Two thoughts on dipping back into #vinyl #music after a few decades ... and at least 20+ years of only using music via electronic sources (CDs, then MP3s, more recently streaming):
1. No, I don't notice any difference in audio quality between analog and digital. (Yes, the vinyl experience is from the turntable to speakers, no bluetooth or USB in the mix.) There's no "richness" in sound that I've been missing all these years – if anything, adaptive/5.1+ audio I'd say makes for a far more immersive audio experience in the modern format.
2. What I can say is – it's slow music. I've become so inured to skipping tracks I'm not interested in, in the moment, or assembling playlists, or repeating a track I really wanted to hear again, etc. Going back to a format where it really is about listening to the end to end item is all about committing to the experience and not being impatient.
The value is really in the slow-down-and-listen, not some imagined aural differentiation.
Preston von Gabbleduck
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