Starter of this subject: Charles Sexton
Last post in this subject: 6/7/2001
Messages in this subject: 5
| Charles Sexton | 6/7/2001 5 replies |
| This is just an observation from someone who has been collecting old time radio programs for over 35 years and who is amazed at what is showing up on CDs under the MP3 format. I was scanning otr cds on eBay tonight and ran across an item for a Diamond Rio MP3 player and a collection of over 10,700 shows!!. Starting bid was listed at $269. I currently have over 10,000 shows in my collection but here is an opportunity for a new hobbiest to get as many shows as its taken me 35 years to amass, with a player yet!! Just incredible. I'm starting to get some of these cds, and will probably start to phase out my cassette tape collection, if for no other reason than to same room. When I started collecting, we traded reeel-to-reel tapes with each other (this was before there were any commerical sources available). Some of the people I traded with in those days went on to form a business from their hobby. Then came the switch to the more flexible cassettes and now the incredibly compact cds. I suspect someday everything available will fit on one cd and you could just call up whatever show you wanted. Maybe movie cds will get that advanced some day. Here's hoping. |
| Geoff Loker | 6/7/2001 2 replies |
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Before you look too much at OTR on Ebay, you might want to check out http://groups.yahoo.com/otree or http://groups.yahoo.com/otrftp. These groups both operate on a basis similar to round robins for sharing OTR via MP3.
Also, don't jump too quickly at an MP3 player without looking into the issue of how good it is for OTR. There are MP3 players, such as the Diamond Rio, which require you to download your MP3 files to them, and which have a limited amount of memory for storage. There are now players on the market that will allow you to listen to regular CDs and CD-Rs with MP3 files on them. With these new players, however, most don't operate too well with OTR, since they were designed with music MP3s in mind. By all accounts, the best of the class, so far, with this type of player is the Rio Volt or the AVC Soul Player (I believe). |
| Charles Sexton | 6/7/2001 1 replies |
| Thanks for the info, Geoff. I've been doing some checking and your input really helps. Thanks. |
| Nate Williams | 6/9/2001 0 replies |
| It never ceases to amaze me. I can remember when I was a kid using a wire recorder. If the wire snapped when playing one would just tie a knot in the wire and you were off again. CDs, MP3, ain't science great?? |
| Eric Cooper | 6/11/2001 1 replies |
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Caveat Emptor applies here. As a collector of OTR MP3's, I must note that due to present limitations in how many shows you can get on one CD and also due to technical glitches in how various computer programs convert audio to the MP3 format, you will get widely varying audio quality with some computer generated audio glitches on occasion.
I'm afraid that the MP3 format is not yet ready or at present, designed for, the serious OTR collector, but rather for the newcomer who wants just a few shows or for those of us who just want to listen to some favorites on CD, rather than tape. I would not throw away your Reel to Reel or casette collections away just yet. |
| Bill Bright | 10/14/2001 0 replies |
| having moved to an apartment from a house, and having limited storage space, I donated amy entire otr collection (5700 cassettes) to an interested community college, and started all over again on MP3. I have heard reports of lower quality sound, but so far, having collected over seven thoudsand shows, I'm amazed at just how good they are. A lot of extranous sound has been elimimated, and considering heaven knows what ancient generation is being flogged on casettes or reels, I'm more than satisfied with the medium. Besides, the cd is permanent...tapes will eventually self destruct, altho it will take many years for that to happen. A big consideration is a proper player that will interpret data rather than just music. |