never could get into vinyl. too much care involved.... it scratches very
easily, it warps with time and needs very particular storage methods. also,
CDs never get weather-worn by humidity, etc., or at least not in my
experience. also, it's less portable, takes up more shelf space (depending
on which way you look at it)....
as for the sound, i would rather listen to digitally recorded music on a
digital format. i assume that if someone recorded his/her music on a nice
digital computer system and mastered it with studio monitors then more often
than not the desired sound is the cleaner, more "perfect" production
quality. if i wanted pops and clicks on my music, i'd put them there myself.
then again, i suppose like anything else, it always goes back to personal
preference. that and i couldn't possibly afford to buy vinyl on top of the
large amount of CDs i buy every month ;-)
my .02
matt
quoted 17 lines From: Josh Davison <yoshi@enteract.com>
>From: Josh Davison <yoshi@enteract.com>
>To: rebecca263 <rebecca263@netzero.net>
>CC: idm <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] Kid A
>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:28:12 -0500 (CDT)
>
>vinyl every time. it sounds better, it looks nicer, and if you're an
>intellectual property nazi, they're much harder to rip into MP3's...
>
>the only possible benefit of cd's is convenience and the slight
>increase in durability. personally i'd rather use minidiscs than cds
>since they are more portable, come in a very fancy dustproof shell, and
>therefore more durable. oh yeah and they are re-/recordable
>
>anyway watch for minidiscs to replace the aging cassette tape format.
>
>josh
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