Definition of Analog/Analogue

[Rensselaer]

Just noticed one definition of "Analog" by Merriam-Webster as "being the same as", or "analogous". I think they are saying that listening to an analog/analogue playback is analogous to listening to a live event. I do not seem to be able to find that definition under digital however?

 

[Addicted to hifi]

Analog always sounds closer to the live event for me.

 

[tima]

Just noticed one definition of "Analog" by Merriam-Webster as "being the same as", or "analogous". I think they are saying that listening to an analog/analogue playback is analogous to listening to a live event. I do not seem to be able to find that definition under digital however?

One of Merriam-Webster's entries:
of, relating to, or being a mechanism or device in which information is represented by continuously variable physical quantities

But do we really need another analog vs digital thread, especially at the semantic level?

 

[Rensselaer]

One of Merriam-Webster's entries:
of, relating to, or being a mechanism or device in which information is represented by continuously variable physical quantities

But do we really need another analog vs digital thread, especially at the semantic level?

It was a cheeky rhetorical tongue-in-cheek entry. No debate needed or wanted, thank you.