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A failed component—like a hydraulic system, boom, or control module—forces a critical decision: repair it or replace it? The wrong choice can lead to safety hazards, prolonged downtime, or unexpected expenses.
When a crane breaks down, the clock starts ticking, and costs pile up fast. A failed component—like a hydraulic system, boom, or control module—forces a critical decision: repair it or replace it? The wrong choice can lead to safety hazards, prolonged downtime, or unexpected expenses.
Here’s a clear guide to help you make the right call.
Prioritize Safety
The first question is non-negotiable: Is the component safe to keep using?
If there’s any chance of failure that could harm workers or equipment, replace it immediately. Parts like load-bearing hooks, hydraulic rams, or slewing gears can hide defects that aren’t visible. If you’re unsure, bring in a technician or contact a crane parts supplier for a professional evaluation.
Evaluate the Part’s Role
Components vary in their impact on crane performance:
Medium-priority parts: Control electronics, sensors
Low-priority parts: Exterior panels, cab fittings
For high-priority parts, replacement is often the best way to avoid extended downtime. For example, if a Grove crane’s hydraulic pump fails, sourcing new Grove crane parts can be faster than a complex rebuild, especially under tight deadlines.
Check the Component’s History
Every part has a finite lifespan. Ask:
Has this part been repaired multiple times?
Is it past its manufacturer-recommended service life?
A component with repeated repairs is a liability. For instance, a slewing ring that’s been fixed twice may cost more to maintain than to replace. If it’s nearing the end of its lifespan, a new part is typically the better investment.
Consider Downtime Costs
Downtime is a profit drain. Repairs might seem cost-effective, but they can take longer than replacements. Key factors:
Availability: A crane parts supplier with Grove crane parts in stock can often ship quickly.
Repair complexity: Rebuilding a boom section can take days, while a new part might arrive in hours.
If your project faces tight schedules or penalties, replacement often makes more sense.
Do the Cost Analysis
Imagine a new part costs $18,000, while a repair is $8,000. Before choosing, account for:
Labor for repair or installation
Shipping costs for heavy components
Lost revenue from downtime
Risk of a repaired part failing again
A repair might save money now but cost more if it fails soon. A new part could deliver years of trouble-free operation.
Check Part Availability
Older cranes can pose challenges. If new parts are unavailable, you can:
Source aftermarket or refurbished Grove crane parts through a crane parts supplier
Pursue a custom repair, which may be less reliable and more expensive
While many Grove crane components are still in production, older models may have obsolete parts. If a replacement isn’t available, repair might be your only option.
Factor in Warranties
New parts often include warranties, protecting you from future issues. Repairs rarely offer this security. If a repaired component fails again, you’re stuck with more costs and downtime. For high-stakes parts, a warranty can justify the higher cost of replacement.
Consult the Experts
Don’t go it alone. Talk to:
Your crane mechanic for hands-on insights
Your site manager for project impacts
A crane parts supplier familiar with Grove crane parts
Their expertise can guide you based on real-world outcomes, helping you avoid costly missteps.
Decision Checklist
Use this quick reference to guide your decision:
✅ Safety concern? → Replace
✅ Repaired multiple times? → Replace
✅ Repair takes longer than replacement? → Replace
✅ Part unavailable? → Consider repair
✅ Repair < 40% of replacement cost and urgent? → Consider repair
✅ Warranty offered? → Replace if covered
Closing Thoughts
Crane parts are costly, but downtime and safety risks are even more expensive. Look beyond the initial price and consider reliability, safety, and project deadlines. A trusted crane parts supplier with expertise in Grove crane parts can simplify your decision with fast delivery and valuable advice.
Choose the option that keeps your crane and project moving forward.
i drove the acura to dayton tonight. i think it needs a front end alignment.
i'll probably take it in to have them do a laser alignment at the tire shop. they're ok. i have done it before using the string method but it's less accurate. still debating whether to check it myself first to see if it's way off
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"When I Kissed The Teacher" by ABBA is a playful and catchy pop song that captures the excitement and innocence of young love. Released in 1976, this track showcases the group's signature harmonies and upbeat melodies, making it a delightful addition to their extensive catalogue and a favourite among fans.
