[Audio Empire]

On Sun, 27 May 2012 11:29:46 -0700, KH wrote
(in article ):

On 5/27/2012 7:30 AM, Audio Empire wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 15:35:37 -0700, KH wrote
(in ):

Take vinyl vs. CD for example. I'm fairly convinced that one reason
(whether anyone agrees with me or not) that many who continue to find
vinyl more realistic than CD - specifically among us old-timers - is
that listening to vinyl for decades creates a mental "image" of what
reproduced music should sound like. An image that contains all the
artifacts specific to vinyl playback, but which are lacking in CD
reproduction.

That is an interesting point. I have never considered that, but you might be
correct in that deduction. Of course, it doesn't explain kids who are just
now flocking to vinyl having never before been exposed to it. But it
certainly could be a major factor with us old fogies.

Well, one obvious (though not necessarily *the* correct) reason is
compression. If you "grew up" on MP3 and brutally compressed pop CD's,
older recordings, especially, on vinyl have to be whole new experience.

Keith


That's true too. I don't see how anyone can listen to MP3 on headphones. I
can listen quite happily to Internet radio on speakers, but on headphones?
Forget it! All that funny phasey goings-on and the noise bursts that
accompany solo acoustic guitar and piano - Yecchh!