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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. 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!

  4. 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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