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frankotero
Still pretty cool records are out selling downloads. Didn't think that would happen these days.
I wonder if streaming services are included in these numbers, as there really is no point in buying downloads anymore. You can get everything with the same quality on Spotify etc.
If you don't have a subscription to Spotify then, bizarrely, on a phone you can not listen to what you want to listen to, it's only shuffle. On a PC it's different.
So maybe a download would make sense in that aspect. How many people store music on their device? I don't.
Of course you can. I have many gigabytes of music on my phone of songs and albums that are not on Spotify.
You'll have to store them as albums and playlists, though.
Or did you mean a free Spotify-subscription on your phone? If so, you mean that the controls (shuffle etc.) won't display?
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palerider22
When you hold a vinyl record in your hands you make an emotional connection with the band and the music. Opening A vinyl record is like opening a present. There is something graceful in removing the record, settling on a turntable and putting the needle down. I cannot make that same kind of association with a download or with streaming. Music I've downloaded without holding the 'gift' of a vinyl record means nothing eventually. It's just 'product'....a disposable, easily forgotten product. A CD is almost, but not quite, as unrewarding. Same with a book...I'll never buy an e-reader...No connection unless I'm turning real pages...
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Hairball
Good to hear.
I've never owned an mp3 player, and have never paid for a digital download.
And I have never sent a text yet.. and if I die without ever sending or receiving a text it will be fine with me.
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Hairball
Good to hear.
I've never owned an mp3 player, and have never paid for a digital download.
And I have never sent a text yet.. and if I die without ever sending or receiving a text it will be fine with me.
...and, lemme guess... you're both fàxing these posts of yours to bv, who inserts them into the respective threads - right?
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whitem8
Not true. I have a high end system with a great DAC, and a fantastic turntable. A lot of my vinyl sounds much better than their digital cousin. Not all, but many. Far less hiss, more mid-range, and more clarity with subtle soundscapes (which are not easily converted via a bianary mode), and far less distortion. For example my Beatles USB with 24bit flac files sound much better with headphones than through speakers, and the vinyl verions much better on speakers than headphones. So like any good buffet, it is good to have choices.
Additionally, vinly brings you back to truely listening to the entire "album" as a statement, which has been lost the new generation of music fans.
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whitem8
Not true. I have a high end system with a great DAC, and a fantastic turntable. A lot of my vinyl sounds much better than their digital cousin. Not all, but many. Far less hiss, more mid-range, and more clarity with subtle soundscapes (which are not easily converted via a bianary mode), and far less distortion. For example my Beatles USB with 24bit flac files sound much better with headphones than through speakers, and the vinyl verions much better on speakers than headphones. So like any good buffet, it is good to have choices.
Additionally, vinly brings you back to truely listening to the entire "album" as a statement, which has been lost the new generation of music fans.
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Chacho
What I would like to do is connect the turntable to the laptop and play the records through the powered speakers using the DAC.
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DandelionPowderman
Still pretty cool records are out selling downloads. Didn't think that would happen these days.
I wonder if streaming services are included in these numbers, as there really is no point in buying downloads anymore. You can get everything with the same quality on Spotify etc.
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Irix
What I would like to do is connect the turntable to the laptop and play the records through the powered speakers using the DAC.
Sony has a Turntable with built-in USB, the PS-HX500: [www.sony.com] .
There're similar Turntable-USB solutions also from Pro-Ject, Audio Technica and others.
The Sony PS-HX500 is primarily intended for digitizing the LP's, but there should be a pre-listening function which outputs the signal from USB via the Laptop to the powered Speakers.
There's an included 'Hi-Res Audio Recorder'-App for Windows/Mac, easy to use. File formats of the Sony PS-HX500 are only Direct Stream Digital (DSD) or WAV.
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Winning Ugly VXII
Still pretty cool records are out selling downloads. Didn't think that would happen these days.
I wonder if streaming services are included in these numbers, as there really is no point in buying downloads anymore. You can get everything with the same quality on Spotify etc.
What about being able to do something as simple as listening to music WITHOUT unnecessarily using / paying for internet bandwidth ??
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Chacho
However, I have an extensive vinyl record collection and a turntable.
My "stereo" now is my laptop which is connected to high quality powered speakers through a digital to analog converter (Audioengine D1 DAC).
What I would like to do is connect the turntable to the laptop and play the records through the powered speakers using the DAC.
I know I need a pre-amp which I can get, which is made by Pyle, and very reasonable, and it even ships to my remote location from the USA.
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Spud
I'm more likely to plug my turntable into the washing machine than a bloody computer
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I'm more likely to plug my turntable into the washing machine than a bloody computer
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GasLightStreet
Does anyone really think that a digitally recorded album sounds better on vinly? It's just... a CD on vinyl. Maybe it's mastered better. Seems like a cash grab whereas vinyl LPs from analog recorded albums is about the listening experience.
If someone wants to listen to an LP of their favorite artist just to be able to listen I doubt the format matters.