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May?? What do they mean May??

Why do you need an entire article for something that everyone already knows?

Even if you especially like the sound of vinyl, you can just play one and record it on a CD.

I watched a video of how they make vinyl. They take a ... wait for it .... CD! And play it into a machine that cuts the grooves.

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Yet I think this article is interesting because it provides us with several explanations of why people perceive analog recording as better.

Here are a few quoting from the article:

- "few people who would tell you that recording classical music to analog tape has any benefit at all," Metcalfe says. But for some artists, he says — particularly in rock — those layers of distortion are preferable.

- [...] recording to analog tape isn't any purer than recording music digitally. But the distortion and pitch variation that analog tape adds to the recording are preferred by some artists and audiences.

- "Because vinyl is a reflection and any digital is a reconstitution; it's not the same thing."

- [...]the distortion and pitch variation that analog tape adds to the recording are preferred by some artists and audiences.

- However, for a less skilled mixing engineer, mixing to analog tape can "'glue' the music together in the most wonderful way,"

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Like I said, if you especially like that sound then simply record it on a CD.

Reflection and reconstitution? Those words have no meaning in this context.

And the thing about less skilled magically improving because of analog is just hocus.