Lyrics: Everybody screamed When I kissed the teacher And they must have thought they dreamed When I kissed the teacher All my friends at school They had never seen the teacher blush, he looked like a fool Nearly petrified 'cause he was taken by surprise
When I kissed the teacher Couldn't quite believe his eyes When I kissed the teacher My whole class went wild As I held my breath, the world stood still But then he just smiled I was in the seventh heaven When I kissed the teacher
One of these days Gonna tell him I dream of him every night One of these days Gonna show him I care, gonna teach him a lesson alright
I was in a trance When I kissed the teacher Suddenly I took the chance When I kissed the teacher Leaning over me He was trying to explain the laws of geometry And I couldn't help it I just had to kiss the teacher
One of these days Gonna tell him I dream of him every night One of these days Gonna show him I care Gonna teach him a lesson alright
What a crazy day When I kissed the teacher All my sense had flown away When I kissed the teacher My whole class went wild As I held my breath, the world stood still But then he just smiled I was in the seventh heaven When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him) when I kissed the teacher (I wanna hug, hug him) when I kissed the teacher (I wanna hug, hug, hug him) when I kissed the teacher (I wanna hug, hug him) when I kissed the teacher (I wanna hug, hug, hug him)
@Spirillen This one played fine though the audio quality had something to be desired, sounded like a 64kb/s mp3, but at least there IS audio on this one.
Yeah I know, but it ain't easy to find good MV from the last century, remember how fast we have moved just within the past teen years and what we had just in 2010.
> If good can get better, then good is not good enough.
@Spirillen I know. I'm 66 now and even when I was young I liked much older music, so my collection goes from classical to techno and everything in between and some of the vinyl I have has been played until it's grey, more of a noise to signal ratio these days.
I'm 50, so even though our music preferences might differ due to our age, I definitely appreciate your perspective. There's nothing quite like vinyl; it offers a richness of sound that digital formats often can't match. Vinyl can capture a wider range of tones simultaneously, unlike the limited frequency range of today's 16-bit media. I also think there's something to be said for the way our ears are naturally attuned to analogue sounds rather than the sharp, digital notes.
> There is an HD remastered copy on YouTube which is much cleaner.
I'm aware of that one, but I don't recall the audio track to be better. If you have the link, I can download it and compare. Alphabet is deliberately blacklisted here for privacy and security reasons. 😉
@Spirillen Not all digital media is 16 bit and actually it's not the bits that is the issue bit the bits per second. 16 bits is sufficient for around 104 Db S/N, that's at least 50db better than the cleanest vinyl. But with 44 Khz sampling the highest frequency you can reproduce is half of that, 22 Khz but because of heterodyning, you get beat notes generated between the audio and half the sampling frequency, so while you can reproduce a 15Khz tone, the result includes a 7Khz beat. The audio industry just decided that there wasn't enough audio energy up there that we would notice, but I notice it particularly with percussion, cymbals in particular, turns a nice metallic resonance into so much white noise. This in my view is the primary advantage of vinyl. A secondary advantage is that digital clips hard, once you're at all one's there is no higher value, but analog tends to clip less harshly, especially old analog tape recorders and tube amplifiers. So recording engineers that didn't account for overhead did less damage to the audio with vinyl than then do with digital. That said, I have some music on DVD's recorded at 192kb/s and 24 bits and the audio quality is excellent.
New this isn't my primary field... but my years for sure the vinyl and my old amplifier over that new scrappy Denon, my 20(5) years old Sony AS50ES beats it in the amplified sound. The major diff I expect is the Sony is build for the analogue segment tape(s) and vinyl while the Crapon is build for digital devices like CD,THX Thanks for the lesson
@Spirillen Marsupilami @Spirillen Well probably worth stating that at one time I held a 1st class radio telephone license, did broadcast engineering, at another worked at a recording studio, and then for a time did sound reinforcement work at live events, and yet another did home electronics repair at Electricraft, a high end stereo store no longer in existence. Today my main sound system consists of an old Radio Shack STA-2000 receiver which is rated at 75 watts per channel but actually measured clips at 104 watts, and JBL-S3811 studio monitors, would prefer something larger and more efficient but space limitations, still these are very flat over a very wide audio range but they are not very sensitive so that 75 watts / ch doesn't make as much sound pressure level as I would like. Secondary system consists of a heavily modified pair of Optimis T100 tower speakers, modifications include ports, originally they were not ported but had a horrid resonance at 60Hz, porting them brought that down to the high 40's, still higher than I would like, changed woofers for woofers with longer throw and bigger magnets, and a Vifa titanium dome tweeter. These don't go quite as low nor are they are flat as the JBLs and they don't have mid-ranges so they are prone to intermodulation distortion, I've got them on an Aiwa receiver that in two channel mode is 170 watts/channel, between that and the speakers being a lot more sensitive they make a lot more sound but not as high quality, primary these are for television / movies. I've got about 500 or so vinyl albums and around 3000 singles (45's) but all heavily worn so most of the music I listen to these days is digital.
