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Originally Posted by 81MC
The way I see it, Most people fit into a group which ultimately behaves as KTrain describes. Albums may be neat and cool, and “sound better”, but it’s more a novelty that is outweighed by all the ease of use of modern technologies.
The nature of the music industry these days doesn’t create much, of any, complete albums. As for sounding better, it’s true that an analog wave is more complete. But there’s pretty good evidence that between FLAC and analog (hell, even 320) the difference to the ear is almost imperceptible. I do wonder how much of the perceived sound improvement stems from the general listening situation when putting a record on. Most people listen to their tunes on garbage speakers in terrible locations, whereas a turntable also has a great amp, a nice pair of speakers, and a listening area where you can actually HEAR everything on the recording.
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It’s a misconception that listening to an analog recording is more complete. As long as the sampling rate is high enough (Google Nyquist Theorem) the DAC can accurately recreate the smooth analog signal.
I mostly listen to digital music. It can’t be beat for fidelity but there’s a warm tone to vinyl that is pleasing. I really only listen to records because of this and nostalgia.