What was your first album?

[Superchief]

I also listened to my older sisters albums alot. I am pretty sure the 1st album is bought with my own money was But seriously folks, by Joe Walsh

I was listening to my old James Gang albums the other day and had forgotten how many great songs they had. Each song was unique and innovative.

 

[Superchief]

Smoke on the Water / Deep Purple

I am not sure that this was " the first" album - but it certainly was played until the grooves were worn down .

Deep Purple 'In Rock' was one of my first albums and had the song 'Hush' on it. This was prior to Ian Gillian, but the singer was really good. There were also a few good cover songs, including 'Hey Joe'. I think my first album was either Cream Disraeli Gears or the first Animals album.

 

[Superchief]

I still have my Magnepan speakers. I bought them direct from the factory which is only 10 miles from our house. DW wasn't to happy with having such big speakers in the family room. They still looked much better than the black particle board speakers that I built.

I played in a rock band and had custom made PA speakers from Lawson. These each had 2 12in SRO speakers and a horn and sounded best when played loudly, but had very clear sound. I used them for my stereo. Luckily, I lived in a very sound proof apartment with music loving neighbors.

 

[Superchief]

How about something off the wall?

Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

That is a great album and I loved the 'mirror' cover. Uriah Heep had so many great albums and songs and should be considered for RHOF along with Jethro Tull and Kansas.

 

[jp10558]

For awhile, it was hi-fi, then high end stereo, then quadraphonic/surround sound. Once MP3 players came out, it seems like sound quality didn't matter anymore. People ripped and shared MP3's with low sampling rates, used crappy MP3 players, with crappy earbuds. Players and earbuds got better, but people stopped buying decent speakers for audio, just for their emersive A/V system. Car systems got better too, but there's only so much you can do in one of the worst acoustic environments possible. Of course, with my loss of hearing, high fidelity doesn't matter much unless I remember to put in my hearing aids.

We have gone through the same thing with Videos / YouTube / Streaming too. The amount of people who get excited about 4k or 8k or 12k in cameras is insane given for almost everything outside of maybe a theater is going to be consumed either at a much lower resolution or bit rate or physical size that IMO worrying about over 1080p recording is for spec sheets and not real life. I suppose just like with photos there's cropping after the fact, but you literally could run a few 1080p cameras for different angles and composition for the costs of a decent 8k camera, forget about storage and computer power.

Rant about ill informed bigger numbers better over.