One cheeky splash of the secret sauce from Sting and the Police, "Don't Stand So Close To Me," coming right up! Just remember, if you start feeling a bit too close for comfort, it’s not the potion - it’s just the music working its magic!
nanook@friendica.eskimo.com I’ve now listened to s3XCtFHyXq0 and jGj8oM9NUZk, and to be honest, I’m not keen on the sound in either of them. They don’t do justice to the original work by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (#ABBA).
Replacing this #musicVideo would feel wrong in my view, as it should remain true to the original film from 1977.
I admit the image is slightly better in the 4K version, but in my opinion, it’s not enough to warrant swapping it out for the original work.
on a positive note i learned a lot about how to make bridge and dummy virtual adapaters and routing and stuff using NetworkManager and nmcli. fedora 42 deprecated the previous network service and i had this non-standard routing configuration that it couldn't auto-import, so i had to figure a few things out
hope i can be done goofing with servers now. except i left my sister's computer in a half-updated state and just said hit "y" and run this command when the other one is done"
Pretty cool video that shows the effects of the #OceansGate #submersible #implosion. The good thing is -- I guess -- the implosion happened in 20ms. It takes the brain 150ms to respond to anything. So the people inside never knew what happened. #video
I have tried Linux as a DD on and off for years but about a year ago I decided to commit to it no matter the cost. First with Mint, then Ubuntu and a few others sprinkled in briefly. Both are "mainstream" "beginner friendly" distros, right? I don't want anything too advanced, right?
Well, ubuntu recently updated and it broke my second monitor (Ubuntu detected it but the monitor had "no signal"). After trying to fix it for a week, I decided to wipe it and reinstall. No luck. I tried a few other distros that had the same issue and I started to wonder if it was a hardware issue but I tried a Windows PC and the monitor worked no problem.
Finally, just to see what would happen I tried a distro very very different than what I'm used to: Fedora (Kinoite). And not only did everything "just work" flawlessly, but it's so much faster and more polished than I ever knew Linux to be!
Credit where it's due, a lot of the polish is due to KDE plasma. I'd never strayed from Gnome because I'm not an expert and people recommend GNOME to Linux newbies because it's "simple" and "customizable" but WOW is KDE SO MUCH SIMPLER AND STILL CUSTOMIZEABLE. Gnome is only "simple" in that it doesn't allow you to do much via the GUI. With Fedora Kinode I think I needed to use the terminal maybe once during setup? With other distros I was constantly needed to use the terminal (yes its helped me learn Linux but that curve is STEEP).
The atomic updates are fantastic too. I have not crashed once in the two weeks of setup whereas before I would have a crash maybe 1-2 times per week.
I am FULLY prepared for the responses demanding to know what I did to make it crash and telling me how I was using it wrong blah blah blah but let me tell you, if you are experienced with Windows but want to learn Linux and getting frustrated by all the "beginner" distros that get recommended, do yourself a favor and try Fedora Kinoite!
edit: i am DYING at the number of "you're using it wrong" comments here. never change people.
