tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post8891268908819306159..comments2023-08-25T17:30:36.937+05:30Comments on Business Musings: Bye Bye NipperRameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-12840840334090256282013-04-03T21:06:14.692+05:302013-04-03T21:06:14.692+05:30@Kiwi - I'll put in a word :)
@N - Please say ...@Kiwi - I'll put in a word :)<br />@N - Please say no to the Korean rubbish and buy the young lad a Ducati instead :):)Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-57490980325734965472013-04-03T21:02:06.582+05:302013-04-03T21:02:06.582+05:30@Ravi - Stop quibbling. LP, shellac record, same s...@Ravi - Stop quibbling. LP, shellac record, same same :):)Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-24794874751529682292013-04-03T10:19:50.769+05:302013-04-03T10:19:50.769+05:30Ramesh the LP was invented in 1945...Ramesh the LP was invented in 1945...Ravi Rajagopalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17321251570712041230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-36548878354704693192013-04-02T11:27:34.525+05:302013-04-02T11:27:34.525+05:30Ha Ha! Got the leathers, got the LPs no luck yet ...Ha Ha! Got the leathers, got the LPs no luck yet with the Ducati. Have to settle for a cheap Korean replacement (Hyosung GV650 Cruiser, subject to the better half approving the mid life crisis redemption purchase)The Million Milerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613846231988591032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-77929416792510816572013-04-02T08:20:17.512+05:302013-04-02T08:20:17.512+05:30@Sanjay - True. Tapes and VCR have the same allur...@Sanjay - True. Tapes and VCR have the same allure, although I dare say LPs will live longer than either of them.<br /><br />@sriram - Didn't do much of recordings and exchange of tapes; so can't relate to that, although quite a few people I know did. Like the way you have photos of everything !<br /><br />@Kiwi - I can imagine you in leathers, driving a Ducati, listening to LPs, ........<br /> Ha Ha<br />Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-23326068650626261642013-04-02T02:26:28.664+05:302013-04-02T02:26:28.664+05:30you simply can't beat the sound quality of Vin...you simply can't beat the sound quality of Vinyls! I have (Had?) about 200 of them (From Tchaikovsky to Pink Floyd and anything else in between. I have pretty much the same collection on Cassette tape and on CD and on on Digital format. Yet it is the vinyls/LPs that stand out in terms of quality. Had an old LP record player at home and later upgraded to a Technics player.The Million Milerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613846231988591032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-46799478638674263252013-04-01T22:15:01.116+05:302013-04-01T22:15:01.116+05:30Yes, Ramesh, there are many who simply love such o...Yes, Ramesh, there are many who simply love such old stuff ... And, following up on Sanjay's remark, it is a pleasure to listen to the old "mixtapes" from the 1980s and 1990s--the tapes where my friends or I or the woman I was married to had spent time to record songs and then share as gifts.<br />Recently, I emailed the photo of the case of one such mixtape from a friend ... with all the song titles and artist names in her handwriting. Launched her on a nostalgic path ...<br /><br />BTW, here is a photo, from two years ago, of my turntable setup soon after I bought that Doris Day LP :)<br />http://goo.gl/1xBoh<br /><br />The nostalgia does not mean in any way that I think that everything olden is golden. No sir, I am happy not to go back in time :)<br /> Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-60177670460236556012013-04-01T20:16:21.760+05:302013-04-01T20:16:21.760+05:30Ramesh
In similar vein, I would say VCR/Tape Recor...Ramesh<br />In similar vein, I would say VCR/Tape Recorders and its casettes are collectibles today. Gosh I still remember the top and front loading machines. I think the earlier STUFF were more HARDWARE driven and today everything is SOFTWARE driven... For me I like the earlier era... it was fun once in a while to open the box and try to repair it... (In the end I screwed my tape recorder much to the agony of my parents)... But I enjoyed it :)<br />Sanjay Balachandranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962362448349011124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-27124428903935309142013-04-01T09:33:43.453+05:302013-04-01T09:33:43.453+05:30@sriram -Et tu ?? Is the whole world populated by ...@sriram -Et tu ?? Is the whole world populated by LP enthusiasts ? And Ravi has not even commented as yet - he the LP nut.