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RE: "The Revenge of Analog"

Posted by contrapuntal (A) on December 6, 2016 at 09:32:30

In Reply to: "The Revenge of Analog" posted by Bill Way on December 6, 2016 at 06:54:10:

Thank you for the post. One element we may forget about in the digital/analogue debate is the power, need, and importance of ritual.

For example, with a cd,
1.I take it out of storage box, careful to touch only edges,
2.open CD player drawer,
insert, and
3.push play.
4.Sometimes they need cleaning or buffing/scratches. Not much ritual, but YMMV.

With an LP (used, which is how I purchased 99.9% of collection (a measly 950 currently).
1. I give it a thorough cleaning with manual scrub and RCM.
2. Then allowed to fully dry on rack overnight.
3. Next, new inner and outer sleeves. (Then, like CD, placed on shelf in alphabetical by artists name).
4. Then to play, I take it out of cover, and without fingers touching playable surface, carefully place on the turntable platter.
5. Then I place clamp on top.
6. Then I start 33 rpm,
7. and use a carbon fiber brush for 2 revolutions.
8. Then Volume is at 0 (if not already)and preamp to cd.
9. I place tonearm in up position (Thorens TD160) and place stylus at correct position for track 1.
9. I then place the Monk Pivot Sweeper at track one using left hand.
10. While simultaneously lowering the tonearm with right hand.
11. Quickly switch preamp to Phono.
12. Increase volume.

Ritual is so powerful, and addicting. For example, if a person is using illegal/illicit drugs, and must cover/hide that use from law/family/friends, they develop rather elaborate, at times, rituals in order to achieve that goal. In practice, (let's assume this drug is not addictive) the person becomes addicted to the very process of ritual itself.

Likewise, we use ritual with evrything religion to sports. But it can be very addictive, though I know vinyl ritual addiction has not yet appeared in DSM (5).

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