What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital?
You missing the whole point. Acoustic reflection process is pure physics and implementation of it into the listening room setup, where the goal is full Spectrum music SQ (some time customised depends on genre or personal preference), is balanced process and not always dogmatic but compromised. Some flows of sound Spectrum you want to be reflected other not, that why all those room acoustic analysis services are silly. If you just try to break your sound flow with diffusers and rugged walls to as smallest particles you can, you wrong cause you will get nothing but dull woolly sound. Check it out how glass or sleek surface could be implemented- @surfmuz First of all please post a link to your system and your room if you can. In your video link a Russian guy sitting in a very small room with very low ceiling with huge speakers and some sick setup! Why did you post this? My room acoustic analysis made by professionals, who are you to say it’s silly? Each acoustic panel designed for work with certain range of frequencies and does not placed randomly, it’s not necessary to cover the whole room with panels everywhere to get dull sound, but there are absolutely necessary to cover first reflection points with acoustic panels, front and rear walls, ceiling also, the rest is more complicated. For me it's no brainer to compare two rooms (one with bare walls, another with acoustic treatment). This is a great channel to watch about acoustic treatment. So many different topics and everything explained very well. Before someone chime in I want to say that digital processing in room acoustic should not be used with analog source (but can be used with digital source). Acoustic panels and room itself are the only methods for proper acoustic treatment with analog source (for us who listen to VINYL mastered in analog before digital was invented). As I can see in your other thread the question you asked about analog setup is a bit strange. P.S. People who listen to digital should think twice before they post something for those who listen to a pure analog source only. Digital processing is death for analog signal. |
@chakster Looks like you done full investigation on me... :)))))))))) quit it plz cause personalisation of discussion is first sign of lack of arguments. ”strange” is term which pretty subjective isn’t it!? Yah, you right, I don’t like to be bounded and narrowed by exclusiveness of analog sect only :))))) and I have both concepts in my main system, however I can implement analog or digital truck of my main system totally independently except amplification end which is analog. I’ll tell you more, I have second system in my basement which is low wattage high efficiency full analog... oh...and I’ll tell you even more, I have third system in my tools room which is, I repent, fully digital :)))) People who listen to digital should think twice before they post something for those who listen to a pure analog source only. Digital processing is death for analog signal.That type of statements r pretty authoritarian:))) stylistically it’s not far from soviet era slogans or speeches of diplomats from totalitarian countries at UN :)))) ...seriously man, it’s won’t have any effect here. |
I also have different systems, at least 3 different pairs of speakers, 6 turntables, 4 different phono stages and over 20 different cartridges and 9 tonearms, but I do not listen to digital in any of my systems for one reason (all my favorite music originally recorded in analog before digital was invented and I don’t like the sound of digital remastering, I like original pressings). Digital in my situation with my taste in music is irrelevant and it’s only a good tool to discover music and buy it on OG vinyl. I hope you understand my point of view. Digital is perfect when the master is digital, so the choice of music is limited to something from the 80’s to a present day, but early digital is not good too. Digital on vinyl is nonsense in my opinion, in this scenario digital source is better. But analog master tape converted to digital is BS, this is why most of the re-issues are so bad compared to the original. I replaced most of my reissues purchased long time ago with original pressings and I was shocked how better those vintage records really are. Pure magic of vinyl is 100% analog (mastertape to vinyl, or direct cut), it can be new or old. I don’t want to discuss acoustic treatment because it’s off topic here, but I have dedicated thread about acoustic panels on this forum, I realized that very few people on this forum taking care about acoustic treatment. |
Never owned a CD player. Well, other than the ones that came with the cars. Bought about 20 CDs in my life to play in our cars. For the home stereo, have only ever had vinyl for playback. Well, and the boob toob. Own about 1200 albums, about half of which were bought in the mid 90's for between 25 cents and 2 or 3 dollars at The Record Exchange in Eugene, OR, where so many poor blighters nearly gave their vinyl away in trade for "perfect sound forever CDs"...poor misguided blighters, I feel sorry for every one of them. A couple examples: Pink Floyd Pink Floyd Tower Records: $1. Willie The Lion Smith Live at Blues Alley Halcyon: $2 Big Mama Thornton In Europe Arhoolie: $0.50. Learned to leave the price stickers on in order to avoid damage to the covers by trying to remove them. It's fun now to see these crazy low prices on these amazing albums! Yes, I feel very sorry for those folks. |
