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You could do a remaster from a vinyl, but it would only happen in cases when the original master tapes were lost. Yes, you could record a vinyl losslessly and

You could do a remaster from a vinyl, but it would only happen in cases when the original master tapes were lost. Yes, you could record a vinyl losslessly and it would sound indistinguishable from the vinyl. But why bother, when you already own loads of vinyl and are familiar with that format? Plus some people enjoy the 'ritual' of vinyl, the sense of ownership not offered by digital music, and the way that medium places focus on records as self-contained works, rather than as a collection of songs from which people 'pick-and-mix'. Don't get me wrong, I love all digital music has to offer, but I'm just saying there are still plenty of reasons to listen to vinyl too.

WalterBright 14y ago
> Yes, you could record a vinyl losslessly and it would sound indistinguishable from the vinyl. But why bother, when you already own loads of vinyl and are familiar with that format? I own nearly a thousand vinyl records, and I recorded them digitally and play them through my Audiotron (crackle and all). I bother because playing vinyl records is a bother. They need to be cleaned regularly, dinking around with the records is more work than just pushing a button. Some of them are warped and to get them to play ya gotta put slight pressure on the needle. I did try various software to remove clicks, but it made the recordings sound muffled. But I do like the smell of the turntable & records. It's analogous to the pleasing smell of an old paperback novel. Can't have everything.