I love both. Vinyl for the tactile experience, not to mention the expense of buying and storing records, cleaning machines, etc. and the lack of convenience. And yet, when I stream music, even thought it often sounds better, and I never have to get off my couch, I don't find myself listening the way I do to vinyl. I find vinyl more involving and I'm much less likely to skip around from song to song. So maybe there is something to your theory about digital being "disposable".
Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine
Unpacking and going through my vinyl collection, it occurs to me that vinyl is it, whereas streaming is Audio’s red plastic cup.
The best wines taste low-shelf in the red plastic cup. Yes, the red plastic cup is cheap and convenient, just like streaming. Wine should feel the same regardless of the vessel - it’s the same wine - but it does not. So should music - but it does not. Streamed music may sound (nearly) as good as vinyl, but it feels... disposable. Vinyl does not. Vinyl is the thing. Vinyl is it! Just my opinion, of course.
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