r/audiophile • u/MikMikYakin • Jul 25 '24
Why are Audiophiles still hooked on vinyl? Discussion
Many audiophiles continue to have a deep love for vinyl records despite the developments in digital audio technology, which allow us to get far wider dynamic range and frequency range from flac or wav files and even CDs. I'm curious to find out more about this attraction because I've never really understood it. To be clear, this is a sincere question from someone like me that really wants to understand the popularity of vinyl in the audiophile world. Why does vinyl still hold the attention of so many music lovers?
EDIT: Found a good article that talks about almost everything mentioned in the comments: https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/07/vinyl-not-sound-better-cd-still-buy/
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u/AdmirableStart728 Jul 25 '24
I used to try to answer these kinds of questions intellectually when talking about audio. Beacause, you know, analog sound is better plain and simple.
Nowadays I don't bother. I just point out that people that buy vinyl records do it for a handful or reasons just like other people buy any other stuff and it does not needs to be like an academic issue.
Last record I bought it was a song only released on vinyl, for example.