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in reply to π••π•šπ•’π•Ÿπ•’ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦‹

Never had my own records, I copied quite a few of my parents' to tape so I could listen to it on my bike to school. I do have quite a CD collection, and I did rip quite a few of them to MP3/FLAC.

But I refuse to buy a subscription. Hard pass.

in reply to π••π•šπ•’π•Ÿπ•’ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦‹

I was at a book store the other day ( Barnes and Noble, so no an Indie ) and they had a Huge assortment of vinyl, and some cd's. Not a record store ( anymore ) , but also a reversal in stocking over the last 10 years.
in reply to π••π•šπ•’π•Ÿπ•’ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦‹

The popping and scratching may give it a bit of character, sure, just like the handling of vinyl. But I'd rather have the clean sound of a CD, I could add the popping, scratching and decreasing dynamical range near the end with a bit of software. Can't do that the other way around πŸ˜‰
in reply to π••π•šπ•’π•Ÿπ•’ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦‹

First: not GenX but all of us who are old enough to have owned phonograph records.

Second: I also prefer the bright, clear sound of CDs.

Third: My favorite records of all time were released on shellac records, not vinyl. Of course they were recorded before I was born.

archive.org/download/JV-19806-…

Unfortunately, someone took away the scratches and gave this a muddy sound. The Internet Archive used to have a recording directly from the shellac, with no retouching. That was before the recent attack by the record industry.

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