I'mt new to this board and as I have now retired, I decided to get all my old gear out of storage and get it up and running. After numerous searches trying to find out the current state of play and even more rabbit holes I came accross this place. Wow! I thought my hearing must have been damaged all those years ago because I couldn't tell the difference between cables and power leads et al. One thing puzzles me, I still love listening to vinyl. Maybe one for the experts in psychoacoustics out there?
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Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
I'm a member of a couple of reddit audiophile threads where people post pictures of their rigs and most of the time they include turntables and every time I see one my mind is blown because I outgrew vinyl only a few years after buying my first CD player in the '80's. Back then I had a tape...
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Enjoy all 313 pages of glorious vinyl discussion that only occasionally breaks into a Hockey Game!
Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
I'm a member of a couple of reddit audiophile threads where people post pictures of their rigs and most of the time they include turntables and every time I see one my mind is blown because I outgrew vinyl only a few years after buying my first CD player in the '80's. Back then I had a tape...
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Several factors at play with Vinyl - for starters:
- Vinyl is more fun and engaging to play because it's a big physical disc. This might influence how closely you listen and what you hear.
- Vinyl tends to have more THD than other formats. That can actually sound subjectively good in moderate doses.
- Vinyl masters sometimes have more dynamic range than digital masters, due to (IMO) poor decisions on the part of studios/labels. Which can also sound subjectively better.
and 300 pages later is there an answer. His first post how cruel.Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
I'm a member of a couple of reddit audiophile threads where people post pictures of their rigs and most of the time they include turntables and every time I see one my mind is blown because I outgrew vinyl only a few years after buying my first CD player in the '80's. Back then I had a tape...
I'm a neutral observer here. I had lots of vinyl and spent my share of time in the barrel. But you have to move on.and 300 pages later is there an answer. His first post how cruel.
Enjoy all 313 pages of glorious vinyl discussion that only occasionally breaks into a Hockey Game!
Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
I'm a member of a couple of reddit audiophile threads where people post pictures of their rigs and most of the time they include turntables and every time I see one my mind is blown because I outgrew vinyl only a few years after buying my first CD player in the '80's. Back then I had a tape...
and 300 pages later is there an answer. His first post how cruel.
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Thanks for your replies guys. Firstly, I didn't say I preferred vinyl, I have recently started listening to hi-res stuff via a cheap Topping DAC and love that too. What I am slowly realising is that I tend not to think about what the source is and enjoy getting carried away with the music. Am I a failure as an audiophile???
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and 300 pages later is there an answer. His first post how cruel.
I just looked on pp 300 and 301 to see if I could suss out to which response you refer. This one, perhaps?
Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
How do you figure that? Now your just making things up too? Easy to resolve that one, do you ride a Harley or not? What's the matter with you guys, did we step on your favorite toy by saying it has inferior SQ and is obsolete, so you have to start these personal attacks on other matters...
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My wife won't let me buy that kind cereal.I just looked on pp 300 and 301 to see if I could suss out to which response you refer. This one, perhaps?
Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
How do you figure that? Now your just making things up too? Easy to resolve that one, do you ride a Harley or not? What's the matter with you guys, did we step on your favorite toy by saying it has inferior SQ and is obsolete, so you have to start these personal attacks on other matters...
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My wife won't let me buy that kind cereal.
Happened to read this Calvin and Hobbes cartoon to our granddaughter last night during our weekly Zoom story time...
Synchronicity?
Sounds like a win to me.
Hell no. I still have all my LPs but refuse to call it vinyl out of recalcitrance. Music is the key and one can get much better sound and spend much less by learning to read ASR test data. You're retired take your time and if your old gear is rare, funky and
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That thread explores every reason yet discovered for and against vinyl as a sourceCan anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
I'm a member of a couple of reddit audiophile threads where people post pictures of their rigs and most of the time they include turntables and every time I see one my mind is blown because I outgrew vinyl only a few years after buying my first CD player in the '80's. Back then I had a tape...
Absolutely not. Enjoy music any darn way that makes you happy. I was in love with my 8-track in my first car. It got junked from a wreck. I went to the Wrecker Lot to retrieve any personal possessions and the only thing I cared about was my 8-track player. I left all sorts of stuff behind because it took me an hour to get the tape player out and I never used it again. But on that cold winter night it was the most precious thing. So whatever medium you choose is your choice and if it makes you happy that’s all that matters.
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Sky NetOh, that reminds me! Does the drama with Q* and Sam Altman and OpenAI signal the AI apocalypse is nigh?
Not to actually revive this topic... but Skynet as depicted in the movies would be a silly joke compared to the reality.
Why bother with slow laser-toting metal halloween skeletons when you can engineer a virus, or bacterium, or fungus, or nanomachines, or tiny drones that can wipe people out with no warning, no cure, and no drama? You know, stuff you'd do if you wanted to exterminate the human race and didn't care if it looked cool on a movie screen?
I do tend to agree with the people who say that AI, if it decides to wipe out humans, would easily succeed.
OK, BACK TO THE TOPIC, SORRY.
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Well you can set users to ignore if you hover over their name or go to their profile.
Sure. Ignore has its own problems if you're following a conversation, though.
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Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
I'm a member of a couple of reddit audiophile threads where people post pictures of their rigs and most of the time they include turntables and every time I see one my mind is blown because I outgrew vinyl only a few years after buying my first CD player in the '80's. Back then I had a tape...
That discussion could have been cut to two pages—at most—if someone had simply posted, "No.", as the second post.
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