Sam Iglesias on Warpcast

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starting to get over vinyl. what someone should make are little coaster-sized chips with album art on them so a device can look up the album and stream it instantly in lossless. would evoke the tactility of manually selecting music without taking up a bunch of space.

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update! looks like an enterprising maker created exactly this a year ago https://youtu.be/-jGWjFR936o?si=KfMWfN1liWE52oGT

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Colleague emailed me saying that he’d made something similar https://twitter.com/atn/status/1219541035329585152

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For many people the big cover art is part of the charm, but also you must to remember: a lot of modern music on vinyl is mastered better than the digital version. A Minidisc or a simple CD/SACD would a better option if you still want to have a physical media.

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Though one might argue the size of the vinyl artworks is part of the appeal, seeing the album art, so large irl is one of my favorite bits of it anyway

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isn't the acoustic profile of vinyl also something people want? or not really?

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OT but this song always gets me https://youtu.be/0Gkhol2Q1og?feature=shared

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For me personally: the constraints are what make it a unique, preferrai experience. They're big so I can't own too many: just S-Tier music that works for group listening. I can't skip tracks, so I'm forced to listen to the whole thing, I discover and love albums more fully on vinyl than more convenient mediums.

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I think Marco Arment did something like this with NFCs and a Raspberry Pi a few years back, discussed on atp.fm.

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There's something very similar but for kids: https://us.yotoplay.com/

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Super cool idea. I hold off on buying vinyl at a lot of concerts strictly due to the size. That said, I'm also a sucker for special pressings and definitely appreciate records as a design artifact (die-cut covers, lyrics sheets, posters, gatefold artwork, etc.)

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Since the cover art would be smaller compared to vinyl, these chips would need to offer utility beyond just playing music on tap. Maybe they unlock exclusive content like bonus tracks or behind the scenes material. They could also be programmable in some way, example: allowing users to change sequence of songs.

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HitClips would like a word

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Dig this concept, 2 add on ideas 1 - Pair with a mobile app that scans album art and adds album/song to playlist. 2 - generate pack of coasters based on a playlist. Customer buys coaster pack. What the flac? ;-)

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french team tried this 10 years ago. it's a tough one. they ended up moving on. https://youtu.be/bQiS3ZJLE1o?si=v63rm0eMpaKY7Dqb

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