano" basically means "reverse-engineering and rebuilding more than 88 individual custom hand-built wooden bellows" as table stakes, because the rubberized fabric starts leaking air after about 20 years, so even if it was perfectly restored in the 90s, it's fucked now.
@SpindleyQ i mean if you're looking for a web forum where people with working player pianos are incidentally present then this is the one, BUT
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@misty one observation is that there's no NOTA on this, so that means 6% can play at least one other format but not CD
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@onelson take heart. you can still throw them at people
@mcc and look so fucking cool while I do it
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
TIL CDs are sometimes called "Redbook". Over 40 years of using them and never heard that before.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc my 8-track is broken right now
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc How on earth is CD beating out vinyl???????????????
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@mcc my 8-track is broken right now
@smellsofbikes sorry to hear it. i imagine most once-functioning units are pretty old now
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@mcc How on earth is CD beating out vinyl???????????????
@christinelove honestly i'm as surprised as you are. i assume it's because nobody on mastodon throws away their old computers
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@christinelove honestly i'm as surprised as you are. i assume it's because nobody on mastodon throws away their old computers
@mcc @christinelove Also a lot of cars still have them.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc I have 4 devices that play music CDs, and none of them are dedicated CD players
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@christinelove honestly i'm as surprised as you are. i assume it's because nobody on mastodon throws away their old computers
@mcc @christinelove hmm, my 2020 car (and all the cars before it, this century) all had CD players. That might skew for CDs?
