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.

devinplombier

oh wow...look at these very beautiful atmos/dts high fidelity audio blu-rays man...

While you guys were busy spinning your vinyl plastic red cups and driving around in your pontiacs, i was already sitting in a f22 raptor, using your pontiacs and plastic red cups for target practice.

Very happy to have LP, CD, and streaming...a time and place and purpose for each...

While when vinyl sounded better on my system I found the ritual seemed to improve the sound. But now that my streaming sounds the same or better that ritual seems like a senseless inconvenience. So, nope, not any more, vinyl seems like the gilded metal cup that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. 

Yet another vinyl vs digital/streaming debate (yawning)?  How boring.  Does anyone really give a hoot whether or not someone likes one more over the other?  Not I Lol!!!  Happy listening.