Vinyl making a HUGE comeback: (metal, cd, cassette, mp3)

The Monkey · 03-13-2009, 08:39 AM

From what I've gathered it seems like everybody who lived when vinyl was still active don't want it to come back and most people who have never experienced it consider it to be very special.

glutoro · 03-13-2009, 08:57 AM

I grew up listening to records... its just something I've always loved as a child... I have all the care bear records and everything.. strawberry shortcake.. loves em'.

Mojo · 03-13-2009, 10:21 AM

I like to have hard copies too. Admittedly I havent bought much in the last year as ive been struggling financially but I used to buy a lot and when I find myself with some money to spare again I'll start buying.

If i download something and I like it enough I'll try to buy it eventually.

Legal downloads confuse me. If I'm gonna pay for music I'm damn sure gonna have something I can hold in my hands.

glutoro · 03-13-2009, 10:58 AM

Yard sales are the best place for good records and tapes.. and cds lol.. people are moving on.

Molecules · 03-13-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by FireInCairo

Try listening to Public Image ltd.- Metal Box on vinyl, then have a listen to the remastered cd or mp3's and come back and say that the vinyl doesn't sound 100% better

that could be the mastering, or the fact that album hasn't been reissued since whenever it first came out on CD. But then if I didn't have the option of whacking the bass dial up for that one it wouldn't be the same experience, they famously recorded it with no middle range

anticipation · 03-13-2009, 03:26 PM

ca$$ette tapes furev3r motherfuckers.

musiclovesryan · 03-13-2009, 03:31 PM

Dude I love vinyl half my music collection is on vinyl!

FireInCairo · 03-13-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Molecules

that could be the mastering, or the fact that album hasn't been reissued since whenever it first came out on CD. But then if I didn't have the option of whacking the bass dial up for that one it wouldn't be the same experience, they famously recorded it with no middle range

I just meant it as an obvious example of vinyl compared to cd.
I think a fresh properly mastered vinyl sounds better than a cd, purely because of the warmth and rawness derived from an imperfect analogue source. Digital perfection sounds too clean and hi-fi, it sucks some of the energy and vibe out of most styles of music.
However, cd's are obviously more convenient and mp3's more convenient again.

The vinyl resurgence has come about purely because of a backlash to the idea of disposability of music which has been created the ease of obtaining mp3's.

lieasleep · 03-14-2009, 02:04 PM

honestly, i really don't hear much of a difference, i love vinyls though. Its like having a piece of art.

adidasss · 03-14-2009, 02:10 PM

Lol, music is art, no matter what format it comes in...

03-13-2009, 08:39 AM	#41 (permalink)
The Monkey Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 803	From what I've gathered it seems like everybody who lived when vinyl was still active don't want it to come back and most people who have never experienced it consider it to be very special. __________________ Now another stranger seems to want you to ignore his dreams as though they were the burden of some other My Last.fm

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Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I like to have hard copies too. Admittedly I havent bought much in the last year as ive been struggling financially but I used to buy a lot and when I find myself with some money to spare again I'll start buying. If i download something and I like it enough I'll try to buy it eventually. Legal downloads confuse me. If I'm gonna pay for music I'm damn sure gonna have something I can hold in my hands. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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lieasleep Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 355	honestly, i really don't hear much of a difference, i love vinyls though. Its like having a piece of art. __________________ a song well sung is a sung well song so sing.

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Lol, music is art, no matter what format it comes in... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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glutoro Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cutest little town in Canada. Posts: 90	I grew up listening to records... its just something I've always loved as a child... I have all the care bear records and everything.. strawberry shortcake.. loves em'.

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glutoro Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cutest little town in Canada. Posts: 90	Yard sales are the best place for good records and tapes.. and cds lol.. people are moving on.

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anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	ca$$ette tapes furev3r motherfuckers.

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musiclovesryan Groupie Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5	Dude I love vinyl half my music collection is on vinyl!