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2026-04-01 22:17 UTC

@nazokiyoubinbou 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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@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social 2026-04-01 22:25

@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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