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he Appeal Of Vinyl The shelves behind me are bulging with the record collection I began building from the age of 7. Why do I keep it? What is it about a vinyl lp that subsequent technological advances have not replaced? I suppose the main tangible element is the record sleeve. I defy anyone who has re-purchased an lp in cd format to have gained the same feeling of satisfaction when looking at the “mini” version of a cover they already own in glorious 12” x 12”. Or enjoyed struggling to read the lyrics re-produced in a cd booklet.
I will never dispose of my record collection, even though I began buying mainly cd’s from the mid-eighties.
Music On The Move However, in no way do I see myself as a dinosaur, stuck in a timewarp of which I cannot escape. I have welcomed technology each step of the way. Let’s face it, it is not practical to use vinyl when you’re on the move, and I need music wherever I go. As I say, “Music Is The Best” and I have used each portable tool as it became available. I still possess numerous compilation tapes I put together from my favourite singles and album tracks over the years, and had the almost obligatory Sony Walkman on which to listen to them. I had a brief dalliance with the infamous 8-track in the 70’s, but although sound quality was favourable compared to cassettes, the general limitations soon became apparent.
So, cd’s became the first format that was totally suited to complete aural fulfilment in the home, as well as mobility. However, early portable cd players I used were prone to glitches of functionality. One I had would randomly play whatever tracks it felt in whatever order no matter which buttons I pressed!
Who’s Right? Who’s Wrong? Who Cares? Which brings me to the present. In recent years I have lost count of the number of letters in Record Collector where an i-Pod lover has berated those aficionados of vinyl, urging them to offload their collections and accept that download has forever replaced all other formats. The next month the vinyl buff will respond with justifications why plastic will always rule and real music enthusiasts will never embrace the i-Pod. And so the comments go back and forth over subsequent months, like an ongoing “tennis match” that is forever locked at “deuce”.
My point here is – why can’t we just embrace ALL good formats. The situation is a microcosm of the world today – too many people who can’t accept that others may have a different set of beliefs or values.
As I have intimated above, I love my vinyl: in fact when I find out friends or family want to get rid of theirs, I gladly go and relieve them of it and add it to my collection. Today, though, I mainly listen to music on cd, or via i-Tunes (on my PC or i-Pod). Now, despite having replaced many of my vinyl records with cd over the years, I still have a vast number that I own on record only. But now I have the vehicle to get these on to my i-Pod quickly and easily.
Music To My Ears I use a USB turntable that plugs straight into my PC’s USB connection – and now I am the happiest person alive (gosh I’m easily pleased!!) The record is transferred directly to I-Tunes – all I need to do is type in the name of the artist and tracks. Within 30 minutes of bringing the product home I had set it up and was transferring away. Also, I can connect my cassette player into the USB turntable and transfer my old tapes across – so now the Compilation tapes I had lovingly constructed up to 30 years ago can now be restored once again, and live on my i-Pod.
By using other applications on the PC, such as Wavelab Lite, idiosyncrasies in the original vinyl, such as pops and clicks, can easily be removed before moving to i-Pod. We can now see that supporters of vinyl who used sound quality as an excuse not to change could actually enhance their listening experience through this technology.
Solutions for Everyone In summary, the message is this. Music will never die, and the formats for listening to it can co-exist and, indeed, supplement each other. There is music on vinyl which will never probably be released on cd or download, but by mixing the various technologies – old and new – together, you can continually improve your listening pleasure.
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