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[marko]

fitbrit said...

I am getting old.

and I thought... "ain't we all" and then I got to wondering how old we all were...

I promise this isn't any kind of social engineering exercise. You could also lie, or just not reply

Me? I'm 57 this year. How old are you?

[EnglishTiger]

In a few months time I will be celebrating - The 50th Anniversary of writing my 1st Computer Program, I'm still writing them and probably will continue to do until it's time for me to take pushing up daisies for a living.

I've always believed that Age is just a number which is probably why I'm still as mentally and physically agile/active as I was the day I sat down to write that 1st program. Even though my body will occasionally remind me that this year I will be 74.

[zybex]

As a software engineer, I prefer to express myself in hex: I'm 0x30 

[mark_h]

53

Not sure how that happened  ?

[JimH]

I'm 77, going on 80.

[kr4]

I'm 77, going on 80.

I'm 80, going on 77.

[JimH]

I'm 80, going on 77.

That's what I said.  Small world!

[SamuriHL]

I'll be 49 next weekend.

[Craig]

60 this year and to prove I'm not old I'm doing Lands End to John O'Groats on a bike!

Craig

[JimH]

60 this year and to prove I'm not old I'm doing Lands End to John O'Groats on a bike!

Craig

800 miles?  Hope that bike has an engine.  Send us a postcard.

60 is so young.  Eh, Kal?

[kr4]

Yeah, my daughter is 60. 

[EdBrady]

61. I don't think of myself as old, but the calendar suggests I am indeed!

[HTPC Videophile]

TBH , secretly i was sulking inside that at 47 maybe i was the oldest after JimH in this forum. But now i discover its not so. I'm so very very young. I think i should hop and sprint like a rabbit for a mile or two to celebrate this 

[drfrost]

In a few months time I will be celebrating - The 50th Anniversary of writing my 1st Computer Program...

I too started coding in '72 using Algol 68 on the local "mini computer", which used ferrite ring core (Elliot 903, punch tape and teletypes), and Fortran (WatfIV compiler, CDC6600 mainframe, punch cards).

At 69, deep inside, the 19 yr old me is still wondering wtf happened.

Dave

[lello]

I thought with my 63 years that I was an old man in the midst of many young people, but I am pleased to see that I was wrong

[jmone]

I think they made a movie depicting MC's user base:

[arcspin]

52, but I have stopped counting after 50 ;o)

[Mike...]

Let's lower that average a bit, I turned 41 in January.

[dtc]

73.  Wrote my first Fortran in '64. Built my first amplifier in '70. It was cutting edge, no tubes. Plenty of new things ahead.

[mpffffhhhh]

I thought with my 63 years that I was an old man in the midst of many young people, but I am pleased to see that I was wrong

100% my feelings and my age!

[Matt]

I think as depressing as it is to get old, it really beats the alternative!

[BillT]

70. Only 52 when I got my first copy of JRiver (9).

Never worked in IT, but my first PC was bought in 1980, Sharp PC1211.

[GaryG45]

I'm 76.  I wrote my first program in 1963 in Fortran in an Intro to Computing class in college.  I didn't start programming for a living until 1973. First year college lifestyle, Vietnam, and then grad school delayed me from getting a job.

Gary

[thecrow]

I will be 60 in August.
It surprises me that so many of us are in the same ball park.

[dtc]

I will be 60 in August.
It surprises me that so many of us are in the same ball park.

30 year olds have earbuds and a phone for both music and video and stream everything. Amazon and Spotify and Apple Music are their JRiver.  The paradigm has changed.

[jhbeau]

I've got you all beat! I'll be 85 this year. But remember, age is just a state of mind. Stay young and sharp my friends.

[Craig]

800 miles?  Hope that bike has an engine.  Send us a postcard.

990 by the route we're taking and the only engines are my legs.

PM me an address and I'll gladly send you a postcard assuming :-

A, I make it all the way
B, they have postboxes that far north 

Craig

[Craig]

73.  Wrote my first Fortran in '64. Built my first amplifier in '70. It was cutting edge, no tubes. Plenty of new things ahead.

I just built my first amp, it has lots of tubes

Craig

[JimH]

990 by the route we're taking and the only engines are my legs.

PM me an address and I'll gladly send you a postcard assuming :-

A, I make it all the way
B, they have postboxes that far north 

Craig

Wow!  Enjoy the trip!