Official lyric video by Taylor Swift performing “long story short” – off her evermore album. Listen to the album evermore album tube.matrix.rocks/w/p/8qfwBo4Y…
Fatefully I tried to pick my battles 'til the battle picked me Misery Like the war of words I shouted in my sleep And you passed right by I was in the alley, surrounded on all sides The knife cuts both ways If the shoe fits, walk in it 'til your high heels break
And I fell from the pedestal Right down the rabbit hole Long story short, it was a bad time Pushed from the precipice Clung to the nearest lips Long story short, it was the wrong guy
Now I'm all about you I'm all about you, ah Yeah, yeah I'm all about you, ah Yeah, yeah
Actually I always felt I must look better in the rear view Missing me At the golden gates they once held the keys to When I dropped my sword I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door And we live in peace But if someone comes at us This time, I'm ready
'Cause I fell from the pedestal Right down the rabbit hole Long story short, it was a bad time Pushed from the precipice Clung to the nearest lips Long story short, it was the wrong guy
Now I'm all about you I'm all about you, ah Yeah, yeah I'm all about you
No more keepin' score now I just keep you warm (keep you warm) No more tug of war now I just know there's more (know there's more) No more keepin' score now I just keep you warm (keep you warm) And my waves meet your shore Ever and evermore
Past me I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things Your nemeses Will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing And he's passing by Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky And he feels like home If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go
And I fell from the pedestal Right down the rabbit hole Long story short, it was a bad time Pushed from the precipice Climbed right back up the cliff Long story short, I survived
Now I'm all about you (and now) I'm all about you, ah (and now) I'm all about you (and now) I'm all about you, ah Yeah, yeah I'm all about you (and now) Yeah, yeah I'm all about you
Long story short, it was a bad time Long story short, I survived
Written by: Aaron Brooking Dessner, Taylor A. Swift Album: evermore Released: 2020
I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five and dime Played it 'til my fingers bled Was the summer of '69
Me and some guys from school Had a band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit and Jody got married I should've known we'd never get far
Oh, when I look back now That summer seemed to last forever And if I had the choice Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complainin' When you got a job to do I spent my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I met you, yeah!
Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that you'd wait forever Oh, and when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life
Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, oh
Man, we were killin' time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever Forever, no Yeah
And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play that old six-string I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that it'd last forever Oh, and when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life
Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah Me and my baby in '69, oh, oh
It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 (Yeah)
Written by: Bryan Adams, James Douglas Vallance Album: Reckless Released: 1984
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Sprunki Game stands out as a bright gem in the colorful world of entertainment, combining musical art and limitless creativity. This is more than a game; it's a journey of self-discovery through rhythm, melody, and emotion. Players will be captivated from the start by the vibrant world of sounds, unexpected surprises, and the opportunity to become a digital musician capable of creating unique music with a strong personal mark.
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Chogha Zanbil, in southwestern Khuzestan province, is one of the few remaining and best-preserved ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia, offering a rare glimpse into pre-Persian civilization.
2022 (p)&(c) Mach1 Records GmbH & Co KG All music tracks are produced by Reinhard Raith, Henning Reith and Wolfgang Boss for voodoo music GmbH Crazy Frog (The Annoying Thing) character is created by Erik Wernquist All videos directed by Sigfrid Söderberg and Andreas Wicklund and produced by Kaktus for Mach 1 Records Gmbh & Co KG
1/2) A miniatures company is offering a reprint of the 1974 Starguard SciFi miniatures skirmish game rules, with four packs of miniatures (human and alien) so you can stage battles right away.
In California, solar panels on farms generates 25 times more revenue than crops. Solar panels on California's Central Valley farms generate an average of $124,000 per hectare annually, a lucrative practice that already powers 500,000 households while saving enough water for 27 million people a year. Some farmers are doubling up, growing shade-loving crops beneath panels or grazing livestock, creating wildlife habitat while maintaining food production. grist.org/climate-energy/farme… #ShareGoodNewsToo
Belarus signed a record number of contracts at the international arms and defense technology expo MILEX 2025, Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus Dmitry Pantus said.
They once wanted to fix the world, now they just want to destroy it. Shitlibs used to think they could fix any country with good shitlib principles and magical governance. Now, under a steady diet of feces, they just want to destroy it and spread shitlibbing and child-fucking. LLMs have easy access to old shitlibs views, including Free Trade, Medicalization and Immigration being code "White Supremacy" and tools of capitalistic oppression. So it's going to be harder for shitlibs to pretend they never held former beliefs.
A new study has shown that subtle variations in a person's heart rate may provide clues about the likelihood of future cognitive decline, potentially providing a valuable new test for cognitive problems that would be quick and easy.
According to the newspaper, the vessel was carrying 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 with calcium carbide. There is a threat of fuel spillage, presumably, the ship overturned due to the flooding of one of the holds.
