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  • Anahata_Tantra@alien.topBtoAudiophile•why do audiophiles tend to prefer vinyl?English
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    10 months ago

    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.

  • Anahata_Tantra@alien.topBtoAudiophile•why do audiophiles tend to prefer vinyl?English
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    10 months ago

    I’m not sure how to be honest. I’m not an audio engineer.

    It happens to be one of my all time favorite pieces of music: “Autumn Leaves” from the Somethin Else album by Cannonball Adderley featuring Miles Davis.

    I have the 180gm remastered vinyl (German pressing), the original CD version, the tape (yes even the cassette tape!), the streamed version in hires FLAC via Deezer HiFi, 320mbps via Spotify Premium, and of course that Napster download from 2 decades ago.

    I dunno, that Napster version played via my iPod on my stereo still sounds the best. Perhaps you can enlighten me?

  • Anahata_Tantra@alien.topBtoAudiophile•why do audiophiles tend to prefer vinyl?English
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    10 months ago

    It depends on which audiophile you ask and which source the music is from.

    I have some recordings where the vinyl pressing surpasses all else.

    I have some recordings where the CD playback is the finest.

    Then I have others where the 128mbps MP3 download from Napster in 2001 is the best ha ha.

    And these days I am finding many FLAC streams that are simply sublime on Deezer HiFi played through my Aune X8 dac and Wiim Pro streamer.

    There’s no vinyl-only solution IMHO.

    But yes, there are some recordings on vinyl that simply blow everything else out of the water when you get it all in alignment. It’s kinda hard to explain, but you’ll know it when you hear it for sure 👌