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Except that all modern vinyl pressings are from the same digital masters as any other available medium or format. AFAIK nobody records, mixes, and masters in an
by patentatt 7y ago
Except that all modern vinyl pressings are from the same digital masters as any other available medium or format. AFAIK nobody records, mixes, and masters in an entirely analog domain any more. Even so, vinyl isn’t a very good audio storage mechanism, now if you made that argument for reel-to-reel tape, you may have a point. Possibly. But even then, high quality digital audio is still probably better. Especially given the practical implementation of any analog system.
Edit: and, lol, they’re using tube amps and horizontally-placed horn speakers that aren’t designed to be horizontal on a shelf in a resonant cavity. Yeah, this is not an audiophile setup at all. An LA hipsters idea of an audiophile setup at best. I’ll bet it’s fun though!
- cr1895 7y ago>nobody records, mixes, and masters in an entirely analog domain any more. There are still AAA new releases.
- patentatt 7y agoThis is actually news to me! Thanks for prompting a web search for recent AAA releases. Very cool. I would like to read about the recording setups, equipment, and techniques used. I’d think it must be getting difficult to find all-analog studio gear for the entire chain.
- sexyflanders 7y agoaudiophile n. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction. please quit your gatekeeping
- patentatt 7y agoFair enough, no gatekeeping intended. That’s why I ended with a comment that it’s probably fun to listen to! And that’s fine and great! More power to em. Maybe a more accurate wording would be “it’s not an electro-acoustic sound reproduction system built on sound (pun intended) engineering principles in light of the state of the art in electrical engineering”? But that doesn’t have the same ring to it, lol.
- vict00ms 7y agoIf someone orients their speakers in an aesthetically-pleasing-but-sub-optimal-for-hearing manner, then it's difficult to argue that they have an "ardent interest" in high-fidelity sound replication.
- patentatt 7y agoAnd putting them deep in a shelf like that ... I mean, anyone who cared about sound reproduction could hear that hollow resonance sound ...