The older and more experienced I get, the more I realize that the Islamic framework of thinking (i.e. maqāṣid al-sharīʿa) is the most appropriate, most rational, and most beneficial tool of resistance for humanity. #islam #decolonization
No, you don't know. None of you said happen where I live during my lifetime. Nor in my parents, grandparents, great grandparents' lifetime. You are the one blabbering fiction.
And if you don't want to learn and cure your ignorance, then we don't have any need for a conversation.
@إحسان أريسوانتا The truth is not with you. There is a problem with lack of truth in the world, Leftist universities will say Sharia Law absolutely forbids honor killings, yet, they are in the news daily. This is not unique to Islam, for example if you ask a Jew if they would shoot a child they would say no, while they commit genocide against Palestine, and certainly historically the Christians aren't innocent either, the Spanish Inquisitions for example, but unless we stop lying about what our religions do and stop supporting the abhorrent actions people partake in in their name we are doomed as a people to continue to suffer. Not suggesting agnosticism either but given that faith is a matter of belief, I don't believe something that can't be supported on the basis of physical evidence should be coded into law. Laws should prevent harm from one part to another and that's it, not enforce any religious doctrine or dogma as the case may be.
This is the difference between #DeltaAirlines and other #airlines. Seriously. This is why I gladly pay more money to fly with them. Because #Delta #pilots and #FlightAttendants are cut from a different cloth. It's in the Company, the leaders, the people, and the Company's DNA.
I've seen pilots and flight attendants do this on most of my flights I've seen them take the same approach where something has gone tits up numerous times.
And it's also what keeps me coming back for more.
Because even when Delta fucks up (and they do), as a customer they have banked so much goodwill with you that you're willing to cut them some slack and move on.
SANAA, May 25 (YPA) - Sanaa-based armed forces of Yemen renewed on Sunday targeting Lod Airport, known by Ben Gurion in occupied Jaffa area of Palestine.Military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sarie explained in a news statement that the missile f
Netanyahu says „Free Palestine is just today's version of Heil Hitler” — on the same day it has just become illegal in Germany to ask “Have we learned nothing from the Holocaust?” in regards to Palestine, as German courts deemed it trivialization of the holocaust.
On Monday, the Politico website published an analysis under the headline “Why has Elon Musk disappeared from the spotlight?” It found a sharp drop in the number of times that Trump posted about Musk on his Truth Social platform, from an average of four times a week in February and March to zero since the start of April.
In addition, White House officials no longer fill their social media feeds with Musk-related content. Reporters seldom ask about him at the White House press briefing. Members of Congress are giving his name a wide berth.
Musk seems to be taking the hint. This week, the Tesla chief executive confirmed that he had reduced his role as the unofficial head of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to just two days a week, and will also cut his political spending substantially – the latest public signal that he is shifting his attention back to his business empire amid growing investor concerns.
The president’s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump’s term but is now pulling back from politics – and Republicans want to keep it that way
Havana, May 22 (ACN) Uganda is an African nation taking part of Cuba’s Exposur 2025 international trade fair looking forward to the diversification of commercial relations with Cuban state-run and private businesses.
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When working with Go in an industrial context, I feel like dependency injection (DI) often gets a bad rep because of DI frameworks. But DI as a technique is quite useful.
Freed Israeli captive Naama Levy describes to a rally the terrifying moments when Israeli bombs shook the ground and collapsed part of the house she was in, putting her life in danger.
Federated Services are services which many instances form a network to provide a greater whole than the sum of their parts, each participant in the Fediverse is an “instance”. A message or other item made available on one instance is visible and available on other instances.
We make these services available to all people who do not abuse it in order to promote the values of Free Speech, and those of the United States Constitution First Amendment. A free republic is not possible without free speech and commercial mainstream media do not provide it. We also get some advertisement benefit from hosting these, it is our hope that people who see how fast and responsible our services are will decide to do hosting or use other paid services here.
There are numerous federated services available, we offer Macrobloging platform Friendica, Hubzilla; Microbloging services Mastodon, Misskey, a federated search engine, Yacy, and a federated cloud service, Nextcloud.
