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Records and CDs

I’ve just spent a couple of weeks exclusively going through my extensive record collection playing hardly any digital media and have come to some conclusions.
Records are fun and enjoyable to work with, but ultimately for a music lover they’re a dead end. Since very few new titles are being released on records these days I find myself going through mainly old familiar performances. Then there’s the age old problem of comparing the SQ of both media which is maddening. I just today went back to streaming (and CDs.). I clearly see, for me this is the way to continue my listening habits. Records can be used as a diversion but not the main event.

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Too each his own.

That said ….

- to my ears, analog sounds better than digital. For example: I was able to tell that the sound quality of MOFI had declined, but I did not know why until the controversy leaped out into the press.
- I like the process of taking the record out of the sleave, clamping it to the table, starting the table, lifting the arm, placing the arm down, and settling into the armchair with a Pino or a joint. It’s ritualistic rhythms are part of my zen of listening.
- there are dozens of titles being released and re-released on vinyl. I really do not know what you are talking about there.

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