"Level matched by ear" - Fail 1
At no point does the writer state HOW he switched from A to B - which matters. Fail 2
I doubt the alcohol helped.
If you can't measure it, it isn't a fact, it's an opinion.
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Some people are all about numbers and tests (you) and some are about the experience (vinyl collectors). Today's vinyl sounds great. Far better than the dominate MP3 standard. It's awesome to sit down and dedicate time to listening to both sides while checking out the artwork that came with the album. It's like reading a good book.
I imagine that less than 1% of the world worries if they're flex capacitor reaches 40db on the who cares scale. You're splitting the tiniest of hairs.
Like the author said, you've got a bad case of CMS.
Lossy compression sucks @ss, on that we agree.
I was an audiophile long before digital showed up in the audio world. I have lived the
experience thank you very much. There is a lot of historical revisionism going on today about life in the analog world. In the days of analog, no one took vinyl seriously. Serious listeners had Reel-to-Reel, not vinyl. I wish I still had my Akai - just to freak people out.
The
experience was over-rated. I owned way too many half speed mastered LPs on super heavy vinyl (lovingly transferred over to RtR) long before CDs were launched out of the Philips and Sony labs.
I know all about sitting down & dedicating time to listen and check out the album artwork. I did it for a decade before the first CD rolled out the door. Still do it today with CDs.
It isn't
Closed Minded Syndrome, it is experience. Analog was ditched for a reason.
The hipsters haven't learned the long-term issues with vinyl. Every time that needle is drug across the groove, it damages the LP slightly. The first time you forget to go through your cleaning regimen (and you will), you will do more damage. Not to mention all of the other ways that vinyl can get ruined.
Enjoy your pops and clicks along with 60hz hum and rumble unless, of course, you are replacing those LPs every 100 plays or so. Because that IS coming to those vinyl folks.