>> "Heh. Everybody forgets that the Loudness War goes all the way back to even the Beatles. It's not new." Loudness was something to strive for then sure but i

>> "Heh. Everybody forgets that the Loudness War goes all the way back to even the Beatles. It's not new." Loudness was something to strive for then sure but it wasn't crushing the dynamics out of music the way we've been doing since the 90's. Digital made that possible so older vinyl records will have much greater dynamic range. Personally my preference for vinyl is packaging. I like large art, liner notes, and lyrics. I also like that it encourages me to make listening my main activity instead of using music as background noise. In these areas vinyl is superior but I don't think any medium is overall better than another. They're useful for different things. I subscribe to two streaming services and have headphones on most of the day. Without digital streaming I'd spend half the day flipping records and going crazy.