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Re: Klaus, you are contradicting yourself!

"I made a suggestion because the technical aspects of vinyl may interest the (your) readership, given the fact that interest in vinyl is generally rising."

"The writer should hurry though, since the competent vinyl guys are leaving vinyl-city one by one."

Which one is it? Leaving "vinyl-city" one by one or interest in vinyl is generally rising? You seem to contradict yourself here.

Perhaps the reason no one had written in-depth critical papers on the limitations of vinyl recently is that the medium is so old and had become the HiFi standard by the mid '50s. I do remember serious debates over reel-to-reel tape vs. vinyl. Reels had far better dynamic range but shorter life due to degradation. Digital being the newer medium it is compared to the standard and not vice-versa.

The reality for me is that HiFi has made very little progress in the last 50 years. In many areas it has gone backwards. Equipment looks much prettier and vast amounts are spend on industrial design and marketing to sell more pretty things to more people. Listen to a really good vintage HiFi and get a better perspective.

eso



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