Why do you listen to records?
Do you listen to records for the SQ, or do you just prefer to listen to music through this medium?
I find myself putting records on occasionally, ( I have a large collection) but I’m not sure if it’s because of their sound. I certainly have the availability of millions of songs or compositions to listen to by streaming, and the sound quality is just abut the same, and, of course, the variety is endless.
So why listen to records?
@milehighguy ”has the world always been this angry?” No. I don’t think so. There has been a trend over the last few decades of entitlement, anonymity (internet), and Political rhetoric that has stoked the internal bias of fear over contentment. The current era reminds me of Churchill’s first volume of World War 2: ‘The Gathering Storm’. |
Sorry, we were talking at cross purposes. However, I still disagree. Yes, we’ve had two new formats in the past forty years, CD and streaming. Maybe, some of us have the exactly same turntable they did forty years ago, but mine has got massively better than it was then. In general, they have come a long way. There have been big technological improvements in bearings, motors, new materials for plinths, power supplies, isolation, MC cartridges, phono stages, optical cartridges, record cleaners, etc. Not to mention digital coming into the processing involved in making records and their replay. Vinyl has developed and evolved alongside the new formats. |
@newton_john I don't have strong feelings to argue, whatever. We can say that a TT being 99.99% more stable, the speed being 99.99% closer to the atomic clock are massive improvements. To me, fundamentally, it's refinements, not paradigm shifts, and new technologies introduced. |
My Personal opinion and just me, adding to this long list
I listen because I am nostalgic, growing up with Vinyl and I am curious how original pressings vinyl sounds in today's top notch turntables and phono cartridges. Personally, I am a digital type of man. using streaming 90% of the time, but I got an Analog Gear (VPI, HANA and JC3+) just to listen occasionally to old records and analyzes how these records played in yester years
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That's a good point. I suspect we don't all listen for the same thing in music. For me it's all about the buzz I get from it - the visceral experience of it. I can't put this in words very well - there's a thread here on altered states. It's easier to get from a good hifi system, but sometimes it comes from listening on very modest equipment depending on mood and situation. I am getting it now from David Lowery's new album on Qobuz. Most often I get from listening to vinyl. However there's no hard and fast rules here. |
