Monday, July 18, 2005
In the Beginning...There was Vinyl
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "ARTICLE" @ 10:00 AM
"Anyone getting into vinyl is stumbling into a civil war that's raged in the audio press for the past 20 years. There are two kinds of audio critic. Representing the mainstream is Sound & Vision, formerly Stereo Review, whose editors have always maintained that the CD improved over the LP thanks to its compactness, durability, and lack of surface noise. Without the CD, we would never have arrived at the iPod."
Coke vs Pepsi, Next Gen vs original Star Trek, Windows vs Mac. All topics that bring out strong opinions. We've pretty much moved to digital for most mainstream audio applications and there have been a lot of benefits with that move, but this article reminds us of some of what we might have given up.
Coke vs Pepsi, Next Gen vs original Star Trek, Windows vs Mac. All topics that bring out strong opinions. We've pretty much moved to digital for most mainstream audio applications and there have been a lot of benefits with that move, but this article reminds us of some of what we might have given up.
