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--- Quote from: BlahBlah on 09 Feb 2009, 08:47 ---I enjoy listening to vinyl for the added noise and crackling it creates

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This is possibly the weirdest thing about the vinyl revival to me, the fetishization of the imperfections of the format. The technical arguments regarding analogue vs digital go right over my head, but this is certainly a fault in the format as dust collects and the record wears down from spin after spin (actually I think that shit is poetic as fuck on a sidenote), and yet people often cite this as one of their favourite things about vinyl to me. I have an ok collection of records and I don't even listen to the ones that are worn enough to produce really audible noises like this any more because it annoys me so much, except for the one Billy Paul record because that shit just isn't anywhere on CD.

The only thing I can come up with is it is how kids grow more and more attached to a teddy bear the more worn out it gets, because the wearing down of the bear is a result of all the good times spent with it. Is this about on the money or is it kind of a more subconscious aural thing, like how I find the sound of a television switched on, but muted to be really excruciating but other people find it soothing and pleasant?

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 09 Feb 2009, 08:38 ---Vinyl records have a wider dynamic range than digitally compressed music, right?  There is no loss of high and low frequencies like there is with mp3s or the like.
If I'm right, that is a pretty compelling argument for vinyl, I think.
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No, it's an argument for not over-compressing.  Proper double-blind tests show that virtually no-one can reliably distinguish compressed from uncompressed using MP3 at 192kHz, but most can at 128kHz.  Of course, everyone claims to be the exception - until they take part in such a test.

The only reason for preferring vinyl over properly engineered CD is if you like the distortion and noise it adds; and the bigger sleeve, of course.  Everything else attributed to it is snake oil.

GMM:
I'm primarily an mp3 and CD man but I have a small (but slowly growing) collection of 7"s so, ho hum

rynne:
CDs are what I buy.  I can never switch to mp3s because I *need* to have a physical component to the music; something that I can look at and touch that goes along with the music.  (On that note, if I had the space and money for a vinyl collection, I'd start, because the only thing better than artwork with your music is 144 square inches of artwork.)

But that all being said, cassettes are the king for self-made compilations.  Mix CDs (or mp3 playlists) don't compare to a well-made mix-tape.

Funnily enough, I bought my first CS in well over a decade last week.  One of my favorite songwriters just put out a limited edition EP on cassette-only format.

RedLion:
Listening to vinyl is always a good time, but in terms of practicality, I really don't have a use for it. MP3s are what I listen to most nowadays, but they can often muffle the sound and reduce the quality, making it hard to hear the intricacies. I prefer CDs, but I don't have much money anymore, so I'm forced to take MP3s off of my friends' computers and occasionally download some.

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