Favorite AC\DC song.

[Duck]

Like Keendriver says, that is one woman. And that is a fantastic song. The woman is not howling, she is singing. Her name is Clare Tory.

The thing is, that album is useless without all the tracks. It is like and opera, with all the different parts that make up the whole.

She sounds like a dog that ****ed on an electric fence.

I edited that song so it fades out right before that woman starts howling. I kept the original in an archive on a different location on the hard drive but I've gotten used to my edited version.

 

[Racer X 69]

She sounds like a dog that ****ed on an electric fence.

I edited that song so it fades out right before that woman starts howling. I kept the original in an archive on a different location on the hard drive but I've gotten used to my edited version.

Hard drive? So you have those whimpy mp3 files where the lossy compression causes the sound quality to be less than adequate.

Never in a million years will I give up the full High Fidelity Sound that comes with a full recording.

No wonder she sounds like a dog whining from urinating on an electric fence.

You should become an audiophile and find out what your auditory canal has been robbed of.

 

[Duck]

Racer, ... even the version on a CD is lossy. It's digital. You can only get the true original audio signal from a high-quality analog source such as a brand new vinyl record with a properly adjusted needle, or the original reel-to-reel magnetic tape from the recording studio, assuming it's still in mint condition. You would also have to be listening to it with an old vacuum tube amplifier.

MP3 is a lossy format. WAV is uncompressed but is basically the same as a CD. But I have 3,007 MP3 files, totalling 8.66 GB.

On my computer I can access any of those songs in seconds with just a few mouse clicks.

In a moving vehicle, especially an 18 wheeler, you would have to have a very high-quality stereo in order to be able to tell the difference between an MP3 and a CD, and you would have to have it so loud it would damage your ears.

MP3s recorded at a birate of 96 kbps is considered to be "CD quality" by some encoding programs, but I can tell a difference so I encoded all of mine at 128 kbps for years, until bigger hard drives got cheaper and I started encoding them at 320 kbps.

 

[Sinister]

I think you're probably right, Duck. AC/DC is way overplayed, and all the same songs are the same ones everyone is tired of hearing. Even I don't listen to them. Like I said, that's why I look through the rare stuff.

Oh, and having a super high quality recording, or sound system that has to compete with ANY sort of engine noise, is kinda retarded, dontchathink?

 

[Duck]

I think you're probably right, Duck. AC/DC is way overplayed, and all the same songs are the same ones everyone is tired of hearing. Even I don't listen to them. Like I said, that's why I look through the rare stuff.

Oh, and having a super high quality recording, or sound system that has to compete with ANY sort of engine noise, is kinda retarded, dontchathink?

Racer was making a valid point, but I'm sure he was referring to listening at home in an otherwise quiet environment.

 

[Road Dust]

Born To Be Wild.

 

[Duck]

Born To Be Wild.

That was Steppenwolf. Did AC/DC re-do it?

 

[Road Dust]

That was Steppenwolf. Did AC/DC re-do it?

You are absolutely correct. I was thinking of something else and just cant exactly think of it right now, lol.

 

[Sinister]

Racer was making a valid point, but I'm sure he was referring to listening at home in an otherwise quiet environment.

You may in fact be correct, but I was thinking more along the lines of listening in the truck...given that that's what most of us do...most of the time. I suppose if most of your life you had a normal job, you might be more of an authority on having a marshall stack cranked to 11 in your living room...LMAO!

For example, some songs more than other's are more likely to get me a speeding ticket.

For some reason, Gone Shootin' is one.

It has NOTHING to do with vehicles at all, and is said to be about a heroin overdose, but it rules!

 

[Racer X 69]

Racer, ... even the version on a CD is lossy. It's digital. You can only get the true original audio signal from a high-quality analog source such as a brand new vinyl record with a properly adjusted needle, or the original reel-to-reel magnetic tape from the recording studio, assuming it's still in mint condition. You would also have to be listening to it with an old vacuum tube amplifier.

Actually there are vacuum tube stereo systems available new today. Very high end audio. Not cheap. The sound is as close to the real thing as you can get.

MP3 is a lossy format. WAV is uncompressed but is basically the same as a CD. But I have 3,007 MP3 files, totalling 8.66 GB.

Yeah, I have over 5,000 mp3 files, and have them copied on my iPod, which I use in my truck, and take along when I go skiing and hiking, but I have accepted the lower quality as the sacrifice I have to make to have the convenience while on the go.

On my computer I can access any of those songs in seconds with just a few mouse clicks.

There is something about the ritual of slipping an album out of the sleeve, handling it carefully by the edges, placing it on the turntable (not a changer) and setting the needle in the groove, then sitting back in that perfect position with a nice beverage and feeling the music move through the room.

In a moving vehicle, especially an 18 wheeler, you would have to have a very high-quality stereo in order to be able to tell the difference between an MP3 and a CD, and you would have to have it so loud it would damage your ears.

What? Speak up son, I can't hear you.

 

[Duck]

Actually there are vacuum tube stereo systems available new today. Very high end audio. Not cheap. The sound is as close to the real thing as you can get.

Yes. VERY expensive.

Yeah, I have over 5,000 mp3 files, and have them copied on my iPod,...

What's with the hyperlink to Amazon? Did you do that on purpose?

There is something about the ritual of slipping an album out of the sleeve, handling it carefully by the edges, placing it on the turntable (not a changer) and setting the needle in the groove, then sitting back in that perfect position with a nice beverage and feeling the music move through the room.

Can't turn it too loud on my dad's stereo or the bass will make the needle bounce around on the record. His has adjustable needle pressure, and he keeps it adjusted really light so it doesn't wear out the plastic as fast.

 

[Road Dust]

Highway to Hell

That's what I was trying to think of earlier.

 

[Racer X 69]

What's with the hyperlink to Amazon? Did you do that on purpose?

What the hell are you talking about?

There is no hyperlink there.

What have you been smoking?

 

[Racer X 69]

Can't turn it too loud on my dad's stereo or the bass will make the needle bounce around on the record. His has adjustable needle pressure, and he keeps it adjusted really light so it doesn't wear out the plastic as fast.

My turntable sits on a slab of granite, and is nowhere near the speakers.

 

[Road Dust]

I think you're probably right, Duck. AC/DC is way overplayed, and all the same songs are the same ones everyone is tired of hearing. Even I don't listen to them. Like I said, that's why I look through the rare stuff.

Oh, and having a super high quality recording, or sound system that has to compete with ANY sort of engine noise, is kinda retarded, dontchathink?

A really great song can't be over-played.

 

[Duck]

What the hell are you talking about?

There is no hyperlink there.

What have you been smoking?

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[Racer X 69]

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Must be the forum software trying to get you to buy an iPod.

Doesn't show up on my computer.

Light that doobie back up and smoke some more.
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[FAyala78]

They're all excellent songs but I would say Highway To Hell is my favorite.Think i'll watch these guys again tonight.I remember back in the 80s going to the bar and dancing to AC/DC..I dated a guy who was the lead guitar in a band and they were'nt too bad when they played some AC/DC.

I also like that song, never saw the music video. Will have to look it up on YouTube .

 

[Sinister]

"...said now you go your way...and I'll go mine...and that's a start..."

 

[Sinister]

Welp. North American tour dates are announced.

TWO stinking shows in the midwest, both at Wrigley, and tickets are 187.00 each.

Holy crap there's a 915.00 ticket on stubhub!