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> I thought the whole point of vinyl was that it maintains analog from recording to playback That may be one point for some people, but not mine. I have my mus
by bradly 2y ago
> I thought the whole point of vinyl was that it maintains analog from recording to playback
That may be one point for some people, but not mine. I have my music on vinyl and that is how I listen to it. Regardless of the quality or analog vs digital or any of that, if I want to own an album, it needs to be available on vinyl for my to purchase. There are albums I want that I cannot purchase today. This is _my_ walled garden.
You still see cassettes used today because of the ease of home distribution, and bridging the gap between those indie music makers and music consumers like myself is something I am looking forward to.
- iLoveOncall 2y agoSo, what is your point for owning vinyls?
- bradly 2y ago- I prefer to own vs rent music - I prefer physical to digital (albums often come with digital downloads) - I enjoy listening to full albums - I enjoy the album art, liner notes, posters, special releases, etc Not all the music I want to own is available on vinyl, but at the same time, some of the music I listen to is not on streaming services. And some isn't available on CD. Nothing is perfect. I choose vinyl as it provided the best set of trade-offs for how I enjoy music.
- dghlsakjg 2y ago> I have my music on vinyl and that is how I listen to it. If I’m reading this right, he owns vinyl music recordings for the purpose of playing back music.
- prmoustache 2y agoListening to music? When I was a teenager I recorded vinyl, cassette, cd and even music from the radio on reel to reel tapes just because I liked using the Akai reel to reel tape deck my father was no longer using. Everything in it felt just more satisfyingly sturdy and mechanical to use than my other audio devices made with shitty plastics. Sometimes the ritual matters more than the outright audio quality.
- dist-epoch 2y ago> You still see cassettes used today because of the ease of home distribution That can't be the reason, USB sticks are much easier to get/make/distribute
- bradly 2y agoI don't fully understand the cassette thing either to be honest. I've heard something about it being a mix of analog + digital, but I'm not positive the draw. Artists that I enjoy like Atmosphere and The Midnight both release their albums on cassette, though, so I imagine a good number of people enjoying them. They usually include the digital download as well so maybe it is just a fun way to get the digital music?
- devilbunny 2y agoRetro cool, fairly sturdy packaging, doesn’t take up much space. All things that MiniDisc took inspiration from. It added metadata, near-infinite rerecordability, and on-the-fly track division, combination, and rearrangement. Never took off in the US, more popular in Europe, very popular in Japan. They were expensive and the first device’s encoding chip gave poor results on a battery that could barely record an hour.
- prmoustache 2y agothere is more chance your cassette is readable 20years from now (mine are) than data in a single solid state memory device so there is that.