Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine

@newton_john thank you for the kind words. 

Very interesting! I too find my listening habits changing with the time of day. First thing in the morning I most enjoy gentle, upbeat, unamplified music. As caffeine first hits, the bassist’s fingers hitting the strings, the trumpet player’s catching their breath, the cymbals’ brisk cascades of harmonics are all palpable.

Later in the day, if I’m working from home, I like to blast noise and sludge and electronic at unreasonable volumes. Paradoxically the sonic barrage helps me focus.

Late at night, I like to wind down with the kind of music you’d associate with driving home before dawn on the deserted, rain-soaked streets of a European capital.

I find that I use media pretty interchangeably, based on which one the music that fits the mood happens to be on. But when I do meaningful, intentional listening I tend to reach for my vinyl.

@mahler123 

Bollocks. Don’t be silly. That is not bashing at all. It is just trying to explore how the format feels.

Of course the virtual world of streaming feels less tangible ​​​​​then the physical one of vinyl. That’s a perfectly reasonable observation to make. It’s pathetic that you try spin one word as being a negative position on an entire format. 

If I wrote a thousand words, would you search for one to be offended by and ignore the context of the other nine hundred and ninety nine?

If I say my room is closed down by racks of records, will you also accuse of bashing vinyl?

Each format has its pluses and minuses. Pointing them out is not bashing.

You’re in danger of coming over as an over sensitive angry man looking for a fight. I don’t believe for one minute that’s who you really are. 

Are you offended that some people can enjoy more than one format? Is that the problem? 

@devinplombier 

Thank you..

It’s difficult to have a calm discussion with you, while this other distracting stuff is going on in the background..

@newton_john 

In fairness to @mahler123 , his post started pretty strong but turned out quite a bit more nuanced:

I frequently rail against vinyl but I have to admit when it’s done properly it sounds pretty good.

The OP in this case prefers vinyl because of the ritual that is involved in playing it. That was not clear from his OP but emerged after thread give and take. Personally I view the whole vinyl ritual as a refined torture, but one man’s pain is another man’s pleasure

He has a point there, besides he has every right to disagree with anything I say. 

Speaking of nuance, I probably could have dialed more of it into my original post. Next time 😉

He's got previous, but can be ok when he's in a good mood. 

I.guess we all learn by our mistakes.