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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9384040" data-attributes="member: 50987">One of my hipster friends and I were at an indie music store here in Portland (where all the local hipsters return every spring to spawn.)&nbsp; My buddy was lamenting about how he couldn't find a record he wanted, I don't remember which one, and how &quot;nobody even makes record players anymore.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; The clerk was all &quot;well, yeah, sound technology has improved a lot in the last half century, dork&quot; and how the sound is so much better on new devices.Well.&nbsp; That was the last straw.&nbsp; My friend went off on a weird rant about how analog sound is actually so much better than digital, the pops and hisses and static really add to the experience, it makes the music more true to the artist's intent...this went on for a while.I wasn't going to get involved, I was content to just stand there with a smirk on my face watching these two nerds argue about MP3 players.&nbsp; But then my friend called over to me, &quot;Analog is just more authentic, right CleverNick?&quot;&quot;Sure, of course,&quot; I said.&nbsp; &quot;Hey Marty,&nbsp; give me a quarter.&quot;&quot;Man you know I don't carry change.&nbsp; Why do you need a quarter?&quot;&quot;I need to use the pay phone.&quot;He spotted the trap right away and just glared at me, saying nothing.&nbsp; So I continued, &quot;I know I have a cell phone in my pocket, but I'm calling (girlfriend, now wife) to set up a date, and I want to sound as authentic as possible.&quot;He continued to glare in silence.&nbsp; If this had been a cartoon, he would have had steam coming from his collar.&quot;Do you find the pops and static from the payphone outside really add to the experience?&quot; the clerk chimed in, smug as ever.&quot;Why as a matter of fact--&quot;&quot;You guys suck,&quot; my friend hissed, and walked away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9384040, member: 50987"] One of my hipster friends and I were at an indie music store here in Portland (where all the local hipsters return every spring to spawn.) My buddy was lamenting about how he couldn't find a record he wanted, I don't remember which one, and how "nobody even makes record players anymore." The clerk was all "well, [I]yeah, [/I]sound technology has improved a lot in the last [I]half century, [/I]dork[I]" [/I]and how the sound is so much better on new devices. Well. That was the last straw. My friend went off on a weird rant about how analog sound is actually so much better than digital, the pops and hisses and static really add to the experience, it makes the music more true to the artist's intent...this went on for a while. I wasn't going to get involved, I was content to just stand there with a smirk on my face watching these two nerds argue about MP3 players. But then my friend called over to me, "Analog is just more authentic, right CleverNick?" "Sure, of course," I said. "Hey Marty, give me a quarter." "Man you know I don't carry change. Why do you need a quarter?" "I need to use the pay phone." He spotted the trap right away and just glared at me, saying nothing. So I continued, "I know I have a cell phone in my pocket, but I'm calling (girlfriend, now wife) to set up a date[I], [/I]and I want to sound as [I]authentic[/I] as possible." He continued to glare in silence. If this had been a cartoon, he would have had steam coming from his collar. "Do you find the pops and static from the payphone outside really add to the experience?" the clerk chimed in, smug as ever. "Why as a matter of fact--" "[I]You guys suck,[/I]" my friend hissed, and walked away. [/QUOTE]

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