Vinyl

[Rev. Rye]

Nor would I buy snake oil for its healing properties.  But this hardline "must fit certain parameters"  to be artistically pure is what I'm currently struggling with.  You'll have to forgive me if I appreciate your opinion, but don't take it so seriously that I can no longer enjoy distortion.

Then what exactly is it about the sound of vinyl that you love so much more than digital? If you think it's fidelity to the actual performance, well, analogue recording has a lot of limitations (dynamics and frequency ranges) that digital recording can obviate (even if many engineers don't bother.) Honestly, if anything, it's like... you know how sometimes actresses (especially in older films) had the camera go just a little bit blurry and it had the effect of making them look even more beautiful than they might have done in real life? Like Carole Lombard did to hide a scar on her left cheek and Doris Day when it became clear she wasn't exactly looking the part of a virginal blonde anymore? It's a bit subtler auditory version of that.

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Also, I keep noticing that there's a strange disconnect about how many posts there are in this thread. I just got two notifications on replies I supposedly got in this thread since my last post, but mine is the last one visible. The "New Threads/Today's Threads" shows a total of 26 replies to the OP, but the last visible post is #21. What the actual fuck, tech guys?

Edit: And this briefly showed up as two posts, #21 and 28, side by side, before I refreshed the page and they were merged into #21. Something very strange is happening with this thread, and I don't mean Gol Dernitt's confusion about what constitutes high-fidelity sound.