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Originally Posted by GFED
Analog anything will always be better than digital.
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No. People who think this are just awash in nostalgia-ooze for the good ol' days.
Digital sound & music is better than Analog. It's free from analog artifacts that you get from the friction of a needle scraping against vinyl and tape against a magnetic head, and have much greater dynamic range (The quietest-quiet to the loudest-loud). You can get more channels and more information in digital than you ever could from records or tapes.
Digital film and video took a while to get where it is today, but again it looks better, is much cleaner, etc. And just recently achieved amazing dynamic range way beyond film (the blackest black to the brightest white + all other colors). Movie images now appear rock-stable compared to the wobble of movies. Movie grain is also gone, though, it can be easily re-introduced at the discretion of the artists.
Editing sound, music, video and film today is much easier and faster than it ever was, allowing for seamless blends, mixes and transitions. Movies can now be colorized in more detail and in more freedom than ever before without the need for chemical baths, called Color timing.
So no. Analog will not always be better than digital. In fact it will never be better than digital.
I get that some people enjoy listening to actual records. There's something really cool about playing Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon on an actual record player. Placing the record on the player, dropping the needle on the record, holding the album and cover in your hands, etc. Sitting and listening to an entire album from start to finish was the intent of artists back in the day that is lost today I'm sure.
I can really appreciate that. I can appreciate it so much that I feel like going out and buying a turntable and digging out my old albums that I never threw out. I "get" that. But I know when I do, I will hear all the scratches and imperfections and other noise that was not intended by Gilmore and the guys. Will I enjoy the experience? Maybe. Will I change my mind and say Analog is better than Digital? No.
Peace.