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Zune Sales Not So Bad After All
pyrbrand writes "Despite the iFanboy jabber that Zune sales were horrific, CNN has a story to the contrary. Turns out Zune was the #2 Digital Audio player in its first week of sales. Not a bad start for the challenger to the iPod throne. As others have pointed out the Amazon sales rank may have been thrown off by Zune sales being divided between the three colors."
NO, it's not. Warmer means the entire wave is present, not just a sample of it. Digital tends to thin recordings because it's hard to sample low end waves due to their "size". With vinyl, the entire sound wave is represented, literally, on the vinyl itself. Sure. the equipment, being analog, will have problem such as wow, flutter, distortion and hum--but I submit that all of these things actually add to the character of a recording. Believe me when I say, once you listen to good quality vinyl on a good sound system, you're sold on it. It simply blows away CD in "sonic presence". Analog has natural compression, too. It's very possible to go "over zero" in analog. With digital, you simply can't do that, so to make something "louder" one has to destroy the dynamics of the recording by slamming all of the frequencies against a digital wall. The end result? One lifeless recording that makes someone fatigued just trying to listen to it. Seriously, if you ever get the chance... get a copy of something on vinyl and on CD (the same recording) and compare, on a decent stereo. You'll be sold on vinyl instantly. It simply SOUNDS BETTER.