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?

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amatecha 14 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 :\

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kevin_thibedeau 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A little embarrassing when the 1970s technology is better than the 1990s.

	▲	robotresearcher 4 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 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I was about to say, feels more of its time...