Macrobloging services are message systems that allow long form posts similar in format to Facebook. These allow for works of fiction, poetry, technical papers, news items, short stories, and more. These formats are most useful for discussion of social issues.
Microbloging services allow only short form posts similar in format to Twitter. While you can link to larger articles elsewhere, you have a relatively short character limit and so can not post them directly.
Censorship, is handled much different on the fediverse than on mainstream media like Twitter or Facebook. On the fediverse, each individual instance is responsible for content available on that instance, but does not censor the rest of the network. Thus if you find the rules of one instance too constraining you can move to another.
Federated search engines are analogous to federated message systems in that each instance chooses what portion of the internet it wants to crawl. When you enter a search term, the local instance queries all of the federated instances, collates and sorts the results and presents them to you. As with messages, each instance can have it’s own censorship policies but no one instance can censor the entire network.
Given the wild-west nature of the fediverse, it is probably not suitable for children under 14, and you’re guaranteed to find some material that will offend virtually everyone. With federated search engines, material that is inappropriate will usually be flagged sensitive or nsfw (not safe for work) so as long as you don’t expand material marked as such, you can avoid this sort of material. There are occasionally people who violate these rules, we do our best to remove such individuals none the less some will get through.
We offer the following federated services:
Friendica.Eskimo.Com Friendica is a decentralized long format macrobloging message network. It is similar in format to facebook however there is no centralized censorship. Also, it is able to federate with all other federated message systems which use ActivityPub protocol and also we have extensions that allow it to speak to several other networks via other protocols.
Hubzilla.Eskimo.Com Hubzilla is similar in message format to Friendica in that it allows long posts. However, it specializes in it’s ability to provide connectivity to multiple protocols and so we include it in our mix of federated services primarily for the better connectivity it offers. Hubzilla provides a great deal of interoperability between many networks though ActivityPub is still it’s primary protocol. Hubzilla gives you a greater degree of control over privacy than some of the other networks. You can create private channels that are served between hubzilla instances and other compatible instances.
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Ruth Tucker's prayers have been answered after 74 years. Her brother's remains have been identified and will return to Woodland to be buried by his mother.
Ruth Tucker's prayers have been answered after 74 years. Her brother's remains have been identified and will return to Woodland to be buried by his mother.ht...
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Nanook
in reply to Spirillen • •Spirillen
in reply to Nanook • • •Yeah I know, but it ain't easy to find good MV from the last century, remember how fast we have moved just within the past teen years and what we had just in 2010.
> If good can get better, then good is not good enough.
Nanook
in reply to Spirillen • •Spirillen
in reply to Nanook • • •I'm 50, so even though our music preferences might differ due to our age, I definitely appreciate your perspective. There's nothing quite like vinyl; it offers a richness of sound that digital formats often can't match. Vinyl can capture a wider range of tones simultaneously, unlike the limited frequency range of today's 16-bit media. I also think there's something to be said for the way our ears are naturally attuned to analogue sounds rather than the sharp, digital notes.
> There is an HD remastered copy on YouTube which is much cleaner.
I'm aware of that one, but I don't recall the audio track to be better. If you have the link, I can download it and compare. Alphabet is deliberately blacklisted here for privacy and security reasons. 😉
Nanook
in reply to Spirillen • •Spirillen Marsupilami
in reply to Nanook • • •Nanook
in reply to Spirillen Marsupilami • •Nanook
in reply to Spirillen • •@Spirillen Funny, this reminded me of another song by Sting / Police, Don't Stand So Close To Me.
Spirillen
in reply to Nanook • • •Spirillen
in reply to Nanook • • •As per request The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
If you stumble upon a better recording of ABBA, I’d be chuffed to swap this one out! We love it best when it sounds its absolute finest!
Nanook
in reply to Spirillen • •Spirillen
in reply to Spirillen • • •nanook@friendica.eskimo.com I’ve now listened to
s3XCtFHyXq0andjGj8oM9NUZk, and to be honest, I’m not keen on the sound in either of them. They don’t do justice to the original work by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (#ABBA).Replacing this #musicVideo would feel wrong in my view, as it should remain true to the original film from 1977.
I admit the image is slightly better in the 4K version, but in my opinion, it’s not enough to warrant swapping it out for the original work.
s3XCtFHyXq0= 4KjGj8oM9NUZk= HD