RE: [acid-jazz] Scratching digitally (from New York Times)

From: Dan (dzacks@po-box.mcgill.ca)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 03:53:22 CET

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    I'll offer the same thoughts I always offer when this discussion rears its
    goofy head.
    It is perfectly reasonable to privilege vinyl if you view it as an artefact.
    Hence the DJs who spin only original pressings and scorn reissues, even when
    the reissue may well have better sound quality than the original. This
    position is one I understand; I would sooner play my original Doug Carn
    albums than the mid-90s reissues because the former are more authentic--they
    have distinguishing history, age and provenance. Does this make me a snob?
    No, I merely appreciate music on a level that takes into account certain
    intangibles that may well be meaningless to another DJ. Do I discount the
    DJ who plays only from reissues? To the extent that the parameters of his
    aesthetic choices are limited to the body of reissued music, yes.
    In terms of contemporary music, this is still largely a moot point and I
    can't understand why anybody should care less about the medium of their
    music. In fact, since you lose sound quality in the transition from digital
    to analog, I would think that folks would prefer keeping music digital.
    Dan

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Velanche Stewart [mailto:vstewart@calpoly.edu]
    Sent: December 3, 2002 9:14 PM
    To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Scratching digitally (from New York Times)

    It's been rehashed time and time again on this list. And you know what?
    Good music is where you find it.

    To me, it doesn't matter if it's on CD or vinyl. Even though I have a
    pair of 1200s at home, I plan to get one...maybe two...CD players to add
    to my deck next year. Many labels these days burn music onto CD-Rs as
    "test" media due to both cost and ease of use, and to me the music
    matters far more than whether or not someone uses vinyl or CD. Vinyl is
    my preference, but cool music is not going to have a blind eye turned on
    my watch simply because it's not on vinyl.

    Those are my thoughts, and I'm sticking to it. :-)

    V.



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