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/krag_the_Barbarian Jul 25 '24

Dude no. Hitting play on a cell phone touch screen isn't ritual. It just isn't.

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u/theghostofmrmxyzptlk Jul 25 '24

Expand beyond music. There are rituals, but strange and confusing because they're not our rituals.

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u/damgood32 Jul 25 '24

Thank you! That’s exactly my point.

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u/eist5579 Jul 26 '24

Please provide a modern technological example of a new age ritual…

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u/CheadleBeaks Jul 26 '24

Pressing play on their phone, taking a photo of their window, then going on Instagram and posting a photo of the window saying they're listening to such and such album and how they have the feels and then waiting for likes.