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Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back

Posted by kdawson on from the what-goes-around-comes-ariynd dept.

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."

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  1. Oy vey by i_liek_turtles · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know your format is doomed if you consider a 15 year old your "expert" to quote.

    1. Re:Oy vey by mrbooze · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here's my theory about audiophiles obsessed with vinyl. They're like guys who think that if they store a woman properly and only have sex with her very carefully, she won't lose her virginity.

      Me, I like my music like I like my women: sturdy, affordable, and able to hold up to repetitive playing.

  2. But punched cards are best by Beryllium+Sphere(tm) · · Score: 5, Funny

    >I haven't heard a hurray for punchcards post recently.

    Newer technologies just don't give programs the same nuanced performance and octagonal algorithms as punched cards. The clean edges of a punched bit totally rule over the bits on magnetic media that require a dedicated computer just to recover them from the noise. All that extra work to reconstruct a bit makes them tired, and fatiguing to debug.

    Face it: programs run off hard disks just have grainy memory usage and an indistinct sound stage.

    But punched cards are a distraction from the real issue, which is that only a vacuum tube computer can do justice to the best algorithms.

  3. For sound quality... by Chysn · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...there's no beating half-inch reel-to-reel. Vinyl, pfft.

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  4. Re:"Suddenly"? by flyingsquid · · Score: 5, Funny
    Vinyl? Give me a freakin' break. Vinyl is for pussies. REAL audiophiles use wax cylinders. And we only use organic beeswax, gathered from our own honeybee colonies, which feed exclusively on a diet of Brazilian orchid nectar. Anything else and you're just an amateur.

    Some people will say it costs too much, but I disagree. Sure, building the audio system of my dreams cost $750,000, not to mention my job, my house, and my marriage. But my system makes Britney Spears sound like fucking Beethoven!

  5. Re:"Suddenly"? by Dogtanian · · Score: 5, Funny

    But my system makes Britney Spears sound like fucking Beethoven! What does Britney Spears fucking Beethoven sound like anyway?
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  6. Re:"Suddenly"? by Conanymous+Award · · Score: 3, Funny

    "What does Britney Spears fucking Beethoven sound like anyway?"

    Dunno, but I'm sure those "ohs" and "yes's" and "ja's" sound warmer and more nuanced on vinyl than in some crappy compressed digital format.

  7. Re:There is a zero-wear player by CastrTroy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dust isn't your problem. It's your wife's job to make sure there's no dust in the house. If there is, she's not doing her job right.

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