I've never understood why some people still go so fuzzy about vinyl. During my original studio career I was trained as a cutting engineer - definitely in the Dark Arts Department - and I never liked what I heard back from my discs or anyone else's if I had the original master tape to refer to. I think vinyl lovers tend to be people who've never heard what the music really sounded like in the studio. (Exception: if you record/mix/etc specifically intending to use the "sound" of vinyl as part of the effect/experience, then it probably DOES sound like what your production team intended.)
I still like CDs (I'm not an audiophile). I tend to buy the discs and rip 'em, cos then I have control over the rip quality. iTunes downloads, for example, tend not to be as good as your own rips, even if the data specs are the same - goodness knows why: carelessness? Once ripped, though, the CDs go into storage boxes under the bed. I do buy lossless downloads, eg FLAC files from Magnatune.com or Jonathan Coulton's site, say; and sometimes lossy ones if I have no option. Ultimately I imagine everyone will offer lossless downloads and I will happily leave CDs behind. The software used by content providers to upload material to iTunes already includes lossless capability. Technically, I find the very, very best CD players (so far out of my range I can't imagine) are still, right now, better than the best file playback I've heard. For example, in my view a Meridian* 808.2 trumps a Transporter (it's several times the price so it ought to). But that won't be true forever. The basic deal with audiophiles generally seems to be that they like the LAST great technology not the current one. So for them to like something it has to have been superseded. --Richard E *I work for them so I'm biased, be warned. -- relen Radio Riel - Real radio; your reality http://www.radioriel.org/ (partially) powered by Slim Devices ------------------------------------------------------------------------ relen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50035 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
