[Arny Krueger]

"John Atkinson" wrote
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It does matter to Arny Krueger, because he takes it as a
personal affront when someone expresses a preference for
the sound of LPs, as witnessed by his constant references to "vinyl
bigots"
on r.a.o. and his continuing attacks on people like Jenn
who dare give voice to that preference.


The only place I apply the label "Vinyl Bigot" is those situations where it
appears to fit. Trouble is, a place like RAO seems to attract a goodly and
highly vocal segment of that tiny minority of music lovers whose preferences
appear to be overcome by emotions other than a desire for the most sonically
faithful and literal reproduction of musical recordings. So, I end up using
it a lot on RAO.

Jenn is an interesting case because she is probably the most extreme case of
emotional dependence on the audible effects of the noise and distortion
inherent in vinyl that I've ever encountered. Presumably she hears lots of
live music, but somehow she misses or even prefers many audible cues that
most people hear but dislike pretty intensely. She's very adamant about her
belief that a form of digital recording that is well-known to be highly
faithful to the source, is not so faithful.

Basically, Jenn is a person who believes something like water naturally
flows up hill. This belief is common to that miniscule percentage of music
lovers who will apparently prefer vinyl to the bitter end. If they weren't
such vigorous proselytizers, there would be nothing to it. She's like a
person who drinks polluted sea water and brags about how natural and pure it
tastes.