Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back

theodp writes "Time reports that vinyl records are suddenly cool again. Vinyl has a warmer, more nuanced sound than CDs or MP3s; records feature large album covers with imaginative graphics, pullout photos, and liner notes. 'Bad sound on an iPod has had an impact on a lot of people going back to vinyl,' says 15-year-old David MacRunnel, who owns more than 1,000 records."

Comments

Re:"Suddenly"?

[ChronosWS]

Any recording is necessarily less perfect than hearing the original live performance. The recording is different in ways that may be better depending on your point of view (more equalized sound, less crowd noise, etc.) but it is never more perfect. One of the joys of a live performance is that what you hear can never be heard again by anyone else in the same way, so it is a very personal experience.

That and there is always the chance that some crazy dude will bite the head off a fake animal. You won't see THAT on CD...

Re:Ah, the things "audiophiles" claim...

[Dirtside]

In fact, here's an even more depressing parting thought: the more blatantly absurd and provably wrong something is, the more vehemently its advocates will defend it.

I believe we have a word for that: "religion" :)