Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd May 2008 13:02 UTC
Many of us grew up with the idea of the component audio system. A receiver (or a separate preamplifier and amplifier), tuner (radio), record player, tape deck, and later on a CD player. If you were into more fancy stuff, you had a DAT or MiniDisc deck as well. While some of us cling on to this mindset like there's no tomorrow, the real world seems to favour a different method of consuming music. According to Erica Ogg (what's in a name), the component audio system is on its way out - thanks to the iPod and the commoditisation of music.
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Get a good receiver and a good turntable with a good cartridge and a good pair of speakers and you will get your reason. Yea you have to adjust your setup and set the tracking force, anti-skate, and other things on your turntable, but what you end up with is a fine-tuned system set up just the way you like it that will sound just the way you want it to. Basically it is something that you will not understand unless you are into it, so in some ways yes, it is a fetish.
With the cost of all your "goodies", I can buy a decent sound card that outputs digital signal to a good DAC. Must be cheaper to build, easier to maintain, more faithfully it can reproduce.
And the cost difference between the two systems will let me buy tones of CDs to really enjoy music other than dealing with machines.
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2007-01-03
Get a good receiver and a good turntable with a good cartridge and a good pair of speakers and you will get your reason. Yea you have to adjust your setup and set the tracking force, anti-skate, and other things on your turntable, but what you end up with is a fine-tuned system set up just the way you like it that will sound just the way you want it to. Basically it is something that you will not understand unless you are into it, so in some ways yes, it is a fetish.
As for the crackles and pops, they dont show up on good records with a well-tracking cartridge. If you take good care of a record it will live just as long as a CD. This is where cartridge alignment and tracking force are very important. If it tracks too heavy it will eventually gouge the vinyl out of the groove leading to data loss.
A lot of the alure of analog recordings lays in the fact that the distortion it introduces actually sounds good for most people. Remember, analog media for analog creatures