On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 02:41:54PM +0100, Florian Paul Schmidt wrote: > > Actually I worded that second point rather badly. The point was that > the vinyl cutting process (including special/professional mastering) > will introduce many more audible artefacts than the 44.1khz/16bit > downsampling export for a CD. Vinyl is an audibly inferior medium to > a good digital chain. Really? > P.S.: I still like my vinyl collection of records. The haptics. The > nostalgia. The big pictures on the covers.. The handling of a pair > of Technics MK1210 and a good mixer is still awesome for mixes, > etc.. I'm sorry, but if you judge a stereo system by the flashing lights and the number of knobs and dials available, then we sit on different sides of the fence. I believe in listening to music as the artist intended it. Don't get me wrong, there are heaps of crap vinyl recordings out there, that's for sure. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user