Vinyl

[Gol Dernitt]

This should be in the psuedo-science section because that is exactly what this is,

Digital techniques are capable of storing the original recording with a MUCH greater fidelity than than vinyl records can - and that's before the inevitable degredation of the vinyl media through cutting by the diamond stylus.

I won't argue with someone who insists they like the sound of the record better because that's entirely possible . All it means though is that they prefer the sound of the distorted recording to the original.

The whole point of any recording process is to record the original with as great a faithfulness as possible. There is no physical way to do this better than through digital techniques. An analogue technique such as used by vinyl records is measurably inferior in every way. That's really the end of the story. Claiming vinyl records have any advantage in fidelity over CDs is in the same league as arguing for intelligent design or the sun orbiting around Earth. It is demonstrably false.

The fidelity might suffer, but it is nice to not need to have a hand in the mixing (i.e. messing with your treble/bass knobs) to bring anything out.  Vinyl does a pretty crappy job of hiding anything subtle.  I've played in a couple bands, and self-recording is the fastest way to reach a total band-dissolving disagreement.  Preventing bad mixing at a bar show is more difficult than writing a song, but you have to do it differently every time.  I don't argue against vinyl having a fidelity loss, I argue that it is more fun to spin records, fidelity be damned.  But the point of the recording process, as it's laid here, is maybe a little subjective.  Not fully against the point, but it's pretty understood that distortion is only crafted to a certain level.  Beyond that, it's nitpicking. Do you want a microphone recommendation for each recording space?  Do you want a speaker recommendation for a better playback from each studio?  Just spin the record, play the songs, it's not that big a deal.

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They are all available on Youtube.

No, they are not https://www.discogs.com/The-Love-Languag...ter/516025


See below, yes, your're right, they are. Sorry for mouthing off.