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

@madavid0 got it spot on with the first post he did as did @millercarbon 
this is regrettably a vacuous snake oil set of reasons and has no basis at all. Digital is actually wide bandwidth so where they got compression from I do not know. The truth was very eloquently explained by the editor of Stereo magazine at the high end audio show in Windsor a few years ago and he was quoting a recording engineer whose name I have unfortunately lost. Imagine a cartridge in a groove as a pen on a seismograph at the top and bottom of the movement - at always creates a curve over a square shape. He demonstrated to the audience identical recordings in both formats in similar systems ie all Nagra save for the turntable which was an SME- same price. Some liked the vinyl and some the digital. As humans we are organic/analogue - digital is not that. I just accept the advantages of each format although I was in the larger group that preferred vinyl

jollytinker175 posts01-10-2021 9:40am

@audio2design:

It was a crap article like so many other crap articles by supposed intellectuals not realizing what they don’t know.

Look, this is utter nonsense as anyone can see if they feel like reading through the article. It’s also nonsense (but funny) that you can hear my system through my own ears and describe its problems.

Anyone who reads the article with any actual experience will quickly realize the author does not have any other than a cursory understanding of the math and little understanding of the technology. It's a puff piece.   That the article "impresses" you only substantiates my statement.  Throw around credentials (weak at best), avoid any practical discussion (since you have no actual experience), suggest conclusions (without backing it up). It's formulaic.

If you can’t hear vinyl BLOW away digital, get a better rig.  This isn't even close, guys. We don't buy a turn table that tries to reproduce that digital sound.  They sell digital trying to capture that analogue sound.  Get it?  

@cerrot, What exactly is that "analog sound"?


- compression?
- noise?
- high crosstalk?
- non flat frequency response?
- subdued bass?
- softened transients?

Can you explain this analog sound in more detail please in case I missed anything?