Hello,
Having just read about the Neil Young opinion that all (or near as damn it) LP records these days, are taken from digital masters, therefor making the whole business of buying an LP pretty much redundant, I'm wondering if we are not all being duped and have been for some considerable time. If Analogue masters are now largely out of favour, are we indeed listening to a CD when we play an LP record. If this is anywhere near being true, I understand how hi-fi magazines will want to back away from the point, because of all of the business that Lp's are now generating and all of the add on business, like Record Store Day etc etc, not to mention all of the turntable manufacturers etc that appear to be doing amazing business just now.
What is the truth here. Do we really have to go back to the fifties, sixties and seventies to buy geuine analogue records of decent quality. Are the nineties onwards largely a huge digital waste of time.
It seems that someone brave needs to stand up here and be counted. Is Neil Young telling the truth by and large. Are we being diddled. Is What Hi-Fi prepared to stand up and tell it like it is. I hope so.
Neil.
Having just read about the Neil Young opinion that all (or near as damn it) LP records these days, are taken from digital masters, therefor making the whole business of buying an LP pretty much redundant, I'm wondering if we are not all being duped and have been for some considerable time. If Analogue masters are now largely out of favour, are we indeed listening to a CD when we play an LP record. If this is anywhere near being true, I understand how hi-fi magazines will want to back away from the point, because of all of the business that Lp's are now generating and all of the add on business, like Record Store Day etc etc, not to mention all of the turntable manufacturers etc that appear to be doing amazing business just now.
What is the truth here. Do we really have to go back to the fifties, sixties and seventies to buy geuine analogue records of decent quality. Are the nineties onwards largely a huge digital waste of time.
It seems that someone brave needs to stand up here and be counted. Is Neil Young telling the truth by and large. Are we being diddled. Is What Hi-Fi prepared to stand up and tell it like it is. I hope so.
Neil.