Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"

Sometimes it’s ok to have things be what they are at an emotional level, not an empirical level.   As others have said, sound is a physical medium.  Hearing is a physical thing.  So there is a natural metaphysical symmetry in thinking that a physical phenomenon sounds better in a physical medium.  So vinyl (and reels) fit that value system better.   If you think that is all mumble-jumble, than you can accept that digital is king.   But to me, analogue is equivalent to painting with a brush.  Digital is equivalent to spray painting.  And (apologies to truly talented graffiti artists), I don’t know anyone that would pay millions for a spray painted painting....

Mahgister, it’s not about a DAC or a turntable.  The physical medium I am referring to are the groves of a record which generate vibrations or the orientation of iron particles (in a reel).  Those are a medium where music exists physically.  Digital is not.   Frankly, the best sounding music I have are 15 ips 1/4” two tracks recorded off the master tapes.  I have Vanessa Fernandez’s before the levy breaks in 2nd generation R2R, hirez digital, and vinyl.    With good reveling speakers, the differences are noticeable.   It’s about presence.    It’s less an issue of hearing it, it’s an issue of feeling it.  The way the sound waves surround you 

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