Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"

The fact is NO one knows why hi-res sounds better. NO one knows why vinyl can sound better. The time domain theory is just that -- a theory.

Interesting post....The science behind conversion is complex...

But when we listen the music in our room, my point is there is many more powerful factors to improve de sound than the switching of digital to vinyl or vice versa...Anyway the 2 have their own limitations and flaws....

Vibrations and resonance controls, decreasing the noise floor not only of the audio system but of our house, the passive materials treatment and active non electronical control of the acoustic of the room, all these are way more powerful change in S.Q. than the comparison between a very good dac and a very good turntable....

But it seems people are fixate on the less important choices that divide us instead of the more important factors that can create a better high fi experience with ANy audio system, digital or vinyl, and that can unite us...

A last word: for me the apex of audio experience is natural instrumental timbre perception and imaging... A turntable can make it and a dac can make it.... But the 2 will make it even greater if the mechanical,electrical, and acoustical embeddings dimension of the audio system is treated and controlled.... All the rest is relative to taste or habit at best, or useless at worst.... :)

Happy new Year and thanks for your post....

Mahgister, it’s not about a DAC or a turntable.  The physical medium I am referring to are the groves of a record which generate vibrations or the orientation of iron particles (in a reel).  Those are a medium where music exists physically.  Digital is not.   Frankly, the best sounding music I have are 15 ips 1/4” two tracks recorded off the master tapes.  I have Vanessa Fernandez’s before the levy breaks in 2nd generation R2R, hirez digital, and vinyl.    With good reveling speakers, the differences are noticeable.   It’s about presence.    It’s less an issue of hearing it, it’s an issue of feeling it.  The way the sound waves surround you 

I like vinyl for the process.....that's why I shave with a brush and double edge razor

mahgister

My "Utter rubbish" comment was for the article, not your response.
Happy holidays :-)

Similar argument to which make of car, mode of travel, etc is best. I never bought a CD player so have limited experience in comparing the two formats on a decent system in ideal circumstances. My digital listening has been with mp3 players and home music recording for which it is ideal. If you want to be more involved with the music that you are listening to, then vinyl is the logical format. However an interesting section of this well written article mentioned that before analogue recording and playback, live music was the lone source. Surely this would represent the pinnacle of involvement and excellence. So has the reproductive quality aspect given way along the timeline to convenience?!