Not as much activity on analog here


Monitoring this site and analog in particular I see a downward trend in interest. Why is this so. Are we a community that has not grown much and all our questions have been interested ? Are we losing interest? Is digital finally getting the soul of the music right? I wish someone would chime in maybe audiogon and show us some statistics. Maybe it's not analog but all across the forum. Let's here from you.
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Thanks for your response Mapman. Some digital is really really good. I've got a lot of digital from 80s that is really bad too. I feel lied to by the music industry in the 80's with" perfect sound forever" As Michael Fremer once said. "Digital preserves music like formaldehyde preserves frogs. Kill it and it lasts forever" . Digital now has come a long way. Even some old recording that have been properly redone, re-engineered, remastered sounds better than vinyl. They do cheat a little in that regard. On the other hand just the other night I listened to Simon & Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage Rosemary and Thyme from their 5 record box set. Then I listened to digital remastered cd from the 2000's. Record came out on top in every way.
I don't think it's that there is less interest, but there are only so many things you can talk about. We've discussed record cleaning to death, cartridge alignment, VTA, SRA and everything else you can think of. There is really nothing new. Buy a good tt, a good cart, set it up correctly, clean your records and listen. It reminds me why I stopped subscribing to Golf Digest. It's a great game, but there are only so many articles you can read on how to putt. Now it's time to stop talking and start listening. Really.
Most people with turntables spinning vinyl are happy, so not as much to talk about.

The digital bois are always a few months from their DAC being obsolete and looking for a new upgrade :-)