<br />Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-90959818563572012752013-04-01T03:30:44.308+05:302013-04-01T03:30:44.308+05:30Hey, a couple of years ago I bought myself a LP pl...Hey, a couple of years ago I bought myself a LP player--perhaps as a therapy while going through the divorce!!! It is more than a LP player though--a table top device that is also a CD player, a tape player, and a radio. Works really well, and has an awesome old style appearance. I didn't have the money to buy the version that could make MP3 files out of the vinyl music. I am on a tight budget, not because I am a cheapo ... hehe! Every once in a while I swing by the local Goodwill to scan for LPs--they typically cost 99 cents, sometimes even lower than that ... somehow playing the LP while drinking freshly brewed coffee becomes an infinitely rich experience ...<br />Seriously, if you are interested, it appears that there are a lot more models now: http://www.crosleyradio.com/Turntables<br /><br />Oh, btw, two years ago, I even blogged about a rather funny experience when I bought LPs at Goodwill:<br />http://sriramkhe.blogspot.com/2011/08/beauty-at-checkout-no-not-what-you.html<br />Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-66606552857613423182013-03-31T15:55:14.876+05:302013-03-31T15:55:14.876+05:30Wow. I hadn't realised that there was such a g...Wow. I hadn't realised that there was such a gramophone history in the family of the kiddos who have commented :):)<br /><br />@Sandhya - There's your solution from Deepa !. Lovely expression - the mind wants to move on and then feels guilty about it. Very nice.<br /><br />@Deepa- Oh those LPs will soon have nothing but antique value. But I am awaiting the dada of LPs, Ravi, who is a regular commentator on this blog to add his view. He owns a whole house full of LPs !<br /><br />By the way I thought you are still a toddler :):)<br /><br />@Asha - Down memory lane - the old LP shop, the scratches on LPs producing apaswarams, the square brown briefcase ...... Waaaah.Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-7956913616467741042013-03-31T12:36:22.355+05:302013-03-31T12:36:22.355+05:30oh, this post sends me down memory lane too. My gr...oh, this post sends me down memory lane too. My grandpa had a portable set which he brought from Germany. It was like a square small briefcase brown in color. I used to go with my dad on his bullet to buy the LP records for my grandpa's gramophone. The store was next to Koshy's @ B'lore.( i doubt if it still exists) The logo which you have put here adorned the name plate of the store. I have heard the dog(did'nt know his name then) used to listen to his master's voice through the gramophone and hence the company got the name. I remembering even breaking a LP record. it was like a plate. Any scratches on the plate and it used to give a apaswaram sound.<br /> <br />Ashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853943313848326731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-39449048307934588152013-03-30T22:55:28.141+05:302013-03-30T22:55:28.141+05:30@Sandhya- look for a Philips electronics service s...@Sandhya- look for a Philips electronics service station. My dad has a table top too and touchwood its still alive and kicking! (after this post I've realized, we would be in a mourning if something happened to it). Anyways, our needle was broken too, so the Philips guys not only fixed it for us, they gave an extra needle as well.<br /><br />@Ramesh- count me in, in your nostalgia and pensive mood. The logo is one of the first things I must have started recognizing in my toddler days. All the more reason to cling on to our treasure trove of LPs now.Deepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149267172223745802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-40635539404904241882013-03-30T20:18:48.753+05:302013-03-30T20:18:48.753+05:30Ramesh
there are many other beautiful nostalgic p...Ramesh<br /><br />there are many other beautiful nostalgic posts that you have written, each a memory to cherish by itself (leave aside their subject).<br /><br />My Grandfather had a beautiful gramaphone and had many records. and he had a cupboard full of books on astrology. those were his most cherished possessions all life. Just before he passed away, he gave them both to me as i was the favourite of his 30+ grandchildren. the cupboard stayed with me for many years, but then, since i wasnt using them, i donated them to an aspiring astrologer with a very heavy heart, but it is better is useful rather that it being decorative. i still have the gramaphone and all the records. but the needle is broken and no one sells gramaphone needles now. not sure, how long i would hold this physical memory....<br /><br />The human mind is quite paradoxical. it wants to keep moving on and then, keep feeling guilty about the choice to move on. but then, your way of remembering many of these in the virtual world is possibly a nicer alternative.<br /><br />Sandhya Sriramnoreply@blogger.com