As some of you know - I recently moved from perky pretty Republican-land
Frisco Tx back to Austin.
Nearly 200 lbs of that move consisted of flat, circular pieces of vinyl in
between sheets of cardboard.
So for over two weeks now, I've been unpacking - and one of those unpacked
things were my old album collection.
My new place has a perfect built-in cabinet/bookcase - as it would seem -
perfect for a stereo and turntable.
So I unwrapped my Denmark mfr Bang & Olfsen turntable from plastic and
bubble wrap - hooked it all up and played some of those albums that had not
been played since before I LEFT Austin over 6 years ago.
I can hardly say how impressed I was!
I'm sure that my auditory acuity has diminished some - but I had forgotten
that vinyl really does NOT sound so very inferior to digital!
On top of that - sitting in boxes for all these years has done nothing to
diminish these records.
It brings me back to the perennial conversation about how long storage media
last.
Some of these records are over 30 years old and still sound fine.
[I had not heard B.O.C.s 'Tyranny and Mutation' in ages - I listened to the
whole album from start to finish - WOW]
So - from a caver who sounds like he lives in a cave.
Vinyl still lives -
-WaV
