|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
69.87.200.136
In Reply to: Re: Am I the only one who thinks cd is fading fast? posted by digepix on March 18, 2007 at 19:42:46:
Vinyl is not the answer long term. If it was as good as it could be, I would be more than satisfied with it for the rest of my years.
Vinyl quality is as bad as it ever was. The only difference is that now they are not using regrind like they did in the '70's after the oil embargo of '73. I'm tired of spending a lot on very warped vinyl.
I only have maybe 25 years of good listening left and will not be able to replace all of my cd's with something like Blue-Ray, if that even happens.
Downloading looks like the "final solution", however.
I'll stick with playing my vinyl and cd's. I do not like most new music anyway.
Follow Ups:
Hey ND,If you move to a pc based system, you can archive all that vinyl and cds so you can have them for a very very long time, while enjoying the convenience factor.
though this computer I'm on sucks. It's a 1999 Dell L500r with a P3. I'll get a new rig after I move this summer. This one takes up too much room. Actually the monitor does. It's a huge "Dell" 17". There's an inch of dust back there.
I was thinking of running the phono stage out to my PC and archiving the vinyl at a high a resolution as I could. The idea if taking it off at 24/96 would be good, but then how much drive space would be needed for the amount of vinyl that I have... and then I would have to mirror it just to be on the safe side. In 10 or 15 years time I might even be rummaging through piles of old hard drives and reminiscing about them.
Maybe thats a vision of the future I should not look forward to... but I quite like the idea.Enjoy,
K
If you've ever heard O.K. Computer by Radiohead on vinyl, you'd be hooked for life. Most of the new vinyl I purchase is at my local record shop, so if it's warped, I can return it. (I never had to) My latest purchases on vinyl sound so much better than cd/digital, that I'll never return to CD.The mastering for vinyl is usually different from the cd masters, much better as far as compression/dynamics is concerned, and no harsh high end pushing.
Just my 2 cents.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: