Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles?

rauliruegas10,073 posts06-17-2020 11:35amThe human been brain work through impulses, very fast impulses ( one after the next. ) but separated in between.

>>>>I totally agree. The human bean brain works through impulses. Many audiophiles hear via impulses through the ears but separated In between by the vast emptiness of space.

"Results show that major music listeners rated the digital versions of live concerts better than corresponding analog versions...."
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40319018?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

"Vinyl pressings are not a precise replication of the audio wave recorded in the master"

Think about the physics of a needle bouncing around on a relatively heavy plate of plastic, compared to cd,  with an abundance of wow and flutter, pop and scratches,  wearing down every time it is played. 

It is ok to PREFER vinyl but it is it not even close to cd in terms of accuracy  and reproducibility.

Cheers

Not only vinyl and cd are too much different to be really compared, especially if we use all rung of the scale for the possible gear; but no real event can be compared with a recorded event, because they are completely different experience... We must enjoy each for what it is, not for what it is not....

"We must enjoy each for what it is, not for what it is not...."

I enjoy digital for not needing to adjust this and that and for not wearing out over time.

Otherwise, just what mahgister said.