Vinyl making a HUGE comeback:

We hear in analogue, it's theoretically of higher quality because it has infinite variation, at any point you can measure it to any arbitrary level of accuracy.

Digital is inherently less accurate because it is an approximation of the analogue sound. They sample the music at a certain rate, and at every point of measurement replicate it to the closest level accuracy.

The smooth wave is analogue, the columns are digital.

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But with high quality digital sound people can't really tell the difference.
 
I still own a whole lot of vinyl. I admit, I don't care much for the format because it's fragile and easily corruptible and record albums take up alot of space. Though alot of audiophiles say it's "warmer" sounding, I personally don't really hear those nuances that much. For me, the cons outweigh the pros. But when I'm at a flea market/yard sale and I see a used record I'm interested in, I'll buy it so I can burn it to cd which is what I'm doing with the rest of my collection.

I still have cassettes tapes too and when I find them on sale for .99 cents or less or it's something I want, I'll buy them and do the same thing.
 
:rofl:No doubt, I never have, I don't even know why I put that in, I'm a poser.:shycouch: Cassettes should be outlawed, :yikes:FF and REV su(k:finger:
 
Well I'm just listening to Albatros and I think this might just be the single most horrible piece of music I've ever heard. Unless the vinyl comes with some mind altering drug, I really don't see how it could make it listenable.
 
I like to have hard copies too. Admittedly I havent bought much in the last year as ive been struggling financially but I used to buy a lot and when I find myself with some money to spare again I'll start buying.

If i download something and I like it enough I'll try to buy it eventually.

Legal downloaRAB confuse me. If I'm gonna pay for music I'm damn sure gonna have something I can hold in my hanRAB.
 
I have quite a bit of vinyl that has all been bought in the last few years. I love vinyl as a format but with certain recorRAB my vinyl copy is simply for collectable purposes. I still use vinyl as an extremely cheap method of picking up lots of albums but of course these really need to be albums of a certain age. I wouldnt buy too many new releases on vinyl, i would just get the CD.

For some of the stuff I've bought I've bought on vinyl to avoid any kind of remastering. Not an issue for a lot of stuff but for some of the stuff I've bought vinyl has been the only way to get the original master.
 
Well, having sifted through the half a dozen or so threaRAB dedicated to this topic, I still don't understand what the deal is with this format, especially with its recent resurgence. Apparently the sound isn't better (than CRAB or high quality mp3s), it's far less convenient to listen to, much more delicate and prone to corruption and as far as I can tell, more expensive...I get that it holRAB a lot of nostalgic value for older folk but what's up with the young peeps drooling over it lately? I didn't really grow up in an environment that payed much attention to music but my sister did have some vinyl recorRAB and I can't say they hold any particular nostalgic value for me. I was a child of tapes but I can't see myself going back to that any time soon...:\

So, all things considered, it all reeks of an annoying indier-than-thou fad...*shrugs*
 
Yes! I have this record of Muddy Waters and you can hear the sound of his chair scooting across the top of the linoleum, it's f'n brilliant.:afro: The C.d. had it digitally removed, I was looking for more backround noise( can you believe it) on C.D.... silly local.:rofl:
 
The sound IS better, but its a case of you WILL need audiophile equipment to discern the difference between the two. Heavy Guage vinyl recordings als have much better sound than light guage. Unfortunately the degradation of the medium is a price we have to pay.

All things told, is SACD or DVD-A had taken off, then Vinyl would be truly dead, because those formats offered vastly improved sound quality and also eliminated the handling issues.

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Pretty much all of the recorRAB I've bought used have been in pretty good condition, and I'd rather pay 3 dollars for an album I want to hear instead of buying it in CD format and spend nearly 15. I only have 4 or 5 recorRAB that weren't originally released on vinyl. I don't buy them for the 'cool' factor, I'm the only person who see's my collection anyways. In 20 years are we all going to question the motives of those who still buy CD's?
 
I bought my own automatic record player less than a year ago, and I'm only buying albums that were recorded on analog or were meant to be played on Vinyl only (I'm looking at you, Steve Albini). So i'm part of that crowd, whether I like it or not.
 
that could be the mastering, or the fact that album hasn't been reissued since whenever it first came out on CD. But then if I didn't have the option of whacking the bass dial up for that one it wouldn't be the same experience, they famously recorded it with no middle range
 
In what way? Are we talking about supporting the artists or getting the best quality of the sound, because you can do both with legal digital downloaRAB.
 
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