Re: Records vs. Digital
Part of the reason why digital music sounds like shit is because people don't respect the mastering of music anymore. Everything is about loudness and things get muddled or overproduced. I'll suggest Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" as an amazing digitally mastered album. Pink Floyd and Steely Dan have great mastering too....and (dare I bust it out?) my digital copy of King Crimson's "In the Court of the Krimson King" sounds pretty fucking good. But then, my dad has that on vinyl so cool shoes. Basically, modern music is horribly mastered for the most part. Yeah, I'm looking at you Death Magnetic. On the other hand, Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning are wonderfully produced and mastered, but then ...And Justice For All is not (except for the rare Gold version).
Anyway, for preservation of the wonder days of music (60s, 70s, before music sucked) I would root for vinyl. I would take digital over vinyl 99% of the time though for convenience sake. As a hobbyist or an asshole (audiophile) I would say crazy things like "OH MAN VINYL IS THE ONLY WAY TO LISTEN TO MUSIC EVERYTHING ELSE SUCKS!!!"
Actually, nowadays I see vinyl used most in metal. That warmer sound does seem to fit heavier music. And music in the 60s and 70s was much heavier than a lot of stuff you hear nowadays. The stuff TODAY might SOUND heavier, but that's just because the mastering is shitty. Weird, right?
(so yes, I support vinyl and I support people who support vinyl. mastering music is a dying art, just like originality and talent).
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