Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Is Vinyl Better than other Formats?

Redshark News.com has this article:

https://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/4584-vinyl-isn-t-better-than-digital-but-that-doesn-t-stop-people-trying-and-failing-to-prove-that-it-is

My response was:

"I'm under no illusions that it it better, but I really enjoy taking record out of its sleeve, putting on the turntable and listening to it 'warts and all', The human ear is a very clever device, it can enjoy just about anything, I will say this though, modern recordings, autotuned, quantised and comprised actually cause me to experience stress when I listen to them. Can anyone tell me why?"

So I'm not out prove one is 'better' than the other, but I can tell you how some things make me feel...

and you know, I stumbled on something. I was wondering what it is about so much modern recording that  is affecting me on a neurological level?. I thought I was just getting - you know - 'older'. But when I think about it, modern recordings, with their souls sound-byte mentality, their inane often self-centred sentiments and the 'perfect' processed sounds, rhythms, and autotuned vocals do actually stress my brain.

So thanks to Redshark for awakening me tooth's fact. I'm going to my shed and I'm going to put The Who's 'Big, Meaty, Bouncy and Beaty' on the turntable and actually enjoy some music while I relax my tired brain...

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