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In Reply to: RE: I believe Mr. Mann was referring to the notion that vinyl... posted by hcman on January 08, 2017 at 21:56:44
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I read past the first paragraph and understand the authors POV. I obviously clearly failed to state my own. I took Mr. Manns post to mean he was deriding the idea that vinyl was "scratchy".
I wasn't referring to you in that post but Mr. Mann. I understood your point.
The article did not enlighten me one bit. I mean, I agree with the content but there is nothing new here. Kind of the same thing that has been said before.
I am also in the camp of, " it just sounds good".
Lets sum up what the article said.
Vinyl is an outdated, "scratchy" medium which digital is markedly "superior" to, who's only value is "nostalgic"!
Did I miss anything here?
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means of grounding ourselves in a world that promises constant change."Your summation of the article that "vinyl is an outdated, "scratchy" medium which digital is markedly "superior" to, who's only value is "nostalgic"!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?
Edits: 01/09/17
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.
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"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.
Like this, for instance:"To the millions of consumers worldwide who have resurrected the record industry over the past few years, I suspect the feeling is mutual. To us, the return of vinyl, even as we listen to streaming services on the drive to work represents not regression, but progress."
If you read just the introduction in his book, you would clearly see that he is a fan of all things analog.
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