kosst_amojan
Bass is this giant, power sucking waveform that would send the needle sailing off the surface and crashing into the record were it physically represented in accurate proportion to the treble. And the treble is cranked WAY up just so the needle can pick it up ... the massive pre-amp connected to the needle that undoes an insane amount of dynamic compression ...That is a very colorful dramatization of the LP process but it doesn't really mean anything. There's nothing at all insane about the RIAA curve and if you disagree, then you'd have to acknowledge that it's a pretty simple, straightforward process when compared to something such as CD, which relies on things like block-based error correcting codes, filtering, complex servo mechanisms and the like.
The only conclusion I can come to given the facts is that people generally like a dynamic range limited to about 60 or 70 dB, which would explain why some like vinyl with it's limited range so much.Actually, a 60 to 70 dB dynamic range is quite broad - much more so than you'll find on most CDs. That's the simple fact you're choosing to dismiss. It's rather moot that CD is capable of much greater dynamic range because it's rarely needed musically, and even more rarely actually utilized. If ever.