Why vinyl?

Digital breaks up the unitary spatial perspective into planes, isolates players into "bubbles", effecting the illusion of players playing together, does not replicate infinite dissipation of wave front, nor in depth perspective, nor is foundational harmonic fabric of voice comparable to analog, nor in integration of transient, core projection and decay, nor does digital replicate space in a dimensional sense, nor does digital properly replicate symmetrical projection of soundwave, all vis-a-vis analog, and so on.

I use digital and analog, each quite alot, but it would never occur to me to say that there is not a hierarchy of performance because the above factors are "subjective", or because such an adopted position has that warm mushy feel of politically correct egalitarianism. There ARE some truths that we can say are superior, there are some ideas which are better, there are some actions which give rise to greater knowledge, and discounting this dynamic to all of evolution simply because you want to stay with digital, or defend all digital users - as if that needs to be done - is, well, missing the point, to be kind.

The above factors are important to replicating music (not just sound), they are not relegated in importance by radical subjective arguments that ignore that some truths are more true than others, and...

Analog is still superior to digital as a means of replicating the musical experience at home, which in no way negates the use of digital for that same, albeit less capable, purpose.

OH MY GOD, Unsound, we've met in the middle! I saw your post and thought I was in for a real drumming (which, sometimes, I am...). Thanks though.

Gosh, really thought I had trolled good on that one...Hmmm, maybe I'll switch to a Mister Twister, or a Rebel floater, or maybe a spoon. I must be losing my touch...

No one gonna give me crap for big word "egalitarianism", or for polemic as not-nice-and-warm-and-fuzzy enough? Jeeeez, you guys, come on!

Muralman, 6ch, detlof, please, hit me!

Oh well...

Oh yea, the digital rig sounded very nice last night...

Hi William!

Yes, I can see that, like Elmucy, that if ticks and pops just happened to drive you crazy that going analog would not be for you. I would say that, yes, I don't like them either, but I've also found that as my analog rig has gotten better, and I've used a record cleaning machine, and taken care of my records in that context, that such distractions have lessened significantly.

I know that there are some people that will never get past the ticks, but with the above progression, I think, if you allowed yourself to go that way, many of those people might find that the remaining ticks become, for listening purposes, insignificant.

Tape: ends up running through your fingers like sand...

On analog vs. CD, its an old topic, and I keep up with it, like many do, because every once in a while someone gets a TT and gets terrifically juiced about our 'lil mutual quest. How can that be bad?

I agree with that too jrd, wholeheartedly. But it would be nice if they could hear analog too - good analog - and make their decision from that point of reference, if they are so inclined. Good point to remember though.

Nice post Ron.

Sooo coool, domo.