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Right...I also have feelings on making music absurdly perfect when recording....I feel it becomes too sterile.
The Library of Congress prefers vinyl because CD’s don’t last as long (with proper care).
At best a CD will remain uncorrupted for 20-30 years. In a climate controlled space-station like environment, maybe 100 years, but unlikely. Then it’s gone.
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Are you also sad when people buy $10 bottles of wine? Most people can’t hear the difference and many are getting other sensual benefits from listening to vinyl. Most people can’t afford an audiophile setup either. Just let people enjoy things.
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The myth of the superiority of vinyl, and the idea that vinyl is inherently Authentic in a way that digital formats aren’t is one of the most successful scams in corporate history. In one fell swoop, the recording industry persuaded music fans that they need to pay extra for a format that has measurably inferior fidelity, that cannot be copied (well, you can digitise it to a WAV, but then you get a murky, crackly sounding WAV; even if the sound coming out of the speakers is identical to how it would be from the record, the fact that you’re not playing a vinyl record diminishes it), and that wears out slightly each time you play it. Meanwhile, a lot of records never get released on CD, only vinyl and streaming, closing the digital ripping loophole. Well played, RIAA/IFPI.
You think we are all dupes for thinking that vinyl is more authentic or a superior audio format in some capacity. The reality is you don’t actually know why most people buy vinyl. Because that ain’t it.
So elaborate? Because every wax head I've met tells me one of two things. Either vinyl is the best audio quality you can get bar none, or they have specifically curated a collection of obscure music that can't be heard any other way.
Well clearly not every wax head because here’s one in front of you telling you neither of those explanations are applicable to him, and yes I’m a little irritated here because your first comment was pretty damn judgmental, dismissive, and stripped down to the point of being pretty incorrect, so I want to apologize for my tone a bit but also state that I really do not appreciate how you kicked this off. Happy to back off on the hostility a bit.
If someone says “it sounds better” they’re either saying “I personally like the specific qualities of vinyl” or don’t understand what these various formats are comprised of and offer.
It’s the same reason many people like to shoot film. Digital is better at everything except being film. There are unique qualities and features that only happen from shooting and developing film. You can emulate and imitate to the best of your ability with digital - which has superior “data” capture, resolution, color info, etc. - but it still isn’t actually film. It’s about the artistic merits and unique qualities of the medium, not maximizing the “data” onboard. If maximizing that is your goal, then film - or vinyl - is not a good choice.
Let me put it another way: are photographs of people better than paintings of them?
One other advantage is that vinyl is actually incredibly durable and the audio on it can be salvaged, albeit in a damaged form, even in pretty extreme scenarios and after very long periods of time. But that’s a very specific need for things like the library of congress and other archival institutions.
Considering that vinyl is shaping up to be the final physical media that ANY art is distributed on on a mass scale, why the fuck are we arguing to dissuade people from it?
CDs are so fucking sterile, when I play one I feel like I should be wearing a lab coat and latex gloves. The machine slides the disc in gracefully, as if it were my butler. The mechanical whine of plastic being spun by a precision servo while a literal laser beam seeks for the opening bits requires any robot who views a video of it in Louisiana to submit ID to prove it’s age.
Yeah of course they sound better but the experience is not the same.
The fact that you somehow don't know or pretend to not know the reasons people like vinyl makes this an easy downvote
CDs are better than vinyl in the same exact way reddit is better than lemmy: cheap, easier to manage, mainstream content. If you look for a sound that's not strictly higher quality but that gives you a more authentic vibe, vinyl is the way
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