Vinyl vs InterWebCloudHighway

Long have I been an antiquarian, in music-fanboy terms. The best music always came out in the past. Mostly before I was even born. There have been many exceptions for me, but I'll save that for another brain dump.

When you listen to that music on vinyl, something happens. It's almost like a time machine - but it's muscle-memory; it's visceral - the feeling I get is warm and passionate. Vinyl sounds like the womb.

When measured on a graph, you can see the difference in decibels for vinyl vs CD/DVD, and how the human ear hears it. There's an arc, including a higher treble plateau. Also, the dynamic range is wider with vinyl. I really think there's something innate inside of us that is attracted to the analog curve. I think we want a quieter, but more dynamic sound.

I believe the future is headed towards cloud media storage on one hand, and a continually self-sustaining vinyl industry, though comparitively tiny, which will feed another part of our intellect and desire, on the other. CDs will be out eventually. But they couldn't replace my vinyl collection anyway. Not even really a great try, if you ask me.

My buddy Chris tipped me off a few years ago about a boot version of Abbey Road called "The Black Triangle" - it's an incredible mastering of my favorite album of all time, and the history of it is pretty cool too. The audio sounds bloody amazing. Thing is - it's a VINYL mastering! Nuf said.

On a complete tangent, had to post this Split Enz tune. First saw this a little while ago on Merlin Mann's blog, and have since fallen in love. So cool. And kooky.