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I would have to invest in the speakers too. All I have now in my media room are wireless. I would feel like such a tool playing vinyl over wireless speakers.
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SignUp Now!A little late to this, but I've been getting CDs much more in the past year since there are three really huge used media stores nearby and it just feels nice to handle physical music once in a while. Probably anything produced in the 90's through late 2000's is so good on that format since they were probably mastered with CD play in mind. I've walked out of those places with armfuls of them for like $20.Well, CDs are dirt cheap these days. They lack the allure though.I briefly began to convince myself to get into vinyl last year, but then I looked at the prices of albums. I am much too cheap to get into that.'70s albums just sound better on vinyl than modern ones. My theory is because they were recorded, mixed, and mastered with vinyl in mind. Vinyl doesn't do a great job reproducing sub-bass. All modern songs, even indie rock, have a ton of low end compared to '70s music.
Yes, vinyl is kind of expensive, but I can almost always talk myself into spending $20-40. When I compare it to my other hobbies -- like instruments and studio gear -- it seems downright cheap. Also, it's pretty easy to find record stores selling used albums for $5-10. We've got a couple in town here.
I agree with everything you say here.A little late to this, but I've been getting CDs much more in the past year since there are three really huge used media stores nearby and it just feels nice to handle physical music once in a while. Probably anything produced in the 90's through late 2000's is so good on that format since they were probably mastered with CD play in mind. I've walked out of those places with armfuls of them for like $20.Well, CDs are dirt cheap these days. They lack the allure though.I briefly began to convince myself to get into vinyl last year, but then I looked at the prices of albums. I am much too cheap to get into that.'70s albums just sound better on vinyl than modern ones. My theory is because they were recorded, mixed, and mastered with vinyl in mind. Vinyl doesn't do a great job reproducing sub-bass. All modern songs, even indie rock, have a ton of low end compared to '70s music.
Yes, vinyl is kind of expensive, but I can almost always talk myself into spending $20-40. When I compare it to my other hobbies -- like instruments and studio gear -- it seems downright cheap. Also, it's pretty easy to find record stores selling used albums for $5-10. We've got a couple in town here.
I get the ritual of playing vinyl has an appeal, but the armchair scientist in me always pushes back. Theoretically inferior format, but often has the best mastering to overcome that (at least for pre-casette and maybe post-CD era releases).
Good speakers are really the most important thing in a listening chain anyway. Listening to mp3s on great speakers is going to give you a much better experience than vinyl on shitty speakers, even though the mp3 is technically a "lossy" compressed format.I would have to invest in the speakers too. All I have now in my media room are wireless. I would feel like such a tool playing vinyl over wireless speakers.
I'll definitely be buying it. I imagine I've either seen or played a show with most of the musicians mentioned. That's not a brag because my band was irrelevant. Just to say that it will be like reliving my teenage years.This book just came out and might interest some of you: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306830582
It's from one of the former members of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and chronicles the Chapel Hill indie music scene during the 90's.
This book just came out and might interest some of you: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306830582
It's from one of the former members of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and chronicles the Chapel Hill indie music scene during the 90's.