| ▲ | mbirth 20 hours ago |
| There seems to be a playlist on YouTube with slightly better quality: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYn090EvNBcinpVcrKNmY... *EDIT:* There's also the CD version somewhere out there. Here's a Reddit post where someone ripped it (but didn't make it available): https://www.reddit.com/r/Neuromancer/comments/1gr7k4n/audiob... |
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| ▲ | ElijahLynn 19 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| thanks, the OP is of lesser quality compared to this one. |
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| ▲ | amatecha 19 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yeah, I took a quick listen to OP -- unfortunately their mp3s are of very poor quality. I heard numerous glitches while listening :( | | |
| ▲ | muricula 17 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think the audio quality gives this recording character. What could be more cyberpunk than hearing the quirky artifacts resulting from ripping an obsolete recording medium? | | |
| ▲ | amatecha 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | No I know but I mean it has actual mp3 encoding errors because the files are getting corrupted over time lol, like it's an issue in the storage medium not the original analog-to-digital conversion :( Examples in the following file http://bearcave.com/bookrev/neuromancer/Tape1a.mp3 : 0:40, 1:04, 1:13, 1:21, 2:18 ... I mean.. the files are basically ruined :\ | |
| ▲ | kevin_thibedeau 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | A little embarrassing when the 1970s technology is better than the 1990s. | | |
| ▲ | robotresearcher 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | ‘Worse is better’ in effect. MP3 trades quality for convenience. Edit: I read above that these particular MP3s are corrupted, so they have a serious enjoyability issue. |
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| ▲ | jszymborski 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I was about to say, feels more of its time... |
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| ▲ | FrustratedMonky 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| In the article there is link to William Gibson, "No Maps for these Territories". That is broken. Is that somewhere else also? |
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| ▲ | IlikeKitties 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| There was a wetransfer link but that expired. Has anyone got a torrent for the CD Version? Or perhaps a reddit acount to contact that OP to get another download for it? If you can make it available i can seed it indefinetly |
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| ▲ | acuozzo 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | I have the CD version, but I stupidly re-encoded it to something like 256kbps CBR MP3 back in 2012. Still, the fidelity is far greater than what was shared here. I can uploaded it somewhere if you'd like. Edit: Here you go: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MvEQd-V3Ma86XMnQYpCa... Please share this far & wide. I have a busy night ahead of me or I'd take the time to upload it to IA. | | |
| ▲ | NKosmatos 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That's why like-minded HN users are here ;-) I uploaded your MP3s to Internet Archive for all to enjoy:
https://archive.org/details/william-gibson-neuromancer-abrid... | | |
| ▲ | acuozzo 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Thank you!!! Can you please edit the metadata to mention that it's from the CD? |
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| ▲ | mapontosevenths 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | The CD set is ISBN 1-57042-156-0. There are two available on ebay, one at ~$2,500 USD and the other (in worse shape) for $450. I think the mp3 might have to do for now. :) Thanks for sharing. | | | |
| ▲ | pdntspa 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | 256kbit CBR MP3 is pretty good for spoken word material | | |
| ▲ | acuozzo 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | Agreed. With that being said, I meant that it was a stupid move from an archival POV. | | |
| ▲ | pdntspa 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Is it though? Voice consumes so much less sonic bandwidth than music. I imagine the codec places extra emphasis on faithfully reproducing voices, since our brains are so wired to perceive them. A 256kbps spoken word recording is going to be a lot higher quality, comparatively, than a musical recording. | | |
| ▲ | acuozzo 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I meant "archival" in an absolute/save-all-the-exact-bits sense. For whatever reason, if someone were interested in knowing exactly which bits were on the CDs, my copy wouldn't suffice. Trust me, I know I wouldn't be able to hear the difference in an ABX test. |
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| ▲ | sneak 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Nah. Even at 128kbps for voice mp3 is completely transparent. Try an ABX sometime. | | |
| ▲ | acuozzo 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I meant "archival" in an absolute/save-all-the-exact-bits sense. Trust me, I know very well that I would not be able to hear the difference in an ABX test, even with incredible equipment. |
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| ▲ | LiquidSky 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Thank you! |
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