All true. However, the "fidelity" of vinyl is still superior to digital media (quality of human hearing ability definitely involved here)...reproduction systems (audio cards on PC's for example can help), but "physical" media are always going to deteriorate ( vinyl or CD/DVDs etc). At the moment, digital "fidelity" does not surpass "vinyl/analogue" media fidelity - however good the speaker/earphone system may be.
hey balkan zep were effing great at knebworth,great weekend boozing etc and tons of fadge!!!!! shame you did,nt makeit!!!
I've been thinking of getting a turntable again, though over the years I seem to have lost almost all my vinyl stuff. I used to love going record shopping on a Saturday and that feeling of excitement you got dropping the needle onto your new record for the first time. I fancy reliving it and hunting for some new obscure vinyl.
I've kept all my vinyl although I've long since replaced my favourite stuff with CDs and that's now all on my phone. About 5 years ago I impulse bought a deck with a USB connection and digitised my vinyl that I hadn't been able to replace. Listening to it again, in it's overplayed, worn vinyl state was fantastic. Every hiss, every crackle, every scratch, every jump, unique to you. I even digitised some albums that I had replaced on CD because I preferred the flaws. For example, my vinyl copy of TRBs first album, I scratched on first play in about 1978! Consequently one song jumped and missed out a whole line. I got so used to that, that the 'proper' version sounds wrong to me. I play my original more than the digitally enhanced CD. No bonus tracks however.
Yes they're a rock band. You can't seriously want to argue about that? I accept different people have different experiences and preferences for listening to music but I can't wait to hear why Floyd aren't a rock band. Enlighten us.
Do it olm, get yourself a Rega turntable,and you'll be needing a phono stage for that Naim amp of yours. There's something about the ritual of putting on a record. As for crackles and pops, all the vinyl iv'e bought over the last ten years is absolutely mint, so they sound every bit as clean as digital. You just need to take care of them.
