DISQUS

Atane, I'm going to have to disagree with you again. It's not one of the best jazz albums in history. It is one of the best albums in history. :D

I suppose I need to stash some cash away for this release. Don't know what I'm going to do with the vinyl though, I don't have a turntable.

I wish I had written this as a response for your "For Love of Vinyl" column. Brief and to the point.

I do have a question, maybe you can't answer it but you're probably closer to the answer than I am. Does J and R ever plan on selling downloadable digital files (either audio or video) ? And I'm not speaking only of recorded music but also of the concerts that they sponsor.

Thanks for your reply.

You're right I don't get it. I think my ears have been damaged from concerts and such because I had a friend who said his vinyl sounded better, played for Billy Joel album and I didn't hear the "warmth" but I don't know what kind of equipment he had either.

If the artist recorded in analog, mastered in analog and then released in analog, it would sound better. The sound would be completely natural. My point is that many of these vinyl records are digital masters or re-masters transposed to vinyl so you're getting an analog version of digitally sampled sound that sounds better. What? And then it's being sold for a higher price. I dunno, maybe vinyl does cost more to manufacture since they make 1 million CDs to maybe 1,000 records (which is an instant collector's item for true fans). Based on my experience vinyl doesn't sound any better than a CD. Based on your experience it does.

I agree vinyl never went away, you can ask any DJ. I never thought there was an adequate replacement for the turntable. And digital turntables model themselves on analog ones. Until someone really thinks outside the box: http://www.djmag.com/index.php?op=story&sto...
I hope thats the future.

Aren't most of these modern songs recorded or mastered on digital equipment? Isn't Pro-Tools the defacto standard? Are reel to reels still being used? Isn't vinyl mass produced just like CDs? Don't CDs and vinyl come from the same source?

The record companies can't get away with selling CDs for ridiculous prices, near any digital audio format is available for $1 per song or $10 per album, so now they're re-branding, re-marketing vinyl. It's pefect, you don't need to prove it sounds better, it "feels" like it sounds better.

audiophile: a person who listens to the equipment instead of the music.