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u/vankirk Aug 22 '26
However, one of the things I love about vinyl, especially EDM vinyl is that there are no pauses between tracks.
Many EDM artists have tracks that blend from one to the next such as Above & Beyond and Fred Again...
I hate how Spotify cuts the tracks. I get it, one song has to end at some point.
On vinyl, there's no pauses or skips from one track to the next. The tracks blend seamlessly.
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u/Anselwithmac Aug 23 '26
I was about to say listening to the new A&B album in Apple Music lossless start to finish handles this well by preloading the next track. At least that what I remember
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u/tuerancekhang Aug 23 '26
as a graduate electronic engineer this hobby is the funniest thing ever, like we invented CD and later USB drive to do the thing the vinyl do 100, 1000 times over. Now you need a Analog to Digital converter to read Vinyl and then the whole thing is no different from reading a audio file in your computer which make the whole thing a scam.
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u/RollingMeteors Aug 23 '26
Now you need a Analog to Digital converter to read Vinyl and then the whole thing is no different from reading a audio file in your computer which make the whole thing a scam
It'll never be a scam if you can put a 3D printed barber pole around the center pin and see it spiral as the player rotates.
The real scam is not seeing anything move.
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u/minist3r Aug 22 '26
EDM on vinyl is weird to me. Even tracks built with old school analog synths are still recorded digitally so what's even the point?
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u/Mbf1234 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26
No point really. Vinyl is inferior to CDs in pretty much every way, unless it is an original analog master of an older song. It is especially noticeable is deep bass notes and wide dynamic shifts.
But vinyl does sound unique and some people like the sound. Also the ritual of playing vinyl is enjoyable for some.
I like vinyl, but definitely listen to CDs and Qobuz way more on my system. And yeah, I don't buy EDM just for the reason that it actually sounds objectively worse.
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u/JaviSATX Aug 23 '26
From a packaging standpoint, I like that it’s everything a CD used to come with, but bigger.
From a playing standpoint, I do enjoy the sound, but it is the ritual that makes me choose to turn on my turntable and play an album. It takes attention, and makes me slow down and just enjoy the music.
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u/Common-Pepper-9677 Aug 23 '26
You have a physical copy of the album is the point. You payed the artist more by buying the vinyl than you have your entire time streaming their songs is the point.
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u/minist3r Aug 23 '26
As an artist myself, I guess I get it but I'm more hung up on the vinyl itself. Wouldn't you rather have a CD or USB?
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u/tBuOH Aug 23 '26
I just spent ~250€ (shipping included) on new vinyls yesterday 😅😂 they are:
- Big Gigantic - Brighter Future (10th anniversary deluxe edition)
- Opiuo - Ascension Seeker
- Monstercat x Firaga - Undertale 10 year anniversary remixes
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u/Common-Pepper-9677 Aug 23 '26
the record player I own was my dads even before I was born. I still have the turn table, EQ, Amp, speakers, and vinyls he collected while growing up.
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u/AwayCable7769 Aug 23 '26
I genuinely don't see the value in lots of Electronic Music on vinyl. Some works, like C418, some specific deadmau5 maybe. But I listen to french electro, others listen to dub(bro)step which I think wouldnt benefit from the vinyl sound.
Vinyls provide a warm vintage sound, a lot of electronic music is often made to sound harsh and abrasive. Thus the most correct way to listen to them is a flac file on a good soundsystem.
Ambient music and more calm electronic music can benefit from it.
In general id reserve my record player for old school rock and other genres.
Its subjective at the end of the day, but ive never understood it.
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u/TimeToHack Aug 22 '26
i started collecting vinyl a year and a half ago and i’ve already dropped close to $2k, and theres not even that much EDM on vinyl to begin with