XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:10:40 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-02-14 02:10:05 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >>   
   >> Are people adopting a vinyl affectation just to signal some kind of   
   >> aversion to “digital sound”? I’ve got news for you: all the content   
   >> being put on that vinyl these days goes through digital processing   
   >> at some point in the chain.   
   >   
   > Almost all of it is probably produced using digital equipment these   
   > days in teh recording studios, but the final vinyl record itself is   
   > played on analogue equipment by the purchasers, which to some people   
   > sounds better.   
      
   With all that dust and wear that gets worse with every play? “Sounds   
   better” than what? Maybe old shellac 78s, but nothing newer than that.   
      
   > For many people, having physical objects linging the shelves is also   
   > much more satisfying than a computer drive filled with digital files   
   > or, in the case of streaming services, having nothing except an   
   > on-screen list stored somewhere in the "cloud". Not to mention   
   > streaming services simply dropping content whenever they feel like   
   > it or are forced to by the rights holders.   
      
   This is why you have copies of the files on your own computer drives   
   -- preferably more than one.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)