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In Reply to: RE: Probably a good idea to read past the FIRST PARAGRAPH! Nt. posted by SoundMann on January 09, 2017 at 06:56:48
With all due respect, yes, you did miss something here-- you missed the essence of the article! You missed the author's main intent. He sees nostalgia as a good thing, not something to be demeaned or dismissed. He says: " Nostalgia's role here is crucial. It is the critical eye that values everything against what came before it, and constantly asks whether each new idea is an improvement, or not....nostalgia isn't just some foolish whim. It is a life raft, and the one sure means of grounding ourselves in a world that promises constant change."Your summation of the article that "vinyl is an outdated, "scratchy" medium which digital is markedly "superior" to, who's only value is "nostalgic"! " is clearly not to be taken literally. The author is merely echoing what others have said. If anything, he is clearly a cheerleader for the analog medium.
In all honesty, if this were a college board SAT exam and the question asked was " which is the best response to sum up this article", is that the answer you'd choose?
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That is NOT why I listen to vinyl. There is just more "there" there.
...regards...tr
he is flat out wrong about the merits of vinyl sound quality and that kind of kills the value of the article.
I'm not sure why this article has presented such difficulty, why it's subject to such misinterpretation.As I read it, he says almost nothing about vinyl sound quality, except the word "scratchy" . Where does he talk about sound quality of vinyl in this article? I can't find it anywhere.
Edits: 01/09/17
"these technologies are functionally obsolete. How could this be happening? Why would someone pay $20 or more for a secondhand copy of Bill Withers' "+Justments" on a scratchy plastic disc that plays only on a costly, troublesome turntable, when she could stream the same album in digital clarity on Spotify'
That's a lot more than "scratchy." It is a gross misrepresentation of the relative merits of the sound quality of vinyl.
So...maybe it isn't us who are having trouble understanding it or misinterpretating it.
Here we go again. I think you're misinterpreting the author's intent. Did you read my previous post?
"Your summation of the article that "vinyl is an outdated, "scratchy" medium which digital is markedly "superior" to, who's only value is "nostalgic"! " is clearly NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY! The author is merely echoing what others have said. If anything, he is clearly a cheerleader for the analog medium."
Let's just agree to disagree and end this.
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