Coke and Diet Coke Explains the Difference between Digital and Analog!

[mep]

I have memories of one particular day and those bottles. Was in town with my Grandpaw on a summer day of 99 degrees. In the hot and humid south. Waiting out in front of the store he was in I was sure wishing I had a dime as there was one of those machines right there with the small glass bottled Cokes in it. Was my lucky day, I walked up and down the curb and found a dime. That ice cold Coke sure did taste good.

I have lots of those memories of going into the corner store as a kid on a hot summer day with a dime burning a hole in my pocket and buying one of those cokes! I think regular Hostess products were $.12 at the time and the Hostess pies were a whopping $.15.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Sorry Tim. It just came to me today and I thought it was funny. If others see the humor, great. If not, this thread will die a quick death. I hope you can see some humor in it. Just remember, I am a big DSD fan.

Yeah. If I started a thread entitled "Fresh spring water and Soda Pop explains the difference between digital and analog," and went on to draw an analogy as obvious and predictable as the one you drew, I'm sure you'd think it was hilarious. Just remember, I love tube guitar amps.

Tim

 

[microstrip]

As I am not a coke appraiser I would rather prefer debating analog versus digital using wines - digital is like Bordeaux, analog is a Bourgogne.

BTW, the Metronome Calypso Reference I am now using makes the Bordeaux very drinkable ...

 

[microstrip]

of course, someone can be forgiven for not knowing that classic coke is NOT the formula coke was before they pulled their very carefully and well thought out stunt....discerning tastes know better.... aha ahah ahha aha and, its all in the mix!

Tom,

Interesting, Should we really consider that the current classic coke is a remix, not a distortion of the original formula? Can we consider that drinking from a aluminum can is a distortion compared to the pure taste of drinking from a glass bottle?

 

[mep]

Tom,

Interesting, Should we really consider that the current classic coke is a remix, not a distortion of the original formula? Can we consider that drinking from a aluminum can is a distortion compared to the pure taste of drinking from a glass bottle?

Not to mention that if you shake the coke before you open it, it will have a harmonic spray when the cap comes off.

 

[mep]

Yeah. If I started a thread entitled "Fresh spring water and Soda Pop explains the difference between digital and analog," and went on to draw an analogy as obvious and predictable as the one you drew, I'm sure you'd think it was hilarious. Just remember, I love tube guitar amps.

Tim

Yeah, but you already switched over to a SS modeling amp and swear it sounds just like whatever tube amp you are trying to emulate.

 

[Lee]

So is the Dealer is King model Coke and the Customer is King model Diet Coke?

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Yeah, but you already switched over to a SS modeling amp and swear it sounds just like whatever tube amp you are trying to emulate.

I still love the sound of tubes, I'm just getting it in a more gig- friendly package. By the way, the remark about shaking the bottle and harmonic spray? That was funny.

Tim

 

[Lee]

not to mention that if you shake the coke before you open it, it will have a harmonic spray when the cap comes off.

lol!

 

[Matt193]

We don't have Costco where I live, only Sam's Club.

Both my local grocery store and Walmart sell Mexican Coke, Sprite, and Fanta in the Mexican food section. My Walmart also has it on top of the soda coolers at the checkouts. Both places sell it for $1.00

 

[Suteetat]

No, I think digital is more Mountain Dew than Coke Zero After all these years, drinking Coke Zero/diet Coke, it is impossible to go back to regular Coke. However, going from digital back to Analog is very easy. So, Coke is Coke in whatever form, digital is like Mountain Dew, it tastes different, even good but it is always easy to go back to Coke and if I have Coke, I don't really miss Mountain Dew all that much but don't mind Mountain Dew once in awhile

 

[taters]

Costco sells it by the case. It's made in Mexico

Good way to rot your teeth!

