Another highly interesting question from mel the bell

[Plain Talker 11]

what if i add immigration into the equation??

 

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrm

 

Well, mel, I think you ought to be sacked as a forum member, for omitting the poll-choice of "What would an illegal immigrant call it?"

 

hehehe

[melthebell 865]

AV equipment

 

Stereo - it has two two channel sound

HiFi - it has high fidelity sound

etc...

You wouldn't say "put some music on the Dolby surround sound 5.1" now would you, if you did i'd be one of them laughing.

 

MIDI (? eh) - "MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), pronounced /ˈmɪdi/) is an industry-standard protocol defined in 1982[1] that enables electronic musical instruments such as keyboard controllers, computers, and other electronic equipment to communicate, control, and synchronize with each other." from wiki

 

Mini - refers to the style of enclosure design size

 

I just say, "put some music (tunes / something nice / news / xyz) on".

 

Anyway now I play most music using my DVD unit and TV, or use my PC through a Dolby card connected to an amplifier and various speakers.

 

midis also a form of design style, bigger than a mini........wonder if there was ever a biggy design style??

 

and yeah in the bedroom i play "choons" on the dvd player / tv convo........in fact my new dvd player for the bedroom has a 3 in 1 card reader AND a usb socket for playing music on various forms of media....not just on dvd / cd disc

[RiffRaff 10]

heh, sorry thats funny

 

yeah it just highlights the fact that to us (oldies) even though technologies marched on...our terms for things hasnt? we still have the old favourites that we cant let go of? lol

 

Indeed....

I still refer to new releases as "L.Ps" as well !

[pem123 10]

It were called a 'music centre' when I were a lad!

[pattricia 584]

Earlier on i said i was going to go downstairs to wash the pots........and was going to put a cd on the "hifi"

Now that word......hifi conjures up the early 80s to me

 

Am i really stuck in the 80's?

Is HiFi still the correct term?

if not whats the alternative?

 

alternatives i can thing of are

 

stereo

midi / mini etc (although mine are seperates not midi system)

Music System

Stereogram (lol, so 70's)

 

any views?

just dont care?

 

Shut up fool ! Well you put it in the Poll.!!

[melthebell 865]

shut up fool looks quite popular

[Dozy 11]

You forgot wind up grammaphone.

 

I've still got one of those - the sort that's in a cabinet, with doors that you open to expose the speakers! It's currently buried under a pile of junk, somewhere, but I'll bet it still works.

 

My main source of music is my iPod - used with a speaker dock, so I don't keep getting the headphones lead tangled up in things.

[pattricia 584]

shut up fool looks quite popular

 

:hihi::hihi:

[CorkerSWFC 10]

You will be saying you still use betamax next lol.

[just_words 10]

iPod

 

Could the BBC stop advertising this brand of MP3 player.

[Dozy 11]

Could the BBC stop advertising this brand of MP3 player.

 

 

I dunno - why don't you ask them??

[just_words 10]

They'd ignore me, it's a commercial corporation now, plugs for products on every show.