Re: (idm) vinyl

From The Rare Guy
Sent Fri, Jun 19th 1998, 22:48

On Friday, 19-Jun-98, Brad Berger wrote [about (idm) vinyl]:
> being mainly a CD listener, i've yet to figure out exactly why so 
> many people listen to (and prefer) vinyl over CDs...to me, vinyl is 
> an inconvenience, especially since i like to take my music with me...

well you mention the main reason below.. so I can mix the stuff.. now I
could buy some things on cd's and some on vinyl, but it's just a pain in the
ass. besides who knows, if I won't want to dj some idm stuff? and it's a
pain to buy things in both cd/vinyl and it gets expensive. I used to do
that. like when girl/boy ep came out, I bought it on both cd and vinyl.
eventually i sold the cd.

> what i figure to be the main reason is so that turntable dj's can mix 
> them, but what about the home listener that doesn't do any mixing?

well I can't answer that, I do mixing. Personally I like the sounds of
vinyls better, there's a certain warmth to them that even the cd
counterparts do not have. It's most likely something to do with the digital
recording process, and the mastering, etc. for CD production.

> i am also familiar with traditionalist anti-CD sentiments (esp those 
> worded by negativland in their anti-CD essay), but am curious as to 
> know how many IDMers listen to vinyl as a matter of tradition as 
> opposed to practicality...

To me vinyls are more practical, coz my turntables are right there.. I can
put whatever track on, when I want to, and jump to whatever point in a track
I want to instantly, where on cd I have to get up and move to the cd player
and open the door, take the cd that's in there out and put it in the case,
and then take another cd put it in, and check the hard to read number on the
door, and then make sure it's the right one.. plus it takes ages for the
carosell(sp) to turn and get to the right cd, and then for the cd to read..
it's just my opinion that I like listening to vinyls better..

I do listen to cd's, and lately I've gotten into the practice of changing
formats pretty quickly/easily.. whereas before I would almost never play a
cd.

> now, don't get me wrong, i'm not against vinyl...i own several 
> myself, but i just find that i listen to my CDs alot more than 
> vinyl...

well.. you are always going to listen to your more dominant format more.. I
have very few cd's, and some  of them kick MAJOR ass, but rarily I would
ever listen to them.. until lately.. I've got a crop of things in my cd
changer that i turn on now and again, when I want to hear it..

.auddplte <-- spawn soundtrack. roni size track (pretty nice imo)

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