I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
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@KydiaMusic Vinyl reader?
I'm not surprised though. I've seen articles claiming 40% of the people buying vinyl don't own a turntable, and some articles say it's closer to 50%.
It does make sense when I think about it, since the concept of a “record” is no longer tied to a specific medium. And some DJ decks are now fully digital, so “turntable” is also decoupled from the medium.
I also appreciate that the Kids are buying physical media again, and recognize it as an artform in its own right. And keeping that physical media pristine by still mostly listening to music via streaming and giving their favorite artists more streaming revenue is pretty savvy.
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It does make sense when I think about it, since the concept of a “record” is no longer tied to a specific medium. And some DJ decks are now fully digital, so “turntable” is also decoupled from the medium.
I also appreciate that the Kids are buying physical media again, and recognize it as an artform in its own right. And keeping that physical media pristine by still mostly listening to music via streaming and giving their favorite artists more streaming revenue is pretty savvy.
@KydiaMusic I still have all my old cd's, in case they come back in the same way in a few years' time. LOL Although I didn't keep the cases/covers.
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
@KydiaMusic Makes perfect sense if you do not speak the language of the olds, really
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
@KydiaMusic
wow I feel incredibly old now too 
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
@KydiaMusic The other day I saw a headline use the word "stream" to describe a show airing on broadcast TV.
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
@KydiaMusic My nephew has his Dad’s turntable but had zero clue how to work it correctly, fix the needle or clean the record to reduce static noise. My husband and I were more than happy to educate and even though neither of had used a record in sometime it was like riding a bike. Also fun to share the experience with someone who’s genuinely into music played on vinyl.
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
At a party at our house once, a friend's daughter remarked to him how cool it was that our stereo had a thing on top that made it look like it was playing a vinyl record, and he blew her mind by explaining to her that in fact it was playing a vinyl record and that's where the music they were hearing was coming from.
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@KydiaMusic Makes perfect sense if you do not speak the language of the olds, really
I love that, “the Language of the Olds,” written in ancient hieroglyphs, too—cursive, and Old School emojis
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At a party at our house once, a friend's daughter remarked to him how cool it was that our stereo had a thing on top that made it look like it was playing a vinyl record, and he blew her mind by explaining to her that in fact it was playing a vinyl record and that's where the music they were hearing was coming from.
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
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Is that person a censor now by chance? 🤪
Interesting solution to a problem I never want to exist. I'm a full-albumist. -
I’m sure it won’t be the last time, but it was an entirely new sensation in the moment.
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I’m sure it won’t be the last time, but it was an entirely new sensation in the moment.
@KydiaMusic If it makes you feel any better, I may not be able to do this for vinyls, but I have gotten this many many times (especially recently) in computing and gaming. People call systems "old" that I was playing almost daily up until maybe two years ago. Now I'm seeing games designed to look like they're in 320x200 or worse resolutions because they think it's a "neat retro effect."
When I was stuck with 320x200 I wanted nothing more than to see higher resolutions. I never once looked back. I still don't look back with nostalgia on just the resolutions themselves, only maybe what some did with them. But devs look back and just copy the substance of it. *Sigh*
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@KydiaMusic If it makes you feel any better, I may not be able to do this for vinyls, but I have gotten this many many times (especially recently) in computing and gaming. People call systems "old" that I was playing almost daily up until maybe two years ago. Now I'm seeing games designed to look like they're in 320x200 or worse resolutions because they think it's a "neat retro effect."
When I was stuck with 320x200 I wanted nothing more than to see higher resolutions. I never once looked back. I still don't look back with nostalgia on just the resolutions themselves, only maybe what some did with them. But devs look back and just copy the substance of it. *Sigh*
It’s a similar issue with vinyl, probably. The “warmth” of vinyl that audiophiles praise is more due to the analog equipment it was originally recorded and mixed on, back before digital audio workstations and MIDI were not even options. Now that warmth is not easily replicated via digital tools and the vinyl itself is not going to impart that warmth on its own.
I listened to Shout by Tears for Fears on streaming through my studio speakers and the warmth was def still there.
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It’s a similar issue with vinyl, probably. The “warmth” of vinyl that audiophiles praise is more due to the analog equipment it was originally recorded and mixed on, back before digital audio workstations and MIDI were not even options. Now that warmth is not easily replicated via digital tools and the vinyl itself is not going to impart that warmth on its own.
I listened to Shout by Tears for Fears on streaming through my studio speakers and the warmth was def still there.
@KydiaMusic Well, IMO the main benefit of vinyl is its relative immunity to the loudness war. A lot of people may not even realize that's the difference they're really looking for though. There is literally no reason that can't be done the same in digital except that they don't want to and honestly that kind of angers me.
I remember once getting the soundtrack on CD for a game with amazing music I enjoyed and the bad equalization they had put into the game itself was baked into the soundtrack even. There was literal clipping in the audio actually in the CD audio... And the thing is, if they made a vinyl and didn't reengineer it for that, it would still be just as bad, but the reason they would have to is it would produce multiple records for the one soundtrack...
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
*needle scratch*
(Funny story, but the post just below this one said *needle scratch*)
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
@KydiaMusic Issa Vinyl Reader where a woman in a turban gazes into the grooves of your disc, puts her hand to her forehead, then tells you what mood she feels as she reads the groove?
Seriously though, I know there are kids who buy records just to display them, never get a "reader." Then there are those who like the pops and ticks and scratches because somebody told them that's the coveted old-school, vinyl sound.
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
@KydiaMusic I’ve heard them called “the big black CDs my dad had” but this was. 10 years ago….
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
@KydiaMusic I bought a used turntable today for $25. I'm going to use it to listen to polka albums.
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I saw a young person talking about how they just bought 6 vinyls from their favorite artists but that they didn’t have a “vinyl reader” to play them on yet, and I think I felt my face slide off.
@KydiaMusic well - maybe a vinyl "recorder"?
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