Why do we love vinyl more than digital? To me it just sounds more natural with a greater sense of space especially depth. What are your thoughts?
Why do we love vinyl more than digital?
I prefer the sound of vinyl, but I also love the whole interactive nature of the process.
Same here. Plus better artwork, etc. One nod I will concede to digital: convenience (especially portability).
Because it sounds better? That's the bottom line for me.
LOL!!! Absolutely!!! In what ways does it sound better to you?
I don't know if I could begin to explain all of the ways that LPs sound better than digital, even really good digital like DSD. To make it simple, let's concede that digital has a lower noise floor than LP. Now every other sonic parameter that you can possibly list, think about, debate, chew on, obsess over, etc. sounds better on LP.
Why do we love vinyl more than digital? To me it just sounds more natural with a greater sense of space especially depth. What are your thoughts?
To make it simple, let's concede that digital has a lower noise floor than LP.
Is it because of the pre-processing that has to be applied when cutting vinyl? (mix stereo bass to mono, attenuate high frequencies etc.)
Do you prefer the outer tracks of the LP, that are travelling faster, or the grungier ones at the inside where they're moving slower?
It's better than the 10,000 distortions that digital has that haven't even been named yet.
Most people's digital doesn't have a 'noise floor', more of a noise escalator. There's only a 'floor' when no music is playing. In the manner that noise matters, i.e. when playing music, LP does better.
digital has a harder time with low level information.
we like vinyl better becuase it tells us more about the real event. we like that subtle stuff. it's natural.
A more vexing question for me, particulary for 'philes over 40 that dont own LPs - what happened?
I dumped my LPs coz I had faith in the PCM format - from my technical understanding of it. Technically it smokes vinyl, and is way more cost-effective.
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