[kensn]

56 here...  I too am surprised with the ages of some of the folks...

[HPBEME]

61 here...  with the maturity of a 17yo and the disposition of a 80yo (whoops... no offense intended toward octogenarian MC users  )

I too am quite surprised by all the old... errr... I mean the massive "collective life wisdom" among the members.  Jeez... we could start our dang retirement community!

[xpto]

I just turned 1/2 century old last May.

Glad to see that MC appeals to the most experienced folks. 

[Frobozz]

As a software engineer, I prefer to express myself in hex: I'm 0x30 

I still refer to myself with my CompuServe octal ID number.
And yes, I still have that number memorized.

[dtc]

I just built my first amp, it has lots of tubes

Craig

I am back to a tube pre-amp - 8 6SN7. Yes, they are noisy and you have to replace the tubes, but they do sound good.

[Craig]

I am back to a tube pre-amp - 8 6NS7. Yes, they are noisy and you have to replace the tubes, but they do sound good.

Mine's a guitar amp, it's meant to be noisy

[kr4]

I am back to a tube pre-amp - 8 6SN7. Yes, they are noisy ..........................................

Depends on how old you are.

[dtc]

Depends on how old you are.

The noise is in the measurements, but very few people can hear it. But, the difference in sound between tubes and solid state can be significant, even for my old ears.

[JimH]

I don't think a lot of what people think they hear is real.  We added the Listening Test a few years ago (under Tools) and very few people were able to identify the differences within the higher resolution files.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=107924.0

[jmone]

I had an interesting conversation with a 20ish bloke who loves his vinyl and wants to also build a tube amp because it "sounds better".  What it boiled down to was a "nostalgic" factor that gave him this pleasure, rather than "quality".  Jim, you should add a DSP setting to add pop, wow, flutter, and other analogue distortion but call it something trendy like "Digital to Analogue Warmth"

[dtc]

I don't think a lot of what people think they hear is real.  We added the Listening Test a few years ago (under Tools) and very few people were able to identify the differences within the higher resolution files.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=107924.0

Different equipment sounds different and some people really can hear the difference.   

And, Jmone, vinyl does sound different than digital music and tubes do sound different from solid state for real reasons. For example, they have a lot more even harmonics in it than digital music. You need good equipment to tell the difference, but lots of people can hear the difference.  Maybe your friend needs different equipment. 

Here is a discussion of the issues of odd and even harmonics with tubes and solid state equipment.

https://producerhive.com/ask-the-hive/odd-vs-even-harmonic-distortion/


But, please, let's not turn this fun thread into that discussion once again.

[rec head]

I had an interesting conversation with a 20ish bloke who loves his vinyl and wants to also build a tube amp because it "sounds better".  What it boiled down to was a "nostalgic" factor that gave him this pleasure, rather than "quality".  Jim, you should add a DSP setting to add pop, wow, flutter, and other analogue distortion but call it something trendy like "Digital to Analogue Warmth"

I've looked into plugins to do it but never get them working. Sometimes I just want some analog warmth.

[jmone]

I'm actually not dissing analogue at all.  Once the discussion moved from "quality" to "preference" we were on the same page.

[dtc]

I'm actually not dissing analogue at all.  Once the discussion moved from "quality" to "preference" we were on the same page.

Agreed.

[jmone]

I have a strange fondness for Stereo Wide that was on my 1980's boom box.... and the memories it evokes.

[jmone]

I've looked into plugins to do it but never get them working. Sometimes I just want some analog warmth.

It's not a bad idea to maybe add a "Creative DSP" filter.  I've no idea what the parameters would be however.

[EnglishTiger]

jmone - There is something in the picture of your 80's boom box that had me smiling -= the fact that that manufacturers deemed it necessary to add a 2nd "Loudness" label for the Volume Control 

[rec head]

It's not a bad idea to maybe add a "Creative DSP" filter.  I've no idea what the parameters would be however.

I was looking at tube simulator VST plugins. I never worked that hard to get them to work. It has always been a fleeting memory of a noisy old tube pre I had that gets me to go searching.

P.S. 47 and I have always figured I was at the low end of the forum when I got on with v18. Doesn't seem like I was wrong.

[HPBEME]

47... harrumphhhh... just a whippersnapper

[wilfredjg]

78

[drmimosa]

43, with a 2 and a 3 year old chasing me around.