@phusis go for it. Say your say. I’m not stopping you. Lol
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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Liked that song you linked, thanks for sharing. Here is my 2 cents, different genre but good imaging despite youtube quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Eev27g7V0
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+1 @2psyop When will people learn! |
Click bait but I’ll bite. I agree that owning physical music is great but streaming provides things that physical music can’t. I don’t argue about which format sounds best but in my experience CDs and streaming sounds comparable if both are sourced properly. I don’t spin vinyl anymore since I went to CDs about 40 years ago. I love having the music and playlists I want available to play in any room, the car, boat or out and about not to mention my Focal Bathys on a plane or train. Red solo cup you fill me up proceed to party! |
Love the analogy—and I’ll steal it with credit 😄. I’d tweak it just a bit though: streaming isn’t bad wine in a red plastic cup, it’s actually pretty great wine… in a red plastic cup. Technically impressive, clean, consistent, absurdly convenient. But the ritual is missing. Vinyl is the proper glassware, the weight of it in your hand, the swirl, the smell, the tiny risk you might spill something on a priceless rug. Yes, in theory it’s “the same music,” just like it’s “the same wine.” In practice, the medium changes how you listen. Streaming invites grazing. Vinyl invites committing. One is a fridge you keep opening; the other is sitting down and opening a bottle on purpose. Neither is wrong—but only one makes you slow down enough to notice the tannins… or the decay on a cymbal. So yeah: streaming is the red cup at a great party. Vinyl is the glass you pull out when you actually want to savor something. Both get you there—only one makes it feel like an occasion. 🍷🎶 Experience has a sound. |
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