13 Sep 13
Originally posted by scacchipazzoSo three geniuses named Ray. Ray Dolby, Ray Kurzweil, Ray Scudero. That last one was my best buddy in Jerusalem, also RIP with a brain tumor at the age of 55. Singer songwriter, 600 songs written, luthier, polymath.
Indeed a genius! May he RIP after giving the world a real gift.
14 Sep 13
Originally posted by sonhouseI did not know you were Ray Scudero's friend. Awesome composer. Kurzweil, another genius. Now don't tell me you knew Ray Bradbury!
So three geniuses named Ray. Ray Dolby, Ray Kurzweil, Ray Scudero. That last one was my best buddy in Jerusalem, also RIP with a brain tumor at the age of 55. Singer songwriter, 600 songs written, luthier, polymath.
19 Sep 13
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Originally posted by sonhouseOh yes, I remember it.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/us/ray-dolby-obituary/?iref=obinsite
How many people here remember the dolby sound process?
I have to chuckle when I meet people who talk endlessly about how CDs are very 'flat' compared to records, about the cabling they have just paid £30 a metre for to their speakers, how MP3 downloads are even worse etc.
When I first started listening to music, I had a mono tape recorder with a hand held mike that I had to hold up to the radio.
Then I got a stereo cassette player with dolby. God, did I feel state of the art (thanks Dad)
Today I have an Iphone and Spotify account and a pair of Bose headphones. I doubt the outlay for this in real terms was that much more than for the stereo cassette (as I said, thanks Dad).
I can download almost anything I want in sound quality that was unimaginable when I was a child.
Yet still some people bang on about the sound quality of downloads.
They have no idea.
🙂