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Pure analogue recording studios are in the minority and by the time you expand your search to pressing plants, the vast majority of vinyl has been digital before it hits our ears.

(I belong to the vinyl cult too and badly want to believe what you’re saying.)

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What I said was true. Whether it was digital or not can be a subtle difference.

I never said that vinyl is only analog or that that is the reason for the difference in sound between vinyl and other formats, because it’s not.

The “warmth” is cassettes and more so with better balance in vinyl is known. Digital didn’t kill music quality; it did affect waveforms, but that’s not the reason for vinyl sounding better to most.

Of course, there are many more reasons that music sounds better or worse.

I wonder if we’re really getting into mechanical differences between turntables? It’s hard to talk in terms of sound but you sound like a lot of fun. If you’re ever in or around Regina, Canada let me know. I have two Technics 1200s that I’ve modified heavily. If you’d like, I can show you some cool stuff with three tonearms (the stock 1200 tonearm, a straight tonearm that will tell you precisely when I went to raves and a tonearm that is engineered for better sound. You’ll hear the difference right away. Then I can show you some differences between cartridges, proper cartridge alignment (a fraction of a degree makes a huge difference) and even styluses.

One downside of the proliferation of turntables is that most don’t work with shit. It’s been happening since everyone was a DJ and is still happening now!!! :)

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