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


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

I am sharing this for those with an interest. I no longer have vinyl, but I find the issues involved in the debates to be interesting. This piece raises interesting issues and relates them to philosophy, which I know is not everyone's bag. So, you've been warned. I think the philosophical ideas here are pretty well explained -- this is not a journal article. I'm not advocating these ideas, and am not staked in the issues -- so I won't be debating things here. But it's fodder for anyone with an interest, I think. So, discuss away!

https://aestheticsforbirds.com/2019/11/25/spin-me-round-why-vinyl-is-better-than-digital/amp/?fbclid...
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I must be blessed. I have tried cleaning records every which way and it never makes a spec of difference. 
What good is a loaf of bread when it is squished flat. Digital playback is potentially far more accurate in relaying an accurate waveform with far less distortion than any analog path. The important word here is potential.
Most frequently with popular music the dynamic compression is crippling. 
But, the naysayers here need to listen to an album remastered for digital in 24/96 or higher. Something like Led Zeppelin One or Leon Russel's blue album. 
Nothing is missing in a digital file. You do not jump from one way point to another when you make a trip. You drive from one way point to another.
A digital file is a bunch of way points that tell the DAC where to drive. The DAC is driving through the signal just like your stylus drives through a record. Any error is added as noise. Far less noise than any analog process can come even remotely close to. It is only a matter of how the music is presented.
I must be blessed. I have tried cleaning records every which way and it never makes a spec of difference.
It makes a difference when the turntable and the dac are not on the same level of quality but also if the room and house embeddings are not rightly installed in relation with the 2....

Happy New year...
Enjoy your moldy bread ..... I mean vinyl.

He isn't wise, he was uneducated. Not recognizing his own lack of knowledge is not wise.
Audio2design vynil is not for someone who is not willing to try, analog takes time sink in, it took me close to 30 yrs before I tried it seriously.
Vinyl can provide a very rewording playback, and there is a good chance that a combination of that particular mastering process and the colorations introduced by vinyl will provide a superior (for you) listening experience on a given track.

However, it is purely wrong to continue the belief that it provides a more accurate playback than modern digital. It does not.