For shits and giggles...

In favor from me... The AOL CDs are one thing, but good vinyl is becoming rare.

At one time, there wasn't more than a week before we received at least couple of those in the mail. My uncle started using them for shooting practice since he had so many.

And for today's new releases... yeah... it's more gimmick than quality of music in my opinion...

 

That would totally depend on the desired entry point ...

 

This reminded me of the Cleveland episode where they start up a beer truck business for people stuck in morning traffic...

 

Yeah, but the recordings are etched from the digital format... So yeah, no comments from there. I've used to work with a serious audiophile (spent more money on his headphones than his car... don't ask about his home... It was built around his home theater sound system). Small world: He and my brother were friends on the audio circuits (He was a SQ competition enthusiast and my brother was a mobile tuner and dB competitor),

He told me that there are a TON of people who think that the vinyl is better, but like I said, it was created and etched based on the original digital recording. The data rates of digital now exceed the ability of the human brain to process/hear, So going vinyl is more of a... "prestige" or "trophy" piece (hence gimmicky). Any perceived gains in quality are usually psychological.

When you consider the sound balance of the typical "audiophile's" sound system, it's mis-balanced anyways with heavy focus on bass. The primary point of sound quality sound systems is a flawless reproduction of the original song WITHOUT frequency or band peaks.

My brother is better at explaining this... He's the one with a degree in acoustic technologies and sound control... but I've been paying attention... Keeping up is a bit harder to do though.

 

We have lots of Vinyl LPs, but are too lazy to use them.
Since here is our kind of music on FM all day and night.

 

Not necessarily... There has been a comeback in analog recording studios, but due to the "nature" of music tastes, not all music can be originated as analog. I even found one in my (relatively) small city... Or at least they claim they're an analog capable studio...

But that doesn't matter.

Best way I can think of is this: If you hear synthesized elements in the song (sweeping bass for example), then you end up with the digital:analog paradox, but if you have ALL natural elements, then you could take advantage of the analog recordings without the paradox. At that point, it becomes a matter of recording quality at the studio.