Subj : Vinyl vs CD
To   : Ogg
From : Oli
Date : Wed Feb 23 2022 09:58:49

Ogg wrote (2022-02-20):

 J>> New turntables, cartridges, etc., are quite difficult to
 J>> find in the home entertainment market these days. However,
 J>> the DJ market tends to have a pretty good selection of new
 J>> equipment.

 O> I'm surprised that DJs would even bother with tuntables.

For a long time vinyl and turntables was the far superior interface for doing DJ stuff, like getting to songs in sync, scratching. It's also the better performance for the audience (if you like that kind of performance).

 O> Wouldn't it be easier to cue up tunes from digital files much
 O> like how radio station seem to operate now?

Yes and it's not that uncommon. First they were always (maybe different kinds of) DJs that used digital technology, like CD, PC, Laptop, iPod and then there are digital turntable-like interfaces for quite some time or vinyl records that don't play songs, but a time code for processing by the DJ software.

Still, vinyl and turntable is the most direct interface and experience. But all these vinyl records are expensive and heavy to carry them around.

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