 

[taters]

No, I think digital is more Mountain Dew than Coke Zero After all these years, drinking Coke Zero/diet Coke, it is impossible to go back to regular Coke. However, going from digital back to Analog is very easy. So, Coke is Coke in whatever form, digital is like Mountain Dew, it tastes different, even good but it is always easy to go back to Coke and if I have Coke, I don't really miss Mountain Dew all that much but don't mind Mountain Dew once in awhile

Is this website What's best forum or what's best soda pop?

 

[taters]

No, I think digital is more Mountain Dew than Coke Zero After all these years, drinking Coke Zero/diet Coke, it is impossible to go back to regular Coke. However, going from digital back to Analog is very easy. So, Coke is Coke in whatever form, digital is like Mountain Dew, it tastes different, even good but it is always easy to go back to Coke and if I have Coke, I don't really miss Mountain Dew all that much but don't mind Mountain Dew once in awhile

I recently saw a show about Soda pop distribution in the United States. They said that Pepsi and Coca-Cola had 77% of the soda market. Coming in at 18% was Dr. Pepper. The remaining 5% was split between all the other Soda makers.

 

[JackD201]

There was this sexy lady that we described as having a coca-cola body like the bottle. Looks more like a 12oz can these days. Must have drunk too much soda.

 

[es347]

I have read that you can place a special order with Coke and they will sell you a case of coke made with pure cane sugar instead of the fructose corn syrup. Anybody remember when coke in the 6 1/2 oz bottles came out of the machine for $.10? That was the best coke ever.[/QUOT

$.05 here..

 

[dallasjustice]

I had a rare stroke of genius today with regards to coming up with an analogy for the difference in sound between digital and analog (or maybe I just had a stroke). I started thinking about Coke and Diet Coke. Many of us grew up drinking Coke and we know the taste well and what to expect. Coke would be considered analog. Many, many years later, Diet Coke burst upon the scene and the Coca Cola marketing machine told us to expect the same great taste but with zero calories. Diet Coke would be considered digital and the zero calories is the same as the digital claim of no distortion. You know, the old marketing angle of ‘getting something for nothing.’

Many people who grew up with the taste of Coke and tried the zero calorie Diet Coke knew immediately that something was wrong. While Diet Coke sort of resembled the taste of Coke, it was actually horrible to those who loved the taste of regular Coke. It has a bitter aftertaste and leaves you feeling cheated.

However, some people converted over to Diet Coke and once they drank it exclusively, they lost their taste for regular Coke. If they had to drink a regular Coke after drinking strictly Diet Coke for years, they found it tasted too sweet and they had to go back to the twangy bitter aftertaste of Diet Coke.

Some young people never really drank Coke and always drank Diet Coke so Diet Coke is their only frame of reference in the Coke world. They weren’t even around when Coke changed their recipe for regular Coke and ruined the taste in the process (that would be multi-track Coke). That was called the New Coke and it sucked and thankfully was killed off by the Coke company. People who drank Rum and Cokes were pissed because it totally ruined their drink until old Coke was brought back again.

The worst buzz kill is when you go to a restaurant and order a regular Coke and they screw up and bring you a Diet Coke. When you go to take a sip, your taste buds are ready for the taste of regular Coke but then you get this huge backwards rush when the horrible taste of Diet Coke hits your taste buds. It makes you feel like you were cheated and robbed of the taste you were expecting.

And there you have it-the difference between analog and digital explained by the tale of two Coke products.

I agree that analog is like Coke. It makes your blood sugar spike, gives you a false high and then you crash. You become obese and end up with metabolic syndrome shortly before cardiac arrest.

PCM is like the invention of color photography and analog is like black and white photography.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Now there's some justice, Dallas.

Tim

 

[mep]

PCM is like the invention of color photography and analog is like black and white photography.

I think PCM represents digital photography when it first came out-low resolution and hard and grainy while analog represented the highest resolution that film had to offer in either black and white or color (mono and stereo).

 

[Lee]

I think PCM represents digital photography when it first came out-low resolution and hard and grainy while analog represented the highest resolution that film had to offer in either black and white or color (mono and stereo).

This is the analogy I think of as well but now it seems LP has digital quality resolution with the latest batch of cartridges and tables.