At 08:44 PM 10/5/2000 -0600, Jacob Arnold wrote:
quoted 8 lines I hate to contribute to this CD vs. vinyl debate, but I should point out>I hate to contribute to this CD vs. vinyl debate, but I should point out
>that your reasoning's a bit off. People are still playing records that
>were made in the '30s. I read in several places (WIRED and the Dead Media
>list, among others) that the expected lifespan of CDs is fairly short (the
>info's stored on aluminum, after all). Sure, you could make MP3s of the
>CDs, but then you're left with gigs of muddy-sounding music that you have
>to repeatedly copy from computer to computer and back-up (all the while
>hoping MP3-playing software isn't non-existent thirty years from now.)
sure, but that doesn't have any real relevance to things pressed now,
especially since the quality of vinyl is different. similarly, there are a
lot of records from the 30's that are essentially non-existant due to
wear. plastic vs. aluminum.. hmm..
either way, i don't know of much electronic music that doesn't hit a
non-analog form before it's pressed to vinyl. perhaps music made solely on
analog equipment (ugh, 303's and 808's), instruments, and tape would
benefit from an "analog" recording medium, but most people, both on this
list and off of it, don't prefer that in new music. a 12" slab o' wax
filled with DSP is sort of hilarious :)
and there is an infinite amount of music in an infinite amount of ways in
an infinite number of frequencies. it's just a matter of what you want to
listen to, and what you choose to ignore.
and the point brought up where this has been talked about to death isn't to
stifle conversation, it's to prove that such conversations are moot, since
it does boil down to personal preference. some people turn their bass knob
all the way up, some people turn the treble knob all the way up. they
could still be listening to autechre, but they're different songs at that
point.
cheers,
/derek
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