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LPs are great. As deco. That's about the one edge they have over downloads, streaming, or Compact Discs. :-)
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Nov 15, 2018 - 11:08 AM
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jackfu
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Thanks for the link, I wasn't even aware of that website!
I didn't read all the comments, as I get weary of the ad hominem attacks - both sides.
It all boils down to the listening experience.
When I was young there was a huge debate over tube vs transistor, with tubephiles proclaiming its warmth and depth, etc., so really not much has changed. I'm sure that somewhere some double-blind testing study has been done re: digital vs analog, and I should find and study it, but no data will change the minds of those true believers on either side, so I don't worry that I'm missing out.
I have no desire to go back to vinyl, but I have no problem with folks whom still love it.
Speakers - I find it fascinating that technology over 100 years old is still pretty much the standard for moving air that our ears translate to our brains as sound.
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I've still got a million LPs and I still almost never play them, for the same reason I jumped eagerly onboard the CD train: CD's (and mp3s) never skip when someone walks through the room, and I don't have to get up to flip the record over.
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I bought 7 records on a record fair last Saturday. It's still a highly fun hobby. But yes, I would have been even happier if I had paid the same price for the same titles on CD.
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I still have hundreds of vinyl records that I play from time to time. Although CDs have been around for more than 35 years, most of the music on vinyl that I enjoy has never been made available in a digital format and probably never will be.
I'm genuinely curious about this. While there is plenty of music I had on vinyl that hasn't been made available digitally, most across many different genres has. I'm wondering if you could name a couple of examples of the kinds of things never made available. (For me, Patrick Gowers' score for Stevie and Robert Suderberg's piano concerto come to mind.)
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Nov 15, 2018 - 9:09 PM
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OnyaBirri
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As someone who has DJed for decades, both at live gigs and on the radio, I can tell you that CDs in general are a less dependable medium than either vinyl or digital files. Both CDs and CD players have idiosyncrasies that you cannot discern in advance. In various situations, CDs have either not fired, or they skip, or repeat, or stop suddenly. You cannot predict performance based on how clean or scratch-free the CD is. So for me, it is only vinyl and/or digital files for DJing, because both are way more dependable in live situations. I have experienced too many mishaps with CDs.
But I agree with all of you that vinyl sucks, and I suggest that you send me all your unwanted vinyl immediately.
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I till have a couple of hundred LPs, too. I played some of them not too long ago on a high end turntable on my system. I absolutely enjoyed the experience, playing some stuff that I don't have on CD (like SILENT RUNNING, GREYSTOKE, or even the LP edit of THE SWARM). But I like LPs the way I like steam engines... they are fascinating and I like how the mechanics work, and turntables are sure sexier and more beautiful than a CD player, but I would not say they are the most efficient playback medium for music. :-) I enjoy LPs a lot more since there are CDs and digital files. As far as pure audio quality is concerned, CDs are way superior.
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CD's definitely have it over LP's in quality (depending on engineering) and in programming flexibility. But I have quite a number of recordings on 78, 45, EP, 10" and 12" LP that have never been released on CD. So my turntable is still very busy.
78 "s?!
Bless you, boy!
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