XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   Lawrence DOliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:47:06 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   > > The recording studios also use a much better digital   
   > > equipment than home music players or what is released on the   
   > > CD or online / streaming services, so what you're hearing   
   > > has been downsampled.   
   >   
   > Are you admitting that digital technology can possibly be good   
   > enough to serve as source material for your precious vinyl?   
      
   Most vinyl LP's are produced from digital masters these days.   
   Some artists create specialist analogue masters, but not many.   
   The real audio nerds that have stereo equipment that costs three   
   grand and think analogue music is the best thing since the   
   sliced loaf are few and far between. The record labels are   
   driving the market with expensive collectors editions of albums,   
   and multiple editions of the same album on twenty different   
   colours/splatters. (The latest Megadeth album got to No.1 on the   
   Billboard chart last week helped by it's multitude of physical   
   editions... CD, a lot of LPs, Cassettes and even a KiT version.)   
      
   With the price of LP's these days most people buying vinyl are   
   record collectors and probably don't even play their records.   
   Many keeping them sealed thinking they will be worth something   
   one day. - Which in many cases, they won't! Plus, a lot of   
   LP's nowadays come with digital download codes for MP3/FLAC   
   versions of the music. Which helps. So not everyone is buying   
   vinyl because they like the "warmth" of analogue... along with   
   the hissing, crackles and pops that go with it.   
      
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