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Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is theoretically the best defense of records I've heard...

But, I still find it pretty hard to believe they're mastering the records any different than they do anything else.

My current hunch is that maybe the imprecise nature of a record results in it sounding a bit warmer (which ... to be fair is a very desirable sound to a lot of folks; I've thought about using a tube amp for that exact reason).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They have to master records differently as too much bass boost will cause the needle to bounce out of the groove and skip.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I ... find that hard to believe, but also someone on the R site said in a "everything is bass heavy" troubleshooting section that the vinyl master has less bass and the record players add extra bass back in to the signal.

I'm really leaning towards Vinyl is just a different reproduction that some people like more than digital. Seems like a similar thing with how some people use tube amps with their digital audio library to cause that "old school radio" warm tone when you crank it up.