Jun 26 2008
Intempo Rebel Lives Up To Its Name
With the latest craze of mp3’s at the turn of the century, it is hard to remember back to when I used to sneak into my brother’s bedroom, swipe some of his vinyl records, and record them on a cassette tape labeled “mix”. I know, I am really dating myself. And if I think about it really hard, my kids will be saying that same thing about compact discs. Weird, huh? But the personal recording of these LP’s to a horrible sounding quality cassette was never deemed illegal. Or even taping your favorite single from the radio. Only when the technology got to be as perfect as those used in recording studios and record labels is when the government went into action, and now kids downloading a free copy of Dream On can get busted and thrown into the slammer. I think there are bigger fish to fry, like drug dealers and rapists, but hey who am I? Well, hopefully the new radio from Intempo, cleverly named Rebel, will restore the wild and crazy attitude of the youngsters in America today.
The Rebel is geared towards today’s technology, allowing you to record the most commonly played songs in mp3 format directly to your radio. How it determines which songs are the most played is a mystery at this point, and I am not sure we will ever know the answer to that one. But what I do know is that it tidies up the recording and edits it cleanly, eliminating the DJ speak and trailing few seconds of the preceding commercial, so you get pretty much just the song. I am sure in the editing process, you might lose a fraction of a beginning or ending second, but we can live with that, right? And with the mp3 format, it is a nice, crystal clear copy of the song that you can continue playing until you are sick of hearing it…just like a Top 40 station does.
Just be careful. After all, it is still probably considered illegal, but I haven’t seen anyone arrested for taping off the radio just yet. give it time, though. If they realize there is a dollar being lost somewhere, they will be sure to figure out a way to get it back. even if it means throwing a 7th grader in jail for 30 days when he can’t cough up the $1.2 million fine for sneaking a couple songs on his hard drive. Go ahead and be a Rebel.
