[Audio Empire]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:27:31 -0700, vlad wrote
(in article ):

On Sep 14, 7:43=A0pm, Audio Empire wrote:
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:30:45 -0700, David wrote
(in article ):



"Audio Empire" wrote in message
...
Has anyone else here noticed/experienced this? When I listen to CDs, I
usually listen to a couple, then turn the stereo off and go do somethi=
ng
else
(like work on the restoration of my Alfa Romeo GTV-6) . But when I lis=
ten
to
vinyl, I find myself caught-up in the listening. One record leads to
another
and then another.

Not only do I agree 100% but now you've got me thinking about it, my
turntable has been out of action for a little while and I have listened=
to a
LOT less music.

D

This seems to me to be a common experience among vinyl listeners.

Funny isn't it? A media that many will insist is obsolete, wrought with
unlistenable distortions and background noise and severely limited in dyn=
amic
range would elicit from many a desire to hear MORE records and less CDs?
Obviously, while many insist that CDs are capable of being damn nigh to
perfect, others suffer (and rather quickly too) from listening fatigue wi=
th
CDs that they DON'T get when they listen to LPs. =A0

I've seen this "explained" away by digital boosters by them saying that C=
D
presents so much more musical detail than LP that the brain has to work
harder to hear it all. I say rubbish to that argument. If the mechanism a=
t
work here were the amount of detail and clarity of presentation afforded =
by
CD, then a half hour's worth of live music at a concert would cause the
audience to get up and leave due to listening fatigue brought on by exces=
sive
exposure to the musical detail and lack of distortion engendered by liste=
ning
to the REAL THING unencumbered as it is by the imperfecttechnologyof the
recording and playback process.

Nonsense!

A typical concert in a symphony hall is about hour and a half, my
be two hours. You know why? Because it is as much as audience can
bear. Long live concert is a tiring thing. So it rather proves that
reproduction from LP is less demanding on your ears and brain :-)

I would suspect that the cumulative effect of sitting in an auditorium seat
amongst hundreds of other concert-goers rattling their programs, coughing,
sneezing, and squirming in their seats has a lot more to do with that than
does the live music. Listening at home from the comfort of one's easy chair,
is lot less stressful.