Post #3723207
2026-07-02 22:56 UTC
similarly to vinyls for music.
This one sucks so much. Vinyl coming back is awful.
It is heavy, it costs a lot and takes a lot of energy to transport
it is made of plasticizers, usually phthalates with lead as a stabilizer
it degrades from every use
the waste chemicals are often dumped into rivers and streams in poor populations
a lot of energy is used in the steaming and pressing
the sound quality is not as good as people think it is (inner distortion anyone?) and the “warm” and “feel good” sound are easily replicated in other ways. I don’t want to dwell on this one. Lets just say mastering and your equipment have a lot to do with this.
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@ms_lane@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 06:00
Too bad they’re still the best. Loudness war is STILL killing CDs and digital. Vinyl is still unable to deal with stupid brickwalled tracks without making a 12" 2-3 tracks, so until the loudness war ends, Vinyl is still going to be the best format.