As someone who listens to both: because they’re fun
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Mickey7@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI don’t understand why people want to listen to vinyl records vs. digital
StellarExtract@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Purely ideological at this point.
I want to own my media, CDs aren’t being produced anymore, vinyls are resurfacing.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m no audiophile, but there is a difference in sound. To me it’s not enough to invest in the type of equipment that maximizes that difference, but it’s still there
Plus turntables have become another niche technological LEGO set, to customize and improve until the hole in your chest is filled
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, there is: vinyl is objectively worse.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Nyquist–Shannon_sampling_theor…
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Eeehhh, I don’t think worse is the right word. Less fidelity, yeah, but the sound is… warmer? I dunno, like I said, I’m not an audiophile, but I know our ears are analogue and all the things in nature that make me feel good have curves
Your mom, for instance
Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
From what I understand, vinyl records are often mastered differently than digital recordings, and they do have a bit of a different sound overall due to their mechanical nature (like how different headphones can produce vastly different results.) So vinyl could very well be actually better depending on the mix, and depending on the preferences of the person listening.
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Every difference between digital and vinyl is caused by vinyl failing to faithfully reproduce the original signal. It may be “pleasing” signal degradation, but it is degradation nonetheless.
As for the analogy about different headphones, I don’t think differences in quality of the amplification/playback hardware are necessarily tied to the recoding medium playback mechanism itself. In other words, you could just as easily hook some vacuum tube amp up to your CD or FLAC player if that “warm” sound was what you were going for.