i completely get preferring analog media, so if it’s about the sound characteristics (that ‘warmth’), having physical media, etc fair enough. but if the goal of an audiophile is to get the highest quality reproduction of a recording wouldn’t CDs or FLACs be your best bet?

maybe this only really applies for newer music, perhaps digital releases for music recorded analogue are just digitized vinyl or reel to reel recordings but for music produced in DAWs the highest quality version available for that release would surely be either a CD or a digital FLAC release

  • FirstMonkeyInSpace@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This!!!

    I recently took my cd player out of the loft and have been re buying all of my CDs I got rid of. All of a sudden I’m in love with music again.

    I just don’t listen to music in the same way on stream. I find myself listening to the same songs all the time.

    • Wise_Concentrate_182@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Instead of repurchasing CDs and filling up space for 10 songs at a time of which you’ll like 2, perhaps you could also rethink your audio equipment in general.