90% of the time I listen to DJs spin vinyl, I have earplugs in my ears. Try
as I might, the subtle nuances of the medium don't come forth, even when I
take them out.
This whole vinyl "warmth" schtick has been tested thoroughly and dismissed.
Buy a CD player and a white noise generator and you'll have more "warmth" than
you can deal with. While said bozo is heating up their vacuum tube amplifier
connected via gold monster cable to their speakers, I'll be kicking back
listening to new CDs shuffle in my six disc.
"Dance music was meant to be played on vinyl," FEHH! How about "analog was
meant to be generated with hand cranks and bellows." What a joke.
The whole thing is analogous (sic) to insisting that computer animations are
better on film because the resolution of "film" is inherently higher than a
monitor. Nevermind that the original source was a computer and a monitor
(clue for the morons, most "dance music" is mastered digitally now).
I am beginning to despise the whole "analog" movement and the Aphex cultists.
Granted, I'm as much of a Richard James completist as anyone else, but the day
I sold my 303 was because I realized that even _if_ I started making music, I
wouldn't be so cliched as to use that box. Right now the music I appreciate
the most is the music that is a complete left turn from everything else.