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
You have hit on quite a resounding beat here - pardon the pun.
Most musicians, like creative people and artists all over the world, cannot explain to you where their art comes from.
Sure, we live in an age when almost every song ever produced is available at our fingertips in the highest resolution possible - instantly. And that’s super cool. I’m a fan.
However….An accountant can show you a spreadsheet and the numbers make sense.
But music comes from a place of heart and soul and spirit, and yes some logic too. I guess this is why I love the process of sifting through my dusty record collection, giving them a good clean and playing them on my turntable, hisses, pops and all.
It reminds me of that heart and soul and spirit.