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Posted by Peterson on 10/17/23 11:42
Not that I'm fond of the Deadheads who you tell you're not really into the
Dead and they insist it's because you haven't heard this boot from Stockholm
in '72, but I do sympathize with the old school of musical appreciation that
likes their music with warts and all. I don't mind having a different
listening experience than anyone else with the same album, if only because
it makes it a bit more mine.
So, while uncompressed digital recordings might be, in fact, truer
replications of the original, and certainly fit better with today's more
sterilized recording methods, I still stand by the idea that LPs do, in
fact, sound better, at least with older analog recordings, such as from, but
not limited to, the '60s and '70s. Not necessarily truer, but with more
character. Kinda like the girl next door who's not bad-looking, but no
knockout, but a hell of a lot cooler to hang out with than the cheerleader
debs. Or more appropriately, playing through a vintage tube amp as opposed
to a modern, tubeless amp. Drum machine or Keth Moon, even.
I know this is a list with more of a technological bent, but lest we forget,
it's still about the music. And no matter how lofi bashers try to spin it,
there's no fun in spinning a CD backwards for hidden messages.
"Rick Sparks" <rick@sparkyworld.com> wrote in message
news:rvhe12t1m78b91pvu6k7vv234blsbs5mg3@4ax.com...
> Vinyl does NOT sound better than uncompressed digital recordings.
> Vinyl playback features table hum, imperfect playback speeds that warp
> the original tone & texture of the performance, vibrations, nicks &
> scratches, etc.
>
> The "warmth" (or, in this case, "soul") that LP-philes refer to has
> more to do with a distortion of the source recording caused by the
> limits of the technology than anything else.
>
>
>
> Rick Sparks
> www.sparkyworld.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:22:32 -0500, "Peterson" <hoseratl@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:tdkRf.11637$a57.298576@wagner.videotron.net...
>>> audiohead wrote:
>>>> Yup....still stinkin' up the place with his LP's and Cassettes.
>>>
>>> Okay, cassettes be damned, but you *do* realize that the sound quality
>>> of
>>> vinyl is infinitely better than even AAC, don't you?
>>>
>>> - NRen2k5
>>
>>In order to appreciate the sonic beauty of vinyl, you have to be able to
>>feel it; you have to have a little soul. My guess is, in this case, he
>>does
>>not, in fact, realize this.
>>
>>I would further guess that the last time audiohead 'felt' music was when
>>he
>>shoved a microphone up his ass and hopped around his bedroom, shouting to
>>no
>>one in particular that he's whichever poster ired him at the moment,
>>before
>>breaking down in front of his iPod, crying about not being worthy of its
>>beauty and throwing it out the window, then trying to play the 'Get a free
>>iPod!' game to replace it and start all over again. Just a guess, though.
>>
>
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