Re:Japan Will Make Its Last VCR This Month
by mwfunk on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @05:48PM
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That's true but many/most people who are into vinyl are convinced that it sounds objectively better, IME. Not because of the compression/mastering issues everyone knows about, not because of the nostalgia factor- they literally just think it's an inherently better medium for recording and replaying audio. Such is the power of the human imagination. :)
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Re:Japan Will Make Its Last VCR This Month
by pipio21 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @06:52PM
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Nobody will tell you that they vinyl is technically better, but that it sounds subjectively better for them.
They will tell you that sounds better(for them). It is not imagination, it is taste.
Lots of artist and people that love old music(like Beatles) prefer vinyl because it was the medium for what it was created. I understand them, they have a point.
If I play Sonic the Hedgehog or original Mario on an emulator and a digital TV I see pixels that were not there on fuzzy old screens.
Re:Japan Will Make Its Last VCR This Month
by mikeash on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @08:09PM
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Oh, you can find someone who believes any given idea, no matter how crazy, especially in the audio world. See #9 here for example:
https://bluechat.io/list/top-ten-reasons-why-vinyl-is-better...
The consequences of the fact that vinyl is ultimately made out of atoms is lost on many. The idea that "analog" means "infinite precision" is surprisingly common.