I'm not sure if you meant to convey a judgement relative quality. I think that t...

jacquesm · on March 29, 2015

A loudspeaker is nothing but a coil, a magnet and a piece of cardboard and it too is capable of incredible tonal quality and a huge range of polyphonics.

This one really got me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muCPjK4nGY4

userbinator · on March 30, 2015

Apparently he somewhat cheated in that video by mixing in a bit of the original audio.

Here's what it sounds like on its own: https://vimeo.com/1483630

mg1982 · on March 30, 2015

Thanks for that. I am literally more disappointed than when I found out there was no Santa Claus.

Now I'm too sad to work, instead of just being too lazy.

userbinator · on March 30, 2015

It looks like a 9-pin dot matrix, so essentially 9 channels of variable frequency.

Here is Eye of the Tiger on 8 floppies, for comparison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMcRd_4RwRQ

disposablename · on March 30, 2015

You can see the printer model in another video, it's a Olympia NP 80-24. A whopping 24-voice polyphony!

https://books.google.ca/books?id=hjAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&